Re: [Chicken-users] CHICKEN 4.9.0rc1 is available

[Tim van der Linden]

On Sun, 20 Apr 2014 01:39:30 +0200
Peter Bex <address@hidden> wrote:

> On Sun, Apr 20, 2014 at 08:22:33AM +0900, Tim van der Linden wrote:
> > You are completely right, it now builds with Clang
> 
> Thanks for double-checking!

You are welcome :-)
 
> > Sorry for the less-then-accurate test with Clang in my previous mail.
> > Strange though, I did run a:
> > 
> > $ make PLATFORM=linux clean
> > 
> > before attempting to build with a different compiler.
> > This worked on the i7 machine...but apparently not on the Atom.
> 
> Hm, this could be a bug in the Makefile.  Can you reproduce this?
> Try running another build with gcc, then "make clean" and then
> building again with clang.

I started with a freshly extracted tarball. Let me outline my steps.
First, I built with GCC using the following command:

$ make PLATFORM=linux PREFIX=/home/tim/chicken-build/chicken-4.9.0rc1 install 
check

All went well, testing time was 28 minutes and 15 seconds
Next, I cleaned the build area using just "make clean":

$ make PLATFORM=linux clean

No errors. Then I build again with Clang as the compiler:

$ make PLATFORM=linux C_COMPILER=clang 
PREFIX=/home/tim/chicken-build/chicken-4.9.0rc1 install check

Build succeeded, tests failed at exactly the same point with the same message 
(around 10 minutes in the total process):

[panic] `##sys#error-hook' is not defined - the `library' unit was probably not 
linked with this executable - execution terminated

Then, I tried the suggested "make confclean", right after the tests failed:

$ make PLATFORM=linux confclean

And I ran make again with Clang as the compiler:

$ make PLATFORM=linux C_COMPILER=clang 
PREFIX=/home/tim/chicken-build/chicken-4.9.0rc1 install check

This makes the build and the test succeed in a total time of 13 minutes and 10 
seconds.

I also tried this *exact* procedure again on the i7 based machine, and all went 
well, just like before. Builds and tests fine.

> "make confclean" should be more thorough, but I think "make clean"
> should really be enough.
> 
> Cheers,
> Peter
> -- 
> http://www.more-magic.net

Hope this info helps.
If there is anything else I can test or do to clarify, just let me know!

Cheers,
T