Maxima 5.9.1.9rc1 (release candidate for 5.9.2) available

Robert Dodier writes:
> hello,
> 
> i am pleased to announce that maxima 5.9.1.9rc1 is available.
> this is the first release candidate for maxima 5.9.2.
> 
> it would be very helpful if you can download the source and/or binary
> and try it out. please post success/failure reports.
> 
> version 5.9.1.9rc1 can be obtained via cvs:
> 
>   cvs  update  -r  version-5919rc1
> 
> or these files can be downloaded:
> 
>   http://maxima.sf.net/tmp-release/maxima-5.9.1.9rc1-2.src.rpm
>   http://maxima.sf.net/tmp-release/maxima-5.9.1.9rc1.tar.gz
>   http://maxima.sf.net/tmp-release/maxima-5.9.1.9rc1.zip
> 
> NOTE: the tar file is the result of ``make dist-gzip''. 
> it is not the same as tarring all the cvs files.
> the zip file is equivalent to the tar file.
> 
>   http://maxima.sf.net/tmp-release/maxima-5.9.1.9rc1-2.i386.rpm
>   http://maxima.sf.net/tmp-release/maxima-exec-gcl-5.9.1.9rc1-2.i386.rpm
>   http://maxima.sf.net/tmp-release/maxima-xmaxima-5.9.1.9rc1-2.i386.rpm
> 
>   http://maxima.sf.net/tmp-release/maxima-5.9.1.9rc1-2.md5
> 
> (the files are on the project website, instead of in the SF file release
> manager, due to technical difficulties which i hope to resolve soon.)
> 

I have automake related problem on Linux.
Make produces the following error
(I have automake 1.7.9, and other versions installed):
==================================================================
[vadim@proxl maxima-5.9.1.9rc1]$ LANG=C make
Making all in src
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/vadim/test1/maxima-5.9.1.9rc1/src'
test -d binary-clisp || mkdir binary-clisp
clisp -norc -q -x '(progn (load "../lisp-utils/defsystem.lisp") (load 
"../lisp-utils/make-depends.lisp") (funcall (intern 
"CREATE-DEPENDENCY-FILE" :mk) "binary-clisp/maxima.mem" 
"clisp-depends.mk"))'
;; Loading file ../lisp-utils/defsystem.lisp ...
;; Loaded file ../lisp-utils/defsystem.lisp
;; Loading file ../lisp-utils/make-depends.lisp ...
;; Loaded file ../lisp-utils/make-depends.lisp
;; Loading file /home/vadim/test1/maxima-5.9.1.9rc1/src/maxima.system ...
0 errors, 0 warnings
T
cd .. && \
           /bin/sh /home/vadim/test1/maxima-5.9.1.9rc1/missing --run 
automake-1.7 --gnu  src/Makefile
configure.in:5: version mismatch.  This is Automake 1.7.9,
configure.in:5: but the definition used by this AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE
configure.in:5: comes from Automake 1.7.8.  You should recreate
configure.in:5: aclocal.m4 with aclocal and run automake again.
make[1]: *** [Makefile.in] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/vadim/test1/maxima-5.9.1.9rc1/src'
make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
[vadim@proxl maxima-5.9.1.9rc1]$
====================================================================
But if I start make second time buld process goes OK.
Can someone tell me what is going on?  Why automake is
involved here?

> the binary rpms were built on a fedora 1 system, kernel 2.4.22,
> gcc 3.3.2, gcl 2.6.7.
> 
> if someone can create a windows binary, that would be terrific.
> 

Please grab

ftp://ftp.altlinux.ru/pub/people/vvz/Maxima/maxima-5.9.1.9rc1.exe

-- 
      Vadim V. Zhytnikov