On Wed, 27 Mar 2002 05:58:24 James Amundson wrote:
> 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.
>
Ah, I had two problems. One, I wasn't aware of the bootstrap
script, and, two, I wasn't using gcl cvs HEAD. Once those were
taken care of, everything seems to work.
Thanks to everyone who replied.
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