Re: [Gcl-devel] Re: address@hidden: RE: Compiling gcl on Fedora Core 3.]

[Camm Maguire]

Greetings, and please excuse this followup to an old email.  Am going
through all that I saved as outstanding GCL issue emails in
preparation for 2.6.6.  

Just a note -- the reader extension is going into 2.6.6.

Take care,

Matt Kaufmann <address@hidden> writes:

> Sure, an option selectable by configure is fine, especially if you think the
> reader patch could get in the way of your testing.  The truth is that we are
> content to continue to use Allegro at AMD for now, so you can make this a low
> priority.  (But if the time comes that I run more tests for you at AMD, this
> could be handy!)
> 
> Thanks --
> -- Matt
>    Cc: address@hidden, address@hidden, address@hidden
>    From: Camm Maguire <address@hidden>
>    Date: 04 Jan 2005 09:35:04 -0500
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>    Greetings!
> 
>    Matt Kaufmann <address@hidden> writes:
> 
>    > Thank you, Camm.  Do you mind if I forward your reply to acl2-help?  (In 
> the
>    > meantime I'm adding previous contributors to this thread.)
>    > 
> 
>    Sure, please feel free to forwward.
> 
>    > I'm not aware of any problems that need correcting from 2.6.5 other than 
> the
>    > one discussed in this thread, but thank you for asking.  Hmmm, except 
> well,
>    > actually, you built a reader patch for me some time ago that allows 
> putting a
>    > package prefix in front of an arbitrary s-expression, not just a symbol. 
>  But
>    > 2.6.5 doesn't have this patch:
>    > 
>    >   >'lisp::(a b)
>    > 
>    >   LISP::||
>    > 
>    >   >
>    >   Error: The function A is undefined.
>    >   Fast links are on: do (si::use-fast-links nil) for debugging
>    >   Error signalled by EVAL.
>    >   Broken at EVAL.  Type :H for Help.
>    >   >>
>    > 
>    > Currently our AMD work cannot use GCL because we rely on this capability.
>    > (Allegro CL is working OK, so this isn't at all critical for us, but it 
> would
>    > be nice to have GCL as an option.)
> 
>    OK, this will not be a problem.  I'm wondering if we could make it an
>    option selectable by configure -- thoughts?  This would be less likely
>    to degrade the heavy amount of testing that has gone into 2.6.
> 
>    Take care,
> 
> 
>    > 
>    > Thanks --
>    > -- Matt
>    >    cc: address@hidden
>    >    From: Camm Maguire <address@hidden>
>    >    Date: 27 Dec 2004 20:34:44 -0500
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>    > 
>    >    Greetings!  I believe this is due to a newer version of binutils
>    >    available on FC3.  Patches are available on the website errata page.
>    >    Alternatively, one can build with GCL's local binutils copy via
>    >    --disable-statsysbfd --enable-locbfd.  Of course there are no real
>    >    details below, so this is just an educated guess.  Please advise if
>    >    problems persist.
>    > 
>    >    BTW, am considering rolling the errata page patches plus a few minor
>    >    changes for axiom into a 2.6.6.  If you have any other suggestions of
>    >    minimal changes which should go in I'd be most appreciative. Major
>    >    work these days is confined to cvs head (aka 2.7.0).
>    > 
>    >    Take care,
>    > 
>    >    Matt Kaufmann <address@hidden> writes:
>    > 
>    >    > Hi, Camm --
>    >    > 
>    >    > If you know anything about this, please feel free to enlighten us!
>    >    > 
>    >    > Thanks --
>    >    > -- Matt
>    >    > From: "David L. Rager" <address@hidden>
>    >    > Subject: RE: Compiling gcl on Fedora Core 3.
>    >    > To: <address@hidden>, <address@hidden>
>    >    > Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 11:38:00 -0600
>    >    > Reply-To: address@hidden
>    >    > 
>    >    > Hello Sandip,
>    >    > 
>    >    > I too tried for a couple hours to get this to work. Please let me 
> know
>    >    > if you figure it out. For the moment, I gave up and went with the
>    >    > prebuilt image of gcl that I found in an rpm at an obscure website. 
>    >    > 
>    >    > The filename is: gcl-2.6.5-0.fdr.1.2.i386.rpm.
>    >    > A website that has it is
>    >    > http://apt.kde-redhat.org/yum/fedora/2/RPMS.stable/
>    >    > 
>    >    > The same person that compiles GCL for these images already has some
>    >    > images for other Fedora 3 programs, so maybe he is also running into
>    >    > problems with compiling GCL on Fedora 3.
>    >    > 
>    >    > Once you get a version of GCL working could you please let me know 
> if
>    >    > you get ACL2 building successfully? I had to download a prebuilt 
> image
>    >    > of that too, but I haven't spent a huge amount of time on it (and I 
> am a
>    >    > Newb in terms of Fedora Linux file system arrangement).
>    >    > 
>    >    > Thanks,
>    >    > David
>    >    > 
>    >    > - -----Original Message-----
>    >    > From: address@hidden
>    >    > [mailto:address@hidden On Behalf Of Sandip Ray
>    >    > Sent: Thursday, December 23, 2004 10:47 AM
>    >    > To: address@hidden
>    >    > Subject: Compiling gcl on Fedora Core 3.
>    >    > 
>    >    > Hello,
>    >    > 
>    >    > I was trying to compile gcl 2.6.5 on Fedora Core 3, and I am running
>    >    > into
>    >    > errors. I am not sure what I need to do so I was thinking if someone
>    >    > over
>    >    > here can help me. I am attaching the complete log of the run of make
>    >    > with
>    >    > this email.
>    >    > 
>    >    > I admit I am a complete newbie in this, but the couple of times I 
> had
>    >    > tried it before it worked without any problems.
>    >    > 
>    >    > Interestingly, the pre-built ACL2 image for Debian works perfectly 
> for
>    >    > my system. In case this is relevant, the gcc version in my machine 
> is
>    >    > 3.4.2.
>    >    > 
>    >    > Thanks in advance,
>    >    > 
>    >    > Sandip.
>    >    > ----------
>    >    > 
>    >    > 
>    >    > 
>    >    > 
>    > 
>    >    -- 
>    >    Camm Maguire                                          address@hidden
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>    Camm Maguire                                               address@hidden
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Camm Maguire                                            address@hidden
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