Subject: Errors in Windows Maxima 5.26.0 run_testsuite
From: David Billinghurst
Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 01:40:55 +1100
On 26/01/2012 8:28 PM, David Billinghurst wrote:
> On 26/01/2012 1:47 PM, James Redford wrote:
>> Hi, Mr. Billinghurst. When you said "I have confirmed that these
>> failures do not occur in a maxima-5.26.0 built with gcl/gcc-4.6.2", I
>> assume you mean built from the standard Maxima 5.26.0 source code
>> release, as opposed to a CVS snapshot. If that is correct, then I
>> figure this is how the official Windows Maxima 5.26.0 binary ought to
>> be built. Again, if that assumption is correct, then will you please
>> post a download link to this Windows binary built from the official
>> Maxima 5.26.0 source code release?
>>
>> I tested the below binary, which you stated is built from "maxima cvs
>> 2012-01-16 using gcc-4.6.2" (
>> http://www.math.utexas.edu/pipermail/maxima/2012/027475.html ):
>>
>> http://billinghurst.customer.netspace.net.au/maxima-5.26.0-test.exe
> James,
>
> Thanks for the feedback. You are correct. I built the maxima from the
> 5.26.0 release tarball and ran the testsuite without error. It is a
> bit more work to generate a release but I will give it a go over the
> weekend.
>
> I'd like to see some more testing before we make the change, as I
> can't build gcl or maxima under windows 7 - only winXP. It seems to
> work OK, but I haven't tested much.
>
> David
See if you can break
http://billinghurst.customer.netspace.net.au/maxima-5.26.0_gcl_gcc-4.6.2.exe