Re: [Axiom-developer] build improvements results

[Gabriel Dos Reis]

Waldek Hebisch <address@hidden> writes:

Hi Waldek, many thanks four your report!

| I have uptdated to build-improvements form 29.09.2006 and tried it
| on a few system. On debian sarge i386 and gentoo amd64  build works
| both with system gcl and with bundled gcl (using `--without-gcl')
| option. On amd64 mandrake 9.2 build works with bundled gcl (did not
| try installed gcl). On debian unstable bundled gcl does not build
| due to missing msgfmt:
| 
| make[6]: Wejście do katalogu 
`/home/s/test/tt/axiom7/ax-build2/lsp/gcl-2.6.8pre/binutils/bfd/po'
| file=./`echo fr | sed 's,.*/,,'`.gmo \
|           && rm -f $file && PATH=../src:$PATH msgfmt -o $file fr.po
| /bin/sh: line 1: msgfmt: command not found
| make[6]: *** [fr.gmo] Błąd 127

This is a binutils inside GCL issue.  I don't know what to do about
it.  Maybe modify GCL not to build with intl' support?

| Again on debian unstable using installed gcl fails:
| 
| make[2]: Wejście do katalogu `/home/s/test/tt/axiom7/ax-build/lsp'
| echo '(compiler::link nil 
"/home/s/test/tt/axiom7/ax-build/build/x86_64-unknown-linux/bin/lisp" \
|                 (format nil "(progn (let ((*load-path* (cons ~S *load-path*))\
|                                           (si::*load-types* ~S)) \
|                                          (compiler::emit-fn t)) \
|                                     (when (fboundp (quote si::sgc-on)) \
|                                           (si::sgc-on t)) \
|                                     (setq compiler::*default-system-p* t))" \
|                         si::*system-directory* (quote (list ".lsp"))) \
|                 "/home/s/test/tt/axiom7/ax-build/lsp/.././src/lib/cfuns-c.o \
|                   /home/s/test/tt/axiom7/ax-build/lsp/.././src/lib/sockio-c.o 
\
|                   
/home/s/test/tt/axiom7/ax-build/lsp/.././src/lib/libspad.a")'
| \
|             | /usr/bin/gcl
| GCL (GNU Common Lisp)  2.6.7 CLtL1    Dec 19 2005 02:59:03
| Source License: LGPL(gcl,gmp), GPL(unexec,bfd)
| Binary License:  GPL due to GPL'ed components: (READLINE BFD UNEXEC)
| Modifications of this banner must retain notice of a compatible license
| Dedicated to the memory of W. Schelter
| 
| Use (help) to get some basic information on how to use GCL.
| 
| >Error handler called recursively (:UNBOUND-VARIABLE NIL EVAL ""
|                                       "The variable ~S is unbound."


Is it possible this might be a shell issue?  It looks to me as if the
mutiline format string isn't being properly interpreted as a string
when passed to GCL.  What shell was that?

[...]

| When I modified the Makefile to put the 'compiler::link' form on a
| single line I was able to restart the build. Build produced stopped latex
| process later, but appearently I got working AXIOMsys.

I'll eventually get to the latex part.

For the moment, I've "mysteriously broken" my local tree.  I propose
to nominate Axiom for the most voodoo-esque software :-)

-- Gaby