[Gcl-devel] gclcvs and LOOP in Debian unstable i386

[Adam Warner]

Hi all,

I haven't tried GCL for a while (which can be dangerous with Debian sid
because you don't know when something first breaks). I wasn't expecting
this:

$ gclcvs
GCL (GNU Common Lisp)  2.7.0 CLtL1   Jul 24 2004 15:17:38
Source License: LGPL(gcl,gmp), GPL(unexec,bfd)
Binary License:  GPL due to GPL'ed components: (READLINE BFD UNEXEC)
Modifications of this banner must retain notice of a compatible license
Dedicated to the memory of W. Schelter

Use (help) to get some basic information on how to use GCL.

>(loop for x from 1 to 10 sum x)

Error: The variable FOR is unbound.
Fast links are on: do (si::use-fast-links nil) for debugging
Error signalled by LOOP.
Broken at LOOP.  Type :H for Help.
>>(si::use-fast-links nil)

NIL
>>(loop for x from 1 to 10 sum x)
Error handler called recursively (:UNBOUND-VARIABLE NIL LOOP ""
                                    "The variable ~S is unbound." FOR)

Error: The variable X is unbound.
Error signalled by LOOP.
Backtrace: system:universal-error-handler > evalhook > loop > 
system:universal-error-handler > SYSTEM::BREAK-LEVEL

Broken at LOOP.
>>



Perhaps there is a build error (ANSI is not enabled? i.e. should the
version header be "2.7.0 CLtL1" for the CVS version?)

$ dpkg -l libc6 libgmp3 libncurses5 libreadline4 libx11-6 xlibs tcl8.4 tk8.4
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed
|/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name           Version        Description
+++-==============-==============-============================================
ii  libc6          2.3.2.ds1-13   GNU C Library: Shared libraries and Timezone
ii  libgmp3        4.1.3-2        Multiprecision arithmetic library
ii  libncurses5    5.4-4          Shared libraries for terminal handling
ii  libreadline4   4.3-11         GNU readline and history libraries, run-time
ii  libx11-6       4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 X Window System protocol client library
ii  xlibs          4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 X Window System client libraries metapackage
ii  tcl8.4         8.4.6-1        Tcl (the Tool Command Language) v8.4 - run-t
ii  tk8.4          8.4.6-1        Tk toolkit for Tcl and X11, v8.4 - run-time

Let me know if you'd rather I submit such bug reports via the Debian BTS.

Regards,
Adam