[Gcl-devel] Re: [Axiom-developer] Unsuccessful build-improvements

[Gabriel Dos Reis]

On Tue, 7 Aug 2007, Camm Maguire wrote:

| Greetings!  /home/.../config/emacs is erroneously picked up as the
| emacs site-lisp directory:
| 
| rm -f conftest.el
| cat >> conftest.el <<EOF
| (let ((ans ".") (tem load-path) cur)
|  (while (setq cur (car tem))
|    (setq tem (cdr tem))
|    (cond ((and (string-match "site-lisp/?$" cur) (file-directory-p cur))
|           (setq ans cur)
|            (if (string-match "-[0-9.]+$" cur) nil
|                (setq tem nil)))))
|   (message ans))
| EOF
| 
| 
| and it is not writeable.  Workaround -- --enable-emacs=correct
| directory.  If you have suggestions for a better connfigure script,
| I'm of course open to suggestions.

Thanks for the quick answer!

I'll add that workaround.  As there are work being done to move toward
GCL-2.7.0, I'll keep that workaround in current Axiom and try to see
what I can do for GCL-2.7.0 (assuming I got time before it is too late
for the GCL-3.7.0 release window).

-- Gaby