guile-1.5.6: some build comments

[Nelson H. F. Beebe]

I've made installation attempts for guile-1.5.6 on 13+ different UNIX
platforms, with a few successes (GNU/Linux systems), and several
failures, either of the build, or of parts of the test suite.  A brief
summary is given below; details, including full build logs, are
available on request.  Builds were done with the usual recipe

        ./configure && make all check install

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Apple Darwin (== MacOS X):
        gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I. -I.. -I./.. -g -O2 -Wall 
-Wmissing-prototypes -c gc_os_dep.c -Wp,-MD,.deps/gc_os_dep.TPlo  -fno-common 
-DPIC -o .libs/gc_os_dep.lo
        gc_os_dep.c:356: illegal external declaration, found `--'
        gc_os_dep.c:356: undefined type, found `unknown'
        gc_os_dep.c:356: illegal external declaration, missing `;' after 
`machine'
        cpp-precomp: warning: errors during smart preprocessing, retrying in 
basic mode
        gc_os_dep.c:356: parse error before `--'
        make[2]: Leaving directory `/local/build/guile-1.5.6/libguile'
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Compaq/DEC Alpha OSF/1 4.0:
        cat alist.doc arbiters.doc async.doc backtrace.doc boolean.doc 
chars.doc continuations.doc debug.doc dynl.doc dynwind.doc environments.doc 
eq.doc error.doc eval.doc evalext.doc extensions.doc feature.doc fluids.doc 
fports.doc gc.doc goops.doc gsubr.doc guardians.doc hash.doc hashtab.doc 
hooks.doc init.doc ioext.doc iselect.doc keywords.doc lang.doc list.doc 
load.doc macros.doc mallocs.doc modules.doc numbers.doc objects.doc objprop.doc 
options.doc pairs.doc ports.doc print.doc procprop.doc procs.doc properties.doc 
random.doc rdelim.doc read.doc root.doc rw.doc scmsigs.doc script.doc 
simpos.doc smob.doc sort.doc srcprop.doc stackchk.doc stacks.doc stime.doc 
strings.doc strop.doc strorder.doc strports.doc struct.doc symbols.doc 
throw.doc values.doc variable.doc vectors.doc version.doc vports.doc weaks.doc 
symbols-deprecated.doc regex-posix.doc ramap.doc unif.doc filesys.doc posix.doc 
net_db.doc socket.doc | 
GUILE="/export/home/0023/build-alpha-osf1/guile-1.5.6/pre-inst-guile" .!
./scripts/snarf-check-and-output-texi > guile.texi || { rm guile.texi; false; }
        ERROR: Wrong number of arguments to #<procedure 
snarf-check-and-output-texi ()>
        make[2]: *** [guile.texi] Error 1
        make[2]: Leaving directory 
`/export/home/0023/build-alpha-osf1/guile-1.5.6/libguile'
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Compaq Alpha OSF/1 5.0:
[No gcc release can be built on this platform, so the autoconf
config.site file sets

        CC='cc -ieee'
        CXX='cxx -x cxx -ieee'

to force use of native compilers with conformance to the nonstop
computing model of IEEE 754 arithmetic.]

        cc -ieee -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I. -I.. -I./.. -I../libltdl -g -c -MD 
gc_os_dep.c  -DPIC -o .libs/gc_os_dep.lo
        cc: Error: gc_os_dep.c, line 1851: In this statement, "result" and 
"((ptr_t)((word)(&__start)&~(getpagesize(...)-1)))" cannot be compared with a 
relational operator. (norelational)
                            if (result > HEURISTIC2_LIMIT
        ------------------------^
        make[2]: *** [gc_os_dep.lo] Error 1
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IBM RS/6000 AIX 4.3:
        ./guile_filter_doc_snarfage --filter-snarfage) > socket.doc || { rm 
socket.doc; false; }
        cat alist.doc arbiters.doc async.doc backtrace.doc boolean.doc 
chars.doc continuations.doc debug.doc dynl.doc dynwind.doc environments.doc 
eq.doc error.doc eval.doc evalext.doc extensions.doc feature.doc fluids.doc 
fports.doc gc.doc goops.doc gsubr.doc guardians.doc hash.doc hashtab.doc 
hooks.doc init.doc ioext.doc iselect.doc keywords.doc lang.doc list.doc 
load.doc macros.doc mallocs.doc modules.doc numbers.doc objects.doc objprop.doc 
options.doc pairs.doc ports.doc print.doc procprop.doc procs.doc properties.doc 
random.doc rdelim.doc read.doc root.doc rw.doc scmsigs.doc script.doc 
simpos.doc smob.doc sort.doc srcprop.doc stackchk.doc stacks.doc stime.doc 
strings.doc strop.doc strorder.doc strports.doc struct.doc symbols.doc 
throw.doc values.doc variable.doc vectors.doc version.doc vports.doc weaks.doc 
symbols-deprecated.doc regex-posix.doc ramap.doc unif.doc filesys.doc posix.doc 
net_db.doc socket.doc | GUILE="/local/build/guile-1.5.6/pre-inst-guile" 
../scripts/snarf-check-!
and-output-texi > guile.texi || { rm guile.texi; false; }
        Could not load program guile
        Member libguile.so.14 not found or file not an archive
        Member libguile.so.14 not found or file not an archive
        Could not load library libguile.a[libguile.so.14]
        Error was: No such file or directory
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Several GNU/Linux systems:

        Testing /local/build/guile-1.5.6/pre-inst-guile ...
        with GUILE_LOAD_PATH=/local/build/guile-1.5.6/test-suite
        FAIL: syncase.test: (ice-9 syncase) loads

The tests are largely successful:

        Totals for this test run:
        passes:                 2115
        failures:               1
        unexpected passes:      0
        expected failures:      17
        unresolved test cases:  0
        untested test cases:    0
        unsupported test cases: 9
        errors:                 0

        FAIL: check-guile
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SGI IRIX 6.5:
Build like this:
        env CC="c89 -mips3 -O2" CXX=CC -mips3 -O2 \
                LDFLAGS=" -rpath /usr/local/lib -L/usr/local/lib" \
                        ./configure && make all check

        ./guile_filter_doc_snarfage --filter-snarfage) > socket.doc || { rm 
socket.doc; false; }
        cat alist.doc arbiters.doc async.doc backtrace.doc boolean.doc 
chars.doc continuations.doc debug.doc dynl.doc dynwind.doc environments.doc 
eq.doc error.doc eval.doc evalext.doc extensions.doc feature.doc fluids.doc 
fports.doc gc.doc goops.doc gsubr.doc guardians.doc hash.doc hashtab.doc 
hooks.doc init.doc ioext.doc iselect.doc keywords.doc lang.doc list.doc 
load.doc macros.doc mallocs.doc modules.doc numbers.doc objects.doc objprop.doc 
options.doc pairs.doc ports.doc print.doc procprop.doc procs.doc properties.doc 
random.doc rdelim.doc read.doc root.doc rw.doc scmsigs.doc script.doc 
simpos.doc smob.doc sort.doc srcprop.doc stackchk.doc stacks.doc stime.doc 
strings.doc strop.doc strorder.doc strports.doc struct.doc symbols.doc 
throw.doc values.doc variable.doc vectors.doc version.doc vports.doc weaks.doc 
symbols-deprecated.doc regex-posix.doc ramap.doc unif.doc filesys.doc posix.doc 
net_db.doc socket.doc | GUILE="/local/build/guile-1.5.6/pre-inst-guile" 
../scripts/snarf-check-!
and-output-texi > guile.texi || { rm guile.texi; false; }
        ERROR: Stack overflow
        make[2]: *** [guile.texi] Error 1
        make[2]: Leaving directory 
`/export/home/0061/build-indigo-irix6/guile-1.5.6/libguile'
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Sun Solaris 2.7 and 2.8:
        Testing 
/export/staff/computing/beebe/i386/build/guile-1.5.6/pre-inst-guile ...
        with 
GUILE_LOAD_PATH=/export/staff/computing/beebe/i386/build/guile-1.5.6/test-suite
        ERROR: regexp.test: regexp-substitute/global: ("" "" ""): port is 
string port - arguments: ((regular-expression-syntax "make-regexp" "empty 
(sub)expression" #f #f))
        ERROR: regexp.test: regexp-substitute/global: ("" "" ""): port is #f - 
arguments: ((regular-expression-syntax "make-regexp" "empty (sub)expression" #f 
#f))
        ERROR: srfi-19.test: SRFI date/time library: #<procedure time-utc->date 
(time . tz-offset)> respects local DST if no TZ-OFFSET given - arguments: 
((system-error "putenv" "~A" ("No such file or directory") (2)))
        FAIL: syncase.test: (ice-9 syncase) loads
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Sun Solaris 2.8:
        gcc -shared  alist.lo arbiters.lo async.lo backtrace.lo boolean.lo 
chars.lo continuations.lo debug.lo deprecation.lo dynl.lo dynwind.lo 
environments.lo eq.lo error.lo eval.lo evalext.lo extensions.lo feature.lo 
fluids.lo fports.lo gc.lo gc_os_dep.lo gdbint.lo gh_data.lo gh_eval.lo 
gh_funcs.lo gh_init.lo gh_io.lo gh_list.lo gh_predicates.lo goops.lo gsubr.lo 
guardians.lo hash.lo hashtab.lo hooks.lo init.lo ioext.lo iselect.lo 
keywords.lo lang.lo list.lo load.lo macros.lo mallocs.lo modules.lo numbers.lo 
objects.lo objprop.lo options.lo pairs.lo ports.lo print.lo procprop.lo 
procs.lo properties.lo random.lo rdelim.lo read.lo root.lo rw.lo scmsigs.lo 
script.lo simpos.lo smob.lo sort.lo srcprop.lo stackchk.lo stacks.lo stime.lo 
strings.lo strop.lo strorder.lo strports.lo struct.lo symbols.lo throw.lo 
values.lo variable.lo vectors.lo version.lo vports.lo weaks.lo 
symbols-deprecated.lo regex-posix.lo ramap.lo unif.lo filesys.lo posix.lo 
net_db.lo socket.lo inet_aton.lo  -Wl,--rpath!
 -Wl,/usr/local/lib -Wl,--rpath -Wl,/usr/local/lib  -L/usr/local/lib 
/usr/local/lib/libltdl.so -lcrypt -lsocket -lnsl -lm -lc  -Wl,-rpath 
-Wl,-soname -Wl,libguile.so.14 -o .libs/libguile.so.14.1.0
        /usr/local/sparc-sun-solaris2.7/bin/ld: cannot open libguile.so.14: No 
such file or directory
        collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
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