"Robert Dodier"
<robert.dodier at gmail.com> writes:
> I have tagged version-5_16_2 in cvs and generated tar.gz, src.rpm,
> and rpms and uploaded them to Sourceforge. Follow the link for the
> download page at: http://sourceforge.net/projects/maxima
>
> If someone can build a windows installer & post it, that would be very helpful.
>
> This version builds OK w/ CMUCL, SBCL, Clisp, GCL, and ECL on Linux.
Please, fix "/bin/true" bug. To check, move executables away from /bin
and thus force ksh to use builtins.
> In each case run_testsuite reports no unexpected errors (except for
> rat(x^(2^128)) which triggers an error in CMUCL 19c; if I'm not mistaken
> it works OK in more recent versions of CMUCL).
>
> A couple of build issues that seem to have been resolved.
> (1) build_info works OK in ECL.
> (2) load(lapack) works OK in ECL if the share/lapack directory is writeable
> (same situation as for other Lisps).
This isn't actually resolved, it is just a work-around: making
share/lapack writable, running interactive command, and setting
permissions back is an administrative hussle, which could be
avoided.
> Please test this version if you have time. If no further pressing issues
> are reported, I'll make a public announcement about this.
"/bin/true" bug is still present, the patch still applies.
Patched version works with ECL and CLISP on NetBSD/i386.
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