On Mon, 24 Dec 2001 00:07:17 +0300
"Vadim V. Zhytnikov" <vvzhy@mail.ru> wrote:
>
>
> "V.V.Pipin" wrote:
>
> > Greetings and a Merry Christmas to All!
> >
> > It seems to me there is a bug in tests.lisp.
> > I compiled maxima-pre59 against gcl-2.4.0 (RH6.0).
> > All tests works fine except rtest4.mac.
> > After 71 problem I have
> >
> > "Using ratsimp
> > Polinomial quotent is not exact
> > -- an error ...."
> > I checked this test manually step by step and it works fine!
> > Then I replaced the new "tests.lisp" by one from maxima-5.6.
> > And all tests were passed without errors.
> >
> > best luck
> >
> > Valerij
>
> This is due to bug in gcl 2.4.0. Use gcl 2.3.8beta3 or
> cvs from new gcl development site at Savannah.gnu.org.
>
> --
>
> [ Vadim V. Zhytnikov <vvzhy@mail.ru> <vvzhy@td.lpi.ac.ru> ]
>
Thank you, Vadim!
Indeed, maxima-pre59 compiled with cvs version gcl gives no errors on "make test"
best wishes,
Valerij
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Dr Valerij V. Pipin
Institute Solar-Terrestrial Physics
Irkutsk, Russia
e-mail:pip@iszf.irk.ru