[Axiom-developer] building Axiom with GCL Version_2_6_7pre fails

[Bill Page]

Camm,

Previously I had successfully built Axiom on Windows
using Version_2_6_7pre in place of gcl-2.6.6. But I just
tried again after cvs update today and I get the following
error message. This occurs a long way into the build process
after all the algebra has been compiled, when Axiom is
trying to build the databases in (make-databases "" nil).

Can you imagine what recent change (last week?) might lead
to this failure? Perhaps the change to probe-file or related
routine?

The etc/Makefile stanza where the failure occurs is

${MNT}/${SYS}/algebra/*.daase: ${INT}/algebra/*.NRLIB/code.o
        @ echo 4 rebuilding databases...
        @ cp ${SRC}/doc/gloss.text ${INT}/algebra
        @ cp ${SRC}/doc/gloss.text ${INT}/algebra
        @ cp ${SRC}/doc/topics.data ${INT}/algebra
        @ cp ${SRC}/doc/topics.data ${INT}/algebra
        @ (cd ${INT}/algebra ; echo ')lisp (make-databases "" nil)' |
${INTERPSY
S} )
        @ cp ${INT}/algebra/*.daase ${MNT}/${SYS}/algebra


Regards,
Bill Page.

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4302 finished
C:/msys/1.0/home/Administrator/axiom--windows--1/src/algebra
make[3]: Leaving directory
`/home/Administrator/axiom--windows--1/src/algebra'
37 making C:/msys/1.0/home/Administrator/axiom--windows--1/src/etc
make[3]: Entering directory
`/home/Administrator/axiom--windows--1/src/etc'
4 rebuilding databases...
                        AXIOM Computer Algebra System 
                 Version of Sunday May 15, 2005 at 13:05:30 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----
   Issue )copyright to view copyright notices.
   Issue )summary for a summary of useful system commands.
   Issue )quit to leave AXIOM and return to shell.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
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   Using local database
C:/msys/1.0/home/Administrator/axiom--windows--1/src/share/algebra/compr
ess.daase..   Using local database
C:/msys/1.0/home/Administrator/axiom--windows--1/src/share/algebra/inter
p.daase..
   Using local database
C:/msys/1.0/home/Administrator/axiom--windows--1/src/share/algebra/opera
tion.daase..
   Using local database
C:/msys/1.0/home/Administrator/axiom--windows--1/src/share/algebra/categ
ory.daase..
   Using local database
C:/msys/1.0/home/Administrator/axiom--windows--1/src/share/algebra/brows
e.daase..
(1) ->  
   >> System error:
   Can't change the current directory to "NIL".

protected-symbol-warn called with (NIL)
(1) -> cp: cannot stat
`C:/msys/1.0/home/Administrator/axiom--windows--1/int/algebra/*.daase':
No such file or directory
make[3]: ***
[C:/msys/1.0/home/Administrator/axiom--windows--1/mnt/windows/algebra/*.
daase] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory
`/home/Administrator/axiom--windows--1/src/etc'
make[2]: *** [etcdir] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/Administrator/axiom--windows--1/src'
make[1]: *** [srcdir] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/Administrator/axiom--windows--1'
make: *** [all] Error 2

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