[Gcl-devel] 2.6.9

[Camm Maguire]

Greetings!

Donald Winiecki <address@hidden> writes:

> Camm, Nico and Richard,
>
> Since CLTL1 is the usual and WinXP is the OS version about which most Win32 
> questions appear to be focused on at present, I started there.
>
> Included immediately below is a link to a compressed file containing the 
> successful build of gcl-269pre.  The CLTL1 Win32 executable is /
> gcl-268pre-Win32-cltl1-06062013/unixport/saved_gcl.exe
>
> http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/18163692/gcl-268pre-Win32-cltl1-06062013.zip
>

Thanks so much again!

> ​gcl-269pre fails in MAKE.  I'm attaching logs for CONFIGURE, MAKE and 
> INSTALL on this attempt to build it.  Camm, please signal when you've got
> the brk emulation ready and I'll give it a go​.
>

OK, if you could try again now, that would be most helpful.  

I've shaken out a few bugs, and built on the mac.  acl2/maxima
regression passes.

Alas, now that I have an amd64 laptop, my wine setup is not working.
VirtualAlloc is returning 0.  Will try to debug this, but perhaps your
useful configure and make logs would be more effective at this juncture.

I'm uploading 2.6.9 to the debian autobuilders shortly for a test.

> ​(I'm not currently fit to ​look at the logs except to note errors at the end 
> of MAKE (and of course, INSTALL).  We got off the plane from a stay
> in Seoul only a few hours ago and while my body thinks it's 15 hours in the 
> future and I'm not able to sleep, I'm not ready for the level of effort
> required to do a proper analysis either.)
>

Take it easy!  Only as time and interest permit.

Take care,

> ​Best,
>
> _don
> ​ winiecki​
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> On Thu, Jun 6, 2013 at 4:50 PM, Camm Maguire <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>     Greetings!
>    
>     Yes, I would appreciate
>    
>     1) final build tests for windows/mac for the 2.6.8pre branch
>     2) testing of the 2.6.9pre branch relatively soon, though a brk
>     emulation needs adding for both platforms (should be trivial).
>    
>     Happy to help chase down issues.  Will test here with wine.
>    
>     Thanks so much!
>    
>     Donald Winiecki <address@hidden> writes:
>    
>     > Nico and others,
>     >
>     > Apologies for the delay.
>     >
>     > I will be able to build an up to date Win32 binary for gcl-2.6.8pre
>     > after I get back to my usual equipment in the second week of June.
>     >
>     > Note that I do not yet have access to Win8 equipment but can build on
>     > 32bit WinXP, WinVista and Win7.
>     >
>     > With Camm's help I will get a Win7 build of gcl-2.6.8pre posted to the
>     > usual location and post an announcement to the GCL list. I can also
>     > send things directly to users with their permission & E-mail address.
>     >
>     > _don
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     > On May 28, 2013, at 4:12 PM, Nico Bredenbals
>     > <address@hidden> wrote:
>     >
>     >> Hey,
>     >>
>     >> exactly the source I used, with MSYS/MinGW, gcc 4.7.2. What happens is 
> that ./configure keeps crashing gcc, for no obvious reason.
>     >> I'll give it another shot in the evening with a fresh MinGW version, 
> but an ansi enabled windows binary for 2.6.8 would be highly
>     appreciated :)
>     >>
>     >> Cheers,
>     >>
>     >> Nico
>     >> ________________________________________
>     >> Von: Camm Maguire address@hidden
>     >> Gesendet: Dienstag, 28. Mai 2013 00:35
>     >> An: Nico Bredenbals; Richard Fateman; Donald Winiecki
>     >> Betreff: Re: Fwd: Re: [Maxima] Installer for Windows, was:  Maxima 
> 5.30.0 / wxMaxima 13.04.1 Windows Binaries
>     >>
>     >> Greetings!  To my understanding, the current stable sources:
>     >>
>     >> cvs -z9 -q -d:pserver:address@hidden:/sources/gcl \
>     >> co -d gcl-2.6.8pre -r Version_2_6_8pre gcl
>     >>
>     >> compile and build everything correctly on windows, though it has been
>     >> some time since I checked directly, as I no longer have access to
>     >> Windows hardware.  I do test builds occasionally under wine, and all is
>     >> working AFAICT, with the latest mingw environment.  I'm cc'ing Donald
>     >> Winiecki who kindly puts out windows installers for gcl, in case he can
>     >> clarify or help with this further.
>     >>
>     >> Should anyone care to provide me with remote access to a windows
>     >> development environment, (using some standard virtual desktop 
> interface,
>     >> and emacs and mingw installed), I'll be happy to make sure it works for
>     >> you.
>     >>
>     >> Take care,
>     >>
>     >>> ________________________________________
>     >>> Von: address@hidden address@hidden&quot; im Auftrag von &quot;Richard 
> Hennessy address@hidden
>     ]
>     >>> Gesendet: Montag, 27. Mai 2013 20:36
>     >>> An: address@hidden
>     >>> Betreff: Re: [Maxima] Installer for Windows, was:  Maxima 5.30.0 / 
> wxMaxima 13.04.1 Windows Binaries
>     >>>
>     >>> Sorry about this.  load draw does not work, but the draw, draw2d, 
> draw3d
>     >>> continue to work anyway.  I guess it is no longer necessary to load 
> draw
>     >>> before using it's functions.  My mistake.
>     >>> Sorry,
>     >>> Rich
>     >>>
>     >>> -----Original Message-----
>     >>> From: Richard Hennessy
>     >>> Sent: Monday, May 27, 2013 2:28 PM
>     >>> To: address@hidden
>     >>> Subject: Re: [Maxima] Installer for Windows,was: Maxima 5.30.0 / 
> wxMaxima
>     >>> 13.04.1 Windows Binaries
>     >>>
>     >>> I tried the new installer.  Thanks, us Windows addicts have not had a 
> new
>     >>> version in a while.  I have not tested it out that much yet but I did 
> notice
>     >>> that load(draw) does not work.  Consequently I can't get draw, draw2d,
>     >>> draw3d, etc to work.
>     >>>
>     >>> Here is the error.
>     >>>
>     >>> Maxima 5.30.0 http://maxima.sourceforge.net
>     >>> using Lisp GNU Common Lisp (GCL) GCL 2.6.6 (a.k.a. GCL)
>     >>> Distributed under the GNU Public License. See the file COPYING.
>     >>> Dedicated to the memory of William Schelter.
>     >>> The function bug_report() provides bug reporting information.
>     >>>
>     >>> (%i1) display2d:false;
>     >>>
>     >>> (out1) false
>     >>> (%i2) load(draw);
>     >>>
>     >>> Compiling /Maxima-5.30.0/share/maxima/5.30.0/share/draw/grcommon.lisp.
>     >>> End of Pass 1.
>     >>> End of Pass 2.
>     >>> gcc: error: CreateProcess: No such file or directory
>     >>> loadfile: failed to load
>     >>> C:/Maxima-5.30.0/share/maxima/5.30.0/share/draw/draw.lisp
>     >>> -- an error. To debug this try: debugmode(true);
>     >>> (%i3) C:/Users/Richard
>     >>> Hennessy/maxima/binary/binary-gcl/share/draw/grcommon.c:10836:1: fatal
>     >>> error: error writing to -: Invalid argument
>     >>> compilation terminated.
>     >>>
>     >>> Richard Hennessy
>     >>>
>     >>> -----Original Message-----
>     >>> From: Raymond Toy
>     >>> Sent: Monday, May 27, 2013 12:24 PM
>     >>> To: address@hidden
>     >>> Subject: Re: [Maxima] Installer for Windows,was: Maxima 5.30.0 / 
> wxMaxima
>     >>> 13.04.1 Windows Binaries
>     >>>
>     >>>>>>>> "Nico" == Nico Bredenbals <address@hidden> writes:
>     >>>
>     >>>    Nico> Hey,
>     >>>    Nico> 2) seems to be solved by a new Version from Andrej, I will
>     >>> repackage the binary with
>     >>>    Nico> this version.
>     >>>    Nico> 1) I came across the two failed tests during "make check" of
>     >>> maxima, but I thought they
>     >>>    Nico> occured due to bogus tests:
>     >>>    Nico> 99.25 - (397/4) = 99.25 - 99.25 = 0 which, while not beeing
>     >>> simplified to its fullest,
>     >>>    Nico> matches the expected result of 0. I'll see if I can find a 
> newer
>     >>> GCL version with ANSI
>     >>>    Nico> support for windows and check if this changes the test 
> result. Can
>     >>> anyone confirm that
>     >>>    Nico> this error does not occur on any other platform?
>     >>>    Nico> BTW, running the testsuite with the current maxima 2.8 
> windows
>     >>> release gives 2 errors
>     >>>    Nico> not occuring with my 3.0 compilation:
>     >>>    Nico> Running tests in rtest16:
>     >>>    Nico> ********************** Problem 196 ***************
>     >>>    Nico> Input:
>     >>>    Nico>        60
>     >>>    Nico>       2   - 1
>     >>>    Nico> float(-------) - 1
>     >>>    Nico>          60
>     >>>    Nico>         2
>     >>>    Nico> Result:
>     >>>    Nico> - 1.1102230246251565E-16
>     >>>    Nico> This differed from the expected result:
>     >>>    Nico> 0.0
>     >>>    Nico> ********************** Problem 197 ***************
>     >>>    Nico> Input:
>     >>>    Nico>        1000
>     >>>    Nico>       2     - 1
>     >>>    Nico> float(---------) - 1
>     >>>    Nico>          1000
>     >>>    Nico>         2
>     >>>    Nico> Result:
>     >>>    Nico> - 1.1102230246251565E-16
>     >>>    Nico> This differed from the expected result:
>     >>>    Nico> 0.0
>     >>>    Nico> 619/621 tests passed
>     >>>    Nico> From my point of view this is pretty accurate regarding 
> 32Bit FP,
>     >>> but I am no expert in
>     >>>    Nico> this field and it's failed test non the less.
>     >>>
>     >>> These are known issues with gcl.  While the error is small, it should
>     >>> be zero.  I think the issue is that gcl is not correctly rounding.
>     >>>
>     >>> Ray
>     >>>
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>     >>
>     >> --
>     >> Camm Maguire                                       address@hidden
>     >> 
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> Baha'u'llah
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>    
>     --
>     Camm Maguire                                       address@hidden
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Camm Maguire                                        address@hidden
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