5.9.0rc3 build failure in numerical/slatec/zbesy.lisp, gcl 2.4.3, gcc 3.2
Subject: 5.9.0rc3 build failure in numerical/slatec/zbesy.lisp, gcl 2.4.3, gcc 3.2
From: Raymond Toy
Date: 12 Nov 2002 09:40:04 -0500
>>>>> "Camm" == Camm Maguire <camm@enhanced.com> writes:
Camm> Greetings!
Camm> 1) Thanks for your report!
Camm> 2) If you suspect GCL, please cc gcl-devel@gnu.org
Camm> 3) I just built maxima cvs with gcl-2.4.3 on gcc-3.2 without issue.
Camm> 4) I advise everyone to stay away from gcc-2.96 -- if it works, its an
Camm> accident. The compiler is known to be broken. gcc-2.95, gcc-3.0,
Camm> gcc-3.1 and gcc-3.2 all should work with GCL cvs or the latest
Camm> stable.
Camm> 5) The error below comes from trying to print a NaN or Inf. The
Camm> handling for this case has been slightly changed in CVS, but the
Do you know why it's trying to print out a NaN or Inf? I don't think
that code could do that. If gcl thinks there is, it seems to me that
gcl is overflowing somewhere that it shouldn't.
Ray