Subject: Can't build Maxima because I can't build GCL...
From: Rüdiger Sonderfeld
Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2008 23:04:22 +0100
Hi,
you could try a different Lisp system like SBCL instead of GCL. But if you have
a problem building GCL you should rather ask on the GCL mailinglist and not
here.
Regards,
R?diger
On Sunday 09 November 2008 19:07:05 Nicolas FRANCOIS wrote:
> Hi.
>
> I'd like to use Maxima, but I can't build GCL (2.6.7). This is the
> problem :
>
> I've got a hard time compiling GCL-2.6.7 (Linux (Linux From Scratch),
> DualCore, Gcc 4.2.3, Glibc 2.7). The build is stuck on a segfault, caused
> by a buggy malloc, Gentoo bugtracking list dixit :
>
> Building symbol table for /sources/gcl-2.6.7/unixport/raw_pre_gcl ..
>
> Unrecoverable error: Segmentation violation..
> /bin/sh: line 1: 13485
> Abandon /sources/gcl-2.6.7/unixport/raw_pre_gcl
> /sources/gcl-2.6.7/unixport/ -libdir /sources/gcl-2.6.7/ < foo make[1]: ***
> [saved_pre_gcl] Erreur 134 rm raw_pre_gcl make[1]: quittant le r?pertoire
> ? /sources/gcl-2.6.7/unixport ? make: *** [unixport/saved_pre_gcl] Erreur
> 2
>
> I don't quite understand all the workarounds provided by the Gentoo list,
> as they are quite contradictory. Can someone help me compile this
> package ? I need it badly for Maxima.
>
> \bye
>
> PS : it used to compile quite fine on my previous installation... But I
> didn't write down the process, and now the hard drive is gone back to its
> creator !