[Help-smalltalk] 1.8.4 compile problems (LinuxPPC)

[montgomery f. tidwell]

Howdy,


1) in gstconf.h.in there is a line defined as:
      #define MMAP_BASE ((char *)0)
   the space after "char" causes ./configure to generate:
      #define MMAP_BASE ((char *)0x40015000) *)0)
   the solution is to remove the space after "char". ie:
      #define MMAP_BASE ((char*)0)


2) minor bug. VERSION in configure is defined as 1.8.1


3) the ouput of "make check" seems to indicate a problem (see below)


4) during "make install" there seems to be some unwanted control
   characters in one of the kernel/*.st files (see below)


                     \\//_


============================= (3) ============================

cd test && ./do-check
Testing arrays...
Testing blocks...
40,42c40,44
< [] in Exception class>>#initialize
< ExceptionHandler>>#signal:withArguments:resume:
< Exception>>#signalWith:with:
---
> Error(Exception)>>#defaultAction
> [] in Exception class>>#coreException
> ExceptionHandler>>#activate:resume:
> Error(Exception)>>#signal
> Error(Exception)>>#signal:
90,92c92,96
< [] in Exception class>>#initialize
< ExceptionHandler>>#signal:withArguments:resume:
< Exception>>#signalWith:with:
---
> Error(Exception)>>#defaultAction
> [] in Exception class>>#coreException
> ExceptionHandler>>#activate:resume:
> Error(Exception)>>#signal
> Error(Exception)>>#signal:
Testing chars...
Testing classes...
Testing dates...
Testing delays...
Testing exceptions...
Testing floatmath...
Testing geometry...
Testing intmath...
Testing objects...
Testing processes...
Testing sets...
Testing strings...
make: *** [check] Error 1


============================= (4) ============================

Processing /usr/local/share/gnu-smalltalk/kernel/File.st
a Smalltalk string:2: Invalid character ^?
a Smalltalk string:2: Invalid character ^x
a Smalltalk string:2: Invalid character ^P
a Smalltalk string:2: Invalid character ^S
a Smalltalk string:2: Invalid character ^
a Smalltalk string:2: parse error
a Smalltalk string:2: Invalid character ^?
a Smalltalk string:2: Invalid character ^?
a Smalltalk string:2: Invalid character ^
a Smalltalk string:2: Invalid character ^?
a Smalltalk string:2: Invalid character ^?