Re: [Gcl-devel] Corrupted file...

[Camm Maguire]

Hello again!

Robert Alan Byer <address@hidden> writes:

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> It appears that the file gcl/h/ptable.h has problems.  Every line has
> a carriage-return character and it's giving my compilers a fit.
> 

OK, I've committed a fix here.

> I've also run into an interesting situation that I'm still trying to track 
> down.  While trying to compile the gcl/o/unixfasl.c I get the following 
> error.
> 
> cc -DVOL= -I/homes/byer/work/gcl/o   -c -O -I../gcl-tk -I../h/   unixfasl.c 
>  
> cc: Error: fasldlsym.c, line 64: In the declaration of "filename", 
> "MAXPATHLEN" is not declared. (undeclared)
>   char filename[MAXPATHLEN];
> - ----------------^
> 
> Now, after doing some digging, MAXPATHLEN is defined in unixfasl.c but not 
> being passed to fasldlsym.c.
> 

I haven't looked at this carefully, but my understanding is that
Dr. Schelter had several versions of files supplying the same
functionality that would selectively be used on only particular
platforms.  To my knowledge, and again I haven't checked thoroughly,
MAXPATHLEN should be the system MAXPATHLEN found in
/usr/include/sys/param.h in UNIX, for example.  Some of the fasl files
apparently were meant for systems not having a predefined value handy
anywhere, and so defined one internally.  I suggest you 1) make sure
this is the fasl you want to be using, (should be specified directly
or indirectly in the machine .h or .defs files I think), then 2) See
if you can simply #include something in your machine .h with a
maxpathlen, and then failing this, 3) copy the file, and define a
reasonable value for your system internally, and get the new file to
be the one used.

Just ideas -- comments most welcome!

Take care,

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Camm Maguire                                            address@hidden
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