Build system, take 2 , take 2?



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On 3/19/2013 1:50 PM, Richard Fateman wrote:
> On 3/19/2013 5:22 AM, Rupert Swarbrick wrote:
>> As such, I *think* that the only way to ensure that the right stuff 
>> is built every time on GCL, when .lisp files can change "randomly" is 
>> to build everything twice. Yuck.
>
> I'm frankly in favor of this solution.
>
> 1. It apparently works.
> 2. I simply download the GCL version without compiling it, so I never 
> have to do any of this.
> 3. When I HAVE compiled Maxima  (admittedly on a different lisp), it 
> takes a few minutes.
> No big deal to do it twice.
>
> 4. Anyone who asks how to build on GCL should first be asked:
>    a. Why do you want to build it?  There's a binary sitting right there.
>    b. If you insist on building it,  it will take 10 minutes instead 
> of 5 minutes.  Is that OK?
>
>
> RJF
>