Re: Bug#474909: Build maxima with sbcl for lenny?

[Chris Walker <chrisw@chiark.greenend.org.uk>]

David Bremner <bremner@unb.ca> writes:

> Package: maxima
> Version: 5.13.0-3.1
> Followup-For: Bug #474909
> 
> 
> Maybe this is the same bug as #467474? At least it looks the same to me.
>     
> Although the build failure happens in a slightly different place for me, I still
> have a FTBFS with gcl 2.6.7-36.1 and gcc 4.3.1-2.  It now seems to 
> die the first time gcl is called
> 
>     gcl -batch -eval '(progn (load "../lisp-utils/defsystem.lisp")
>     (compiler::emit-fn t) (funcall (intern (symbol-name
>     :operate-on-system) :mk) "maxima" :compile :verbose t)
>     (compiler::make-all-proclaims "*/*.fn" "*/*/*/*.fn"))' && \ gcl
>     -batch -eval '(progn (load "../lisp-utils/defsystem.lisp")
>     (funcall (intern (symbol-name :operate-on-system) :mk) "maxima"
>     :load :verbose t) (when (fboundp (quote si::sgc-on))(si::sgc-on
>     t)) (si:save-system "binary-gcl/maxima"))'
> 
>     Warning: REQUIRE is being redefined.  
>     /bin/sh: line 1: 15042
>     Segmentation fault 
>     gcl -batch -eval '(progn (load
>     "../lisp-utils/defsystem.lisp") (compiler::emit-fn t) (funcall
>     (intern (symbol-name :operate-on-system) :mk) "maxima" :compile
>     :verbose t) (compiler::make-all-proclaims "*/*.fn" "*/*/*/*.fn"))'
> 
> On the other hand, if I specify ./configure --enable-sbcl && make &&
> make check it seems to be OK.
> 
> What do people think about building maxima with sbcl for lenny?  


Personally I think that having a slow maxima package is better than no
package at all, but I have no expertise in gcl. 

> I
> read that it is supposed be not as fast, but I can't compare since
> with sbcl the testsuite takes about 40s (Thinkpad X61s, core 2 duo
> 1.6GHz), while the gcl version (binary package from sid) crashes with
> seg fault half way through.

There are open bugs keeping the sid version of gcl out of lenny. Is it
possible that the bug that is keeping gcl out of testing is also
causing the maxima build failures?


> 
> I have the feeling Camm (the maintainer) is really busy right now,  but
> if you could OK the idea of building maxima with sbcl for lenny, that
> would be great.
> 


Chris