5.9.0rc3 build failure in numerical/slatec/zbesy.lisp, gcl 2.4.3, gcc 3.2



>>>>> "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