Failed CVS build, I think



On Mon, 2002-03-25 at 07:09, Robert Graham Merkel wrote:
> I downloaded the most recent CVS and attempted to compile and
> run under Debian sid.  I'm using gcl 2.5.0.
> 
> I compiled by the following procedure:
> 
> automake -a
> autoconf
> aclocal
> autoheader
> ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/stow/maxima
> make

Uhh... that's not quite right. You want

./bootstrap
./configure --prefix=/usr/local/stow/maxima
make

You aren't the first person to miss the bootstrap file. I just added a
file INSTALL.cvs, which has bootstrapping instructions, to CVS.

> ./maxima_local
> 
> Which starts up and I get the following error:
> 
> 
> Error: Caught fatal error [memory may be damaged]
> Fast links are on: do (si::use-fast-links nil) for debugging
> Error signalled by CATCH.
> Broken at MACSYMA-TOP-LEVEL.  Type :H for Help.
> 
> OK.  Where do I go from here for debugging?

I get no errors** with gcl HEAD as of today. Please try
	make distclean
	./bootstrap
	./configure...
and see if that solves your problem.

**OK, I get only known errors in a couple of tests.

--Jim