affine problem



I just installed maxima/5.9.2 on Linux Fedora Core 4 machine and I can't 
  get affine statements to work.

I found a reference to a load(affine); statement in the mail history at 
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=4933&atid=104933&func=detail&aid=1349855 
but I am still unable to make any progress.

I changed /usr/share/maxima/5.9.2/share/affine/affine.lisp per the post 
above to be:

(in-package "MAXIMA")
(defvar *maxima-affinedir*
   (combine-path (list *maxima-sharedir* "affine")))
(load (combine-path
        (list *maxima-affinedir* "affine.system")))
(mk:oos "affine" :compile)

and removed (:file "sloop") reference in affine.system

;;; -*- Mode:Lisp; Package:CL-MAXIMA; Syntax:COMMON-LISP; Base:10 -*-;;;

(in-package "MAXIMA")

(defvar *maxima-affinedir*
   (combine-path (list *maxima-sharedir* "affine")))

(mk:defsystem "affine"
     :source-extension "lisp"
     :binary-pathname (combine-path
                       (list *maxima-affinedir*
                             (concatenate 'string
                                          "binary-" *maxima-lispname*)))
     :components ((:file "sys-declaim" :load-only t)
                  (:file "sloop")
                  (:file "compat")       ;new
                  (:file "amacros")
                  (:file "dummy-gc")

when I start maxima and load(affine); it bombs with:

vanallp at fischer affine]$ maxima
Maxima 5.9.2 http://maxima.sourceforge.net
Using Lisp GNU Common Lisp (GCL) GCL 2.6.7 (aka GCL)
Distributed under the GNU Public License. See the file COPYING.
Dedicated to the memory of William Schelter.
This is a development version of Maxima. The function bug_report()
provides bug reporting information.
(%i1) load(affine);

Loading /usr/share/maxima/5.9.2/share/affine/sys-declaim.lisp
Finished loading /usr/share/maxima/5.9.2/share/affine/sys-declaim.lisp
Compiling /usr/share/maxima/5.9.2/share/affine/compat.lisp.
Load failed for /usr/share/maxima/5.9.2/share/affine/affine.lisp
  -- an error.  Quitting.  To debug this try debugmode(true);
(%i2)

Did I take a wrong turn somewhere?
Thanks,
Paul

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Paul Van Allsburg
Computational Science & Modeling Facilitator
Natural Sciences Division,  Hope College
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