building under windows



On Fri, 2004-03-12 at 09:14, Barton Willis wrote:
> I know that some are able to build Maxima under gcl and Windows XP.
> Nevertheless, build fails when compiling in central Nebraska, USA.

Ahh... You see why I enjoy working with Maxima+gcl+windows so much. Have
you tried building from scratch, i.e., "make clean ; make"?

Have you tried using clisp instead?

> After that, I gave up. Maybe my gcl isn't new enough?
> 
> $ gcl
> GCL (GNU Common Lisp)  2.6.1 ANSI   Feb 27 2004 12:14:42
> Source License: LGPL(gcl,gmp), GPL(unexec,bfd)
> Binary License:  GPL due to GPL'ed components: (UNEXEC)

I would try to get the absolute latest cvs update of gcl possible. I
think they are finally converging to 2.6.2.

--Jim