> > 2. What is your Linux distro? Maybe your GCL 2.6.7 build applies
> > not quite good patches backported from 2.6.8-beta ?
>
> It's debian etch:
> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: testing/unstable
> APT prefers testing
> APT policy: (500, 'testing')
> Architecture: i386 (i686)
> Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
> Kernel: Linux 2.4.27-1-386
> Locale: LANG=de_AT at euro, LC_CTYPE=de_AT at euro (charmap=ISO-8859-15)
I now compiled maxima 5.9.3 under debian sarge and there it works
without problems. I reported this as a bug against the debian gcl
package.
In case anybody else is using debian etch and can contribute to the
problem, I suggest that any further discussion takes place on
http://bugs.debian.org/363909
Regards,
Harald