Re: readline on CentOs

[Camm Maguire]

Greetings!  OK, let's go with that for now.

Take care,

"Viktor T. Toth" <vttoth@vttoth.com> writes:

> OK, this was easier than I thought.
>
> To build GCL correctly on CentOS 7, change the second line in configure.in to
>
> AC_PREREQ([2.69])
>
> (seems to be working just fine with autoconf 2.69, no need for 2.71) and tell 
> the CentOS user to start with autoconf instead of running the supplied 
> configure script.
>
> GCL compiles fine, with readline support.
>
>
> Viktor
>
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Camm Maguire <camm@maguirefamily.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2022 12:18 PM
>> To: gcl-devel@gnu.org; Viktor T. Toth <vttoth@vttoth.com>; 
>> camm@maguirefamily.org
>> Subject: readline on CentOs
>> 
>> [ We still seem to be havingsome email problems....]
>> 
>> Is this the same issue we went through last August?  Could you please
>> try this patch, run autoconf, and test again?
>> 
>> modified   gcl/configure.in
>> @@ -1750,7 +1750,8 @@ if test "$enable_readline" != "no" ; then
>>                                      
>> [AC_DEFINE(HAVE_DECL_RL_COMPLETION_MATCHES,1,[have readline completion 
>> matches])
>>                                       
>> AC_DEFINE(HAVE_RL_COMPENTRY_FUNC_T,1,[have readline completion matches])])
>>                               TLIBS="$TLIBS -lreadline" #some machines don't 
>> link this, e.g. Slackware
>> -                             RL_OBJS=gcl_readline.o]))
>> +                             RL_OBJS=gcl_readline.o]),
>> +                             [],[AC_INCLUDES_DEFAULT([#include <stdio.h>])])
>>  fi
>> 
>>  AC_SUBST(RL_OBJS)
>> 
>> 
>> gcl-devel-bounces@gnu.org writes:
>> 
>> > The attached message has been automatically discarded.
>> >
>> > From: "Viktor T. Toth" <vttoth@vttoth.com>
>> > Subject: RE: [Maxima-discuss] GCL Version_2_6_13pre125
>> > To: "'Camm Maguire'" <camm@maguirefamily.org>, <gcl-devel@gnu.org>
>> > Cc: <maxima-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net>, <camm@debian.org>
>> > Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2022 01:16:11 -0500 (1 day, 8 hours, 2 seconds ago)
>> >
>> > Camm,
>> >
>> > Thanks! Pre126 appears to build Maxima fine (haven't run all the tests 
>> > yet), however, it seems that on my CentOS
>> 7.9 box I lost readline compatibility. Same config as I used with pre123 
>> (which had readline), but now the readline
>> check reports an error:
>> >
>> > $ ./configure --enable-ansi --enable-readline --enable-tkconfig=/usr/lib64 
>> > --enable-tclconfig=/usr/lib64
>> >
>> > [...]
>> >
>> > configure:8525: checking for readline/readline.h
>> > configure:8525: gcc -std=gnu11 -c -fsigned-char -pipe -fcommon 
>> > -fno-builtin-malloc -fno-builtin-free -fno-PIE -
>> fno-pie -fno-PIC -fno-pic -Wall -Wno-empty-body -Wno-unused-but-set-variable 
>>   conftest.c >&5
>> > In file included from /usr/include/readline/readline.h:35:0,
>> >                  from conftest.c:84:
>> > /usr/include/readline/rltypedefs.h:64:28: error: unknown type name 'FILE'
>> >  typedef int rl_getc_func_t PARAMS((FILE *));
>> >
>> > and several similar errors afterwards.
>> >
>> >
>> > Viktor
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >> -----Original Message-----
>> >> From: Camm Maguire <camm@maguirefamily.org>
>> >> Sent: Tuesday, November 8, 2022 3:59 PM
>> >> To: Robert Dodier <robert.dodier@gmail.com>; camm@maguirefamily.org; 
>> >> gcl-devel@gnu.org
>> >> Cc: <maxima-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net> 
>> >> <maxima-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net>; camm@debian.org
>> >> Subject: [Maxima-discuss] GCL Version_2_6_13pre125
>> >>
>> >> Greetings!
>> >>
>> >> Fresh tag, git banner reporting, equalp hashtables, fixed only bogus nan
>> >> comparison I could find, fixed mod 2 bug reported in maxima, large
>> >> memory model support on amd64, ansi in-package support.
>> >>
>> >> This is all I know right now that should go in for the tarball.  Please
>> >> play with it if desired and let me know if there are any showstoppers.
>> >> If anyone has a macosx or cygwin environment for a build, please let me
>> >> know.  Thanks for the helpful suggestion about a vmware image -- my
>> >> current understanding is that one still needs to purchase the media for
>> >> the closed source system, but please correct me if I am wrong.
>> >>
>> >> Robert Dodier <robert.dodier@gmail.com> writes:
>> >>
>> >> > On Fri, Nov 4, 2022 at 10:32 AM Camm Maguire <camm@maguirefamily.org> 
>> >> > wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> > I reviewed the bug reports and found a few more. Here is a link to see
>> >> > bug reports which have been tagged with "gcl":
>> >> > https://sourceforge.net/p/maxima/bugs/search/?q=labels:%22gcl%22
>> >> >
>> >> > Just to be clear, these are bug reports which have been explicitly
>> >> > tagged "gcl". There are other bug reports which mention GCL, but,
>> >> > after having reviewed them, I don't believe they are specifically
>> >> > about GCL.
>> >> >
>> >> > I think these bug reports are all medium to low priority, although I
>> >> > would certainly be glad if they get resolved. The one which seems most
>> >> > pressing is:
>> >> > https://sourceforge.net/p/maxima/bugs/1234/
>> >> > which is about non-ASCII characters in a folder name on Windows; I
>> >> > seem to recall more than one user has bumped into that. I don't know
>> >> > the status of that at this point.
>> >>
>> >> Looking these over too.  I could really use some reproducible input
>> >> (which I noticed you requested but apparently have not received) for the
>> >> pathname special character report, and the SIGPIPE report (I requested
>> >> on savannah with no reply).  The NaN report gives false now as you note,
>> >> 2.0^1024.1 still gives the inf for testing purposes.  I think the false
>> >> is in simp-expt in maxima, but haven't got further.  Most of his results
>> >> had been fixed some time ago.  Found one remaining in interpreted code
>> >> only which should now be closed, see transcript below.  The dribble
>> >> error only omits error header output (which is sent to a different file
>> >> descriptor) -- all newlines are identical addressing the original
>> >> complaint.  I can get the error header in there too if this is
>> >> important.
>> >>
>> >> >
>> >> >> > The problems around GCL + Maxima stem from the capabilities (ASDF,
>> >> >> > Unicode, etc) which are present in other implementations and not GCL.
>> >> >> > It's not much about conditionalizations.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> OK, thanks for that.  I'll put this on the back burner then.  Might I
>> >> >> create a git branch for this purpose?
>> >> >
>> >> > I think one of the anonymous ones was reported by me, not that it
>> >> > matters too much. Also #47404 is a bona fide bug; all comparisons with
>> >> > NaN are false, except NaN != NaN, which is true, according to IEEE
>> >> > 754. The spec itself is proprietary and not available to casual
>> >> > readers, to the best of my knowledge, but summaries are all over the
>> >> > web, including many statements about comparisons with NaN.
>> >> >
>> >> > best,
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >> =============================================================================
>> >> >(setq si::*print-nans* t)
>> >>
>> >> T
>> >>
>> >> >(setq a (exp 10000.0))
>> >>
>> >> #<inf>
>> >>
>> >> >(setq b (- a) c (- a a))
>> >>
>> >> #<-nan>
>> >>
>> >> >(<= c c)
>> >>
>> >> NIL
>> >>
>> >> >(>= c c)
>> >>
>> >> NIL
>> >>
>> >> >(> c c)
>> >>
>> >> NIL
>> >>
>> >> >(< c c)
>> >>
>> >> NIL
>> >>
>> >> >(= c c)
>> >>
>> >> NIL
>> >>
>> >> >(/= c c)
>> >>
>> >> T
>> >>
>> >> >(dolist (l '(< <= = >= > /=)) (print (list (funcall l c c) (funcall 
>> >> >(compile nil `(lambda (x y) (declare (long-
>> >> float x y)) (,l x y))) c c))))
>> >>
>> >> Compiling /tmp/gazonk_94832_0.lsp.
>> >> End of Pass 1.
>> >> End of Pass 2.
>> >> OPTIMIZE levels: Safety=0 (No runtime error checking), Space=0, Speed=3
>> >> Finished compiling /tmp/gazonk_94832_0.o.
>> >> ;; Loading #p"/tmp/gazonk_94832_0.o"
>> >> start address -T 0x61f100 ;; Finished loading #p"/tmp/gazonk_94832_0.o"
>> >>
>> >> (NIL NIL)
>> >> Compiling /tmp/gazonk_94832_0.lsp.
>> >> End of Pass 1.
>> >> End of Pass 2.
>> >> OPTIMIZE levels: Safety=0 (No runtime error checking), Space=0, Speed=3
>> >> Finished compiling /tmp/gazonk_94832_0.o.
>> >> ;; Loading #p"/tmp/gazonk_94832_0.o"
>> >> start address -T 0x5badc0 ;; Finished loading #p"/tmp/gazonk_94832_0.o"
>> >>
>> >> (NIL NIL)
>> >> Compiling /tmp/gazonk_94832_0.lsp.
>> >> End of Pass 1.
>> >> End of Pass 2.
>> >> OPTIMIZE levels: Safety=0 (No runtime error checking), Space=0, Speed=3
>> >> Finished compiling /tmp/gazonk_94832_0.o.
>> >> ;; Loading #p"/tmp/gazonk_94832_0.o"
>> >> start address -T 0x554a40 ;; Finished loading #p"/tmp/gazonk_94832_0.o"
>> >>
>> >> (NIL NIL)
>> >> Compiling /tmp/gazonk_94832_0.lsp.
>> >> End of Pass 1.
>> >> End of Pass 2.
>> >> OPTIMIZE levels: Safety=0 (No runtime error checking), Space=0, Speed=3
>> >> Finished compiling /tmp/gazonk_94832_0.o.
>> >> ;; Loading #p"/tmp/gazonk_94832_0.o"
>> >> start address -T 0x5cfe50 ;; Finished loading #p"/tmp/gazonk_94832_0.o"
>> >>
>> >> (NIL NIL)
>> >> Compiling /tmp/gazonk_94832_0.lsp.
>> >> End of Pass 1.
>> >> End of Pass 2.
>> >> OPTIMIZE levels: Safety=0 (No runtime error checking), Space=0, Speed=3
>> >> Finished compiling /tmp/gazonk_94832_0.o.
>> >> ;; Loading #p"/tmp/gazonk_94832_0.o"
>> >> start address -T 0x2f2f8c0 ;; Finished loading #p"/tmp/gazonk_94832_0.o"
>> >>
>> >> (NIL NIL)
>> >> Compiling /tmp/gazonk_94832_0.lsp.
>> >> End of Pass 1.
>> >> End of Pass 2.
>> >> OPTIMIZE levels: Safety=0 (No runtime error checking), Space=0, Speed=3
>> >> Finished compiling /tmp/gazonk_94832_0.o.
>> >> ;; Loading #p"/tmp/gazonk_94832_0.o"
>> >> start address -T 0x2f412a0 ;; Finished loading #p"/tmp/gazonk_94832_0.o"
>> >>
>> >> (T T)
>> >> NIL
>> >>
>> >> >(setq c a)
>> >>
>> >> #<inf>
>> >>
>> >> >(dolist (l '(< <= = >= > /=)) (print (list (funcall l c c) (funcall 
>> >> >(compile nil `(lambda (x y) (declare (long-
>> >> float x y)) (,l x y))) c c))))
>> >>
>> >> Compiling /tmp/gazonk_94832_0.lsp.
>> >> End of Pass 1.
>> >> End of Pass 2.
>> >> OPTIMIZE levels: Safety=0 (No runtime error checking), Space=0, Speed=3
>> >> Finished compiling /tmp/gazonk_94832_0.o.
>> >> ;; Loading #p"/tmp/gazonk_94832_0.o"
>> >> start address -T 0x2f52c90 ;; Finished loading #p"/tmp/gazonk_94832_0.o"
>> >>
>> >> (NIL NIL)
>> >> Compiling /tmp/gazonk_94832_0.lsp.
>> >> End of Pass 1.
>> >> End of Pass 2.
>> >> OPTIMIZE levels: Safety=0 (No runtime error checking), Space=0, Speed=3
>> >> Finished compiling /tmp/gazonk_94832_0.o.
>> >> ;; Loading #p"/tmp/gazonk_94832_0.o"
>> >> start address -T 0x2f64670 ;; Finished loading #p"/tmp/gazonk_94832_0.o"
>> >>
>> >> (T T)
>> >> Compiling /tmp/gazonk_94832_0.lsp.
>> >> End of Pass 1.
>> >> End of Pass 2.
>> >> OPTIMIZE levels: Safety=0 (No runtime error checking), Space=0, Speed=3
>> >> Finished compiling /tmp/gazonk_94832_0.o.
>> >> ;; Loading #p"/tmp/gazonk_94832_0.o"
>> >> start address -T 0x2f76050 ;; Finished loading #p"/tmp/gazonk_94832_0.o"
>> >>
>> >> (T T)
>> >> Compiling /tmp/gazonk_94832_0.lsp.
>> >> End of Pass 1.
>> >> End of Pass 2.
>> >> OPTIMIZE levels: Safety=0 (No runtime error checking), Space=0, Speed=3
>> >> Finished compiling /tmp/gazonk_94832_0.o.
>> >> ;; Loading #p"/tmp/gazonk_94832_0.o"
>> >> start address -T 0x2f87a40 ;; Finished loading #p"/tmp/gazonk_94832_0.o"
>> >>
>> >> (T T)
>> >> Compiling /tmp/gazonk_94832_0.lsp.
>> >> End of Pass 1.
>> >> End of Pass 2.
>> >> OPTIMIZE levels: Safety=0 (No runtime error checking), Space=0, Speed=3
>> >> Finished compiling /tmp/gazonk_94832_0.o.
>> >> ;; Loading #p"/tmp/gazonk_94832_0.o"
>> >> start address -T 0x2f99420 ;; Finished loading #p"/tmp/gazonk_94832_0.o"
>> >>
>> >> (NIL NIL)
>> >> Compiling /tmp/gazonk_94832_0.lsp.
>> >> End of Pass 1.
>> >> End of Pass 2.
>> >> OPTIMIZE levels: Safety=0 (No runtime error checking), Space=0, Speed=3
>> >> Finished compiling /tmp/gazonk_94832_0.o.
>> >> ;; Loading #p"/tmp/gazonk_94832_0.o"
>> >> start address -T 0x2faae00 ;; Finished loading #p"/tmp/gazonk_94832_0.o"
>> >>
>> >> (NIL NIL)
>> >> NIL
>> >>
>> >> >(setq c (- a a))
>> >>
>> >> #<-nan>
>> >>
>> >> >(setq cf (float c 0.0s0))
>> >>
>> >> #<-nan>
>> >>
>> >> >(type-of cf)
>> >>
>> >> SHORT-FLOAT
>> >>
>> >> >(dolist (l '(< <= = >= > /=)) (print (list (funcall l cf cf) (funcall 
>> >> >(compile nil `(lambda (x y) (declare
>> (short-
>> >> float x y)) (,l x y))) cf cf))))
>> >>
>> >> Compiling /tmp/gazonk_94832_0.lsp.
>> >> End of Pass 1.
>> >> End of Pass 2.
>> >> OPTIMIZE levels: Safety=0 (No runtime error checking), Space=0, Speed=3
>> >> Finished compiling /tmp/gazonk_94832_0.o.
>> >> ;; Loading #p"/tmp/gazonk_94832_0.o"
>> >> start address -T 0x2fbc7f0 ;; Finished loading #p"/tmp/gazonk_94832_0.o"
>> >>
>> >> (NIL NIL)
>> >> Compiling /tmp/gazonk_94832_0.lsp.
>> >> End of Pass 1.
>> >> End of Pass 2.
>> >> OPTIMIZE levels: Safety=0 (No runtime error checking), Space=0, Speed=3
>> >> Finished compiling /tmp/gazonk_94832_0.o.
>> >> ;; Loading #p"/tmp/gazonk_94832_0.o"
>> >> start address -T 0x2fce1d0 ;; Finished loading #p"/tmp/gazonk_94832_0.o"
>> >>
>> >> (NIL NIL)
>> >> Compiling /tmp/gazonk_94832_0.lsp.
>> >> End of Pass 1.
>> >> End of Pass 2.
>> >> OPTIMIZE levels: Safety=0 (No runtime error checking), Space=0, Speed=3
>> >> Finished compiling /tmp/gazonk_94832_0.o.
>> >> ;; Loading #p"/tmp/gazonk_94832_0.o"
>> >> start address -T 0x2fdfbb0 ;; Finished loading #p"/tmp/gazonk_94832_0.o"
>> >>
>> >> (NIL NIL)
>> >> Compiling /tmp/gazonk_94832_0.lsp.
>> >> End of Pass 1.
>> >> End of Pass 2.
>> >> OPTIMIZE levels: Safety=0 (No runtime error checking), Space=0, Speed=3
>> >> Finished compiling /tmp/gazonk_94832_0.o.
>> >> ;; Loading #p"/tmp/gazonk_94832_0.o"
>> >> start address -T 0x2ff15a0 ;; Finished loading #p"/tmp/gazonk_94832_0.o"
>> >>
>> >> (NIL NIL)
>> >> Compiling /tmp/gazonk_94832_0.lsp.
>> >> End of Pass 1.
>> >> End of Pass 2.
>> >> OPTIMIZE levels: Safety=0 (No runtime error checking), Space=0, Speed=3
>> >> Finished compiling /tmp/gazonk_94832_0.o.
>> >> ;; Loading #p"/tmp/gazonk_94832_0.o"
>> >> start address -T 0x3002f80 ;; Finished loading #p"/tmp/gazonk_94832_0.o"
>> >>
>> >> (NIL NIL)
>> >> Compiling /tmp/gazonk_94832_0.lsp.
>> >> End of Pass 1.
>> >> End of Pass 2.
>> >> OPTIMIZE levels: Safety=0 (No runtime error checking), Space=0, Speed=3
>> >> Finished compiling /tmp/gazonk_94832_0.o.
>> >> ;; Loading #p"/tmp/gazonk_94832_0.o"
>> >> start address -T 0x3014960 ;; Finished loading #p"/tmp/gazonk_94832_0.o"
>> >>
>> >> (T T)
>> >> NIL
>> >>
>> >> >(dolist (l '(< <= = >= > /=)) (print (list l (funcall l cf cf) (funcall 
>> >> >(compile nil `(lambda (x y) (declare
>> >> (short-float x y)) (,l x y))) cf cf))))
>> >>
>> >> Compiling /tmp/gazonk_94832_0.lsp.
>> >> End of Pass 1.
>> >> End of Pass 2.
>> >> OPTIMIZE levels: Safety=0 (No runtime error checking), Space=0, Speed=3
>> >> Finished compiling /tmp/gazonk_94832_0.o.
>> >> ;; Loading #p"/tmp/gazonk_94832_0.o"
>> >> start address -T 0x7e9e3d0 ;; Finished loading #p"/tmp/gazonk_94832_0.o"
>> >>
>> >> (< NIL NIL)
>> >> Compiling /tmp/gazonk_94832_0.lsp.
>> >> End of Pass 1.
>> >> End of Pass 2.
>> >> OPTIMIZE levels: Safety=0 (No runtime error checking), Space=0, Speed=3
>> >> Finished compiling /tmp/gazonk_94832_0.o.
>> >> ;; Loading #p"/tmp/gazonk_94832_0.o"
>> >> start address -T 0x7eafd60 ;; Finished loading #p"/tmp/gazonk_94832_0.o"
>> >>
>> >> (<= NIL NIL)
>> >> Compiling /tmp/gazonk_94832_0.lsp.
>> >> End of Pass 1.
>> >> End of Pass 2.
>> >> OPTIMIZE levels: Safety=0 (No runtime error checking), Space=0, Speed=3
>> >> Finished compiling /tmp/gazonk_94832_0.o.
>> >> ;; Loading #p"/tmp/gazonk_94832_0.o"
>> >> start address -T 0x7ec1740 ;; Finished loading #p"/tmp/gazonk_94832_0.o"
>> >>
>> >> (= NIL NIL)
>> >> Compiling /tmp/gazonk_94832_0.lsp.
>> >> End of Pass 1.
>> >> End of Pass 2.
>> >> OPTIMIZE levels: Safety=0 (No runtime error checking), Space=0, Speed=3
>> >> Finished compiling /tmp/gazonk_94832_0.o.
>> >> ;; Loading #p"/tmp/gazonk_94832_0.o"
>> >> start address -T 0x7ed3130 ;; Finished loading #p"/tmp/gazonk_94832_0.o"
>> >>
>> >> (>= NIL NIL)
>> >> Compiling /tmp/gazonk_94832_0.lsp.
>> >> End of Pass 1.
>> >> End of Pass 2.
>> >> OPTIMIZE levels: Safety=0 (No runtime error checking), Space=0, Speed=3
>> >> Finished compiling /tmp/gazonk_94832_0.o.
>> >> ;; Loading #p"/tmp/gazonk_94832_0.o"
>> >> start address -T 0x7ee4b10 ;; Finished loading #p"/tmp/gazonk_94832_0.o"
>> >>
>> >> (> NIL NIL)
>> >> Compiling /tmp/gazonk_94832_0.lsp.
>> >> End of Pass 1.
>> >> End of Pass 2.
>> >> OPTIMIZE levels: Safety=0 (No runtime error checking), Space=0, Speed=3
>> >> Finished compiling /tmp/gazonk_94832_0.o.
>> >> ;; Loading #p"/tmp/gazonk_94832_0.o"
>> >> start address -T 0x7ef64f0 ;; Finished loading #p"/tmp/gazonk_94832_0.o"
>> >>
>> >> (/= T T)
>> >> NIL
>> >>
>> >> >
>> >> =============================================================================
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> > Robert
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Camm Maguire                                          
>> >> camm@maguirefamily.org
>> >> ==========================================================================
>> >> "The earth is but one country, and mankind its citizens."  --  Baha'u'llah
>> >>
>> >>
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>> >
>> >
>> > ----------
>> >
>> 
>> --
>> Camm Maguire                                     camm@maguirefamily.org
>> ==========================================================================
>> "The earth is but one country, and mankind its citizens."  --  Baha'u'llah
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"The earth is but one country, and mankind its citizens."  --  Baha'u'llah