On 4/26/10 1:41 PM, Rupert Levene wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to compile maxima with GCL on a machine running Ubuntu
> linux 8.10.
>
> I compiled GCL from CVS today, apparently successfully:
> GCL (GNU Common Lisp) 2.7.0 ANSI Apr 26 2010 16:46:28
>
>
>
<snip>
> Warning: SIMPLE-WARNING: REQUIRE is being redefined.
> Warning: SIMPLE-WARNING: ENSURE-DIRECTORIES-EXIST is being redefined.
>
Does gcl 2.7.0 now include the function ensure-directories-exist? If
so, maybe you can look at lisp-utils/defsystem.lisp and find the
definition of ensure-directories-exist there. Replace the #+gcl with
#+nil and recompile. Perhaps that will work. Let us now what happens.
Ray