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Re: [Axiom-developer] compiling the algebra files with gcl


From: Camm Maguire
Subject: Re: [Axiom-developer] compiling the algebra files with gcl
Date: 22 Aug 2003 16:17:01 -0400
User-agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2

Greetings!  Is anyone interested in me releasing an experimental
Debian package for the unstable distribution only, presuming I can
reproduce the below, or is this still premature?

Take care,

"Page, Bill" <address@hidden> writes:

> Camm, Tim, Juergen, et al.
> 
> I have just completed compiling the algebra source
> provided by Juergen Weiss with no significant errors.
> I now have a new running version of Axiom under
> RedHat 8.0 that no longer fails the following test
> 
> > pgr := MonoidRing(Polynomial PrimeField 5, Permutation Integer)
> > p:pgr := 1
> > q:pgr := 1
> > set [p,q]
> 
> What I did was:
> 
>  1) start with the old tenkan.org CVS version
>  2) apply all the patches discussed to date on this list
>     including the patch to bootsys discovered by Camm
>  3) untar Juergen Weiss's version of the algebra files
>     into the new axiom root directory
>  4) modify the first line of the Makefile.inc to refer
>     to the new root.
>  5) issue a make from the root to build the whole system
>  6) 11 hours later I have a new system.
> 
> I can send the log file containing the output of the make
> if anyone is interested. The only errors that occured
> were "%.EOF is not of type SEQUENCE" as noted below plus
> numerous errors of the form "Unexpected HT command: \spad"
> Apparently these are generated by the contents of some
> comment lines like
> 
>   ++ \\spad{asinh(x)} returns the hyperbolic arc-sine ...
> 
> I will continue to test this new version against some
> of the bugs that have been reported.
> 
> --------
> 
> I noticed that some of the floating bugs that I reported
> a few weeks ago using the axiom.tenkan.org version are not
> yet included at Savannah so I think I will start these.
> 
> ---------
> 
> Tim, could you please send a few minutes and explain to
> us the difference between what you are doing with the
> new algebra makefile compared to what Juergen has done?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Bill Page.
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Camm Maguire [mailto:address@hidden
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2003 11:38 AM
> > To: Weiss, Juergen
> > Cc: address@hidden
> > Subject: Re: [Axiom-developer] compiling the algebra files with gcl
> > 
> > 
> > Greetings!  Just a status update -- I tried again, rechecking
> > that Juergen's files were in place, make clean, and I do get much
> > further.  At first I was confused by messages of this type:
> > 
> > ==============================================================
> > ===============
> >       /fix/t1/camm/axiom/axiom2/new/new/int/algebra/LODO1.NRLIB/code
> > 
> > (1) ->    Please enter y or yes if you really want to leave 
> > the interactive 
> >       environment and return to the operating system:
> >  
> >    >> System error:
> >    %.EOF is not of type SEQUENCE.
> > 
> > protected-symbol-warn called with (NIL)
> > ==============================================================
> > ===============
> > 
> > but this seems to only be a missing 'y' in the input.  Now I get to
> > the following when comiling SFRTCAT.spad:
> > 
> > ==============================================================
> > ===============
> >    Loading 
> > /fix/t1/camm/axiom/axiom2/new/new/mnt/linux/autoload/preparse.
> >    SFRTCAT abbreviates category 
> > SquareFreeRegularTriangularSetCategory 
> > --------------------------------------------------------------
> > ----------
> >    initializing NRLIB SFRTCAT for 
> > SquareFreeRegularTriangularSetCategory 
> >    compiling into NRLIB SFRTCAT 
> > 
> > ;;;     ***       |SquareFreeRegularTriangularSetCategory| REDEFINED
> > Time: 0.01 SEC.
> > 
> >  
> >    >> System error:
> >    The function |RegularTriangularSetCategory| is undefined.
> > ==============================================================
> > ===============
> > 
> > Juergen, do you get past this point?  (I'm assuming yes).  If so, I'll
> > do some more checking.
> > 
> > Take care,
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > "Weiss, Juergen" <address@hidden> writes:
> > 
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > yes, with the changes to the algebra files and the 
> > > new database files I was able to compile all the
> > > algebra files (with just a call to make in src/algebra). 
> > > 
> > > Did you do a make clean in the toplevel directory?
> > > 
> > > Regards,
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Juergen Weiss
> > > 
> > > Juergen Weiss       | Universitaet Mainz, Zentrum fuer 
> > Datenverarbeitung,
> > > address@hidden| 55099 Mainz, Tel: +49(6131)39-26361, FAX:
> > > +49(6131)39-26407
> > >  
> > > 
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Camm Maguire [mailto:address@hidden 
> > > > Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 4:14 PM
> > > > To: Weiss, Juergen
> > > > Cc: address@hidden
> > > > Subject: Re: [Axiom-developer] compiling the algebra 
> > files with gcl
> > > > 
> > > > Greetings!
> > > > 
> > > > "Weiss, Juergen" <address@hidden> writes:
> > > > 
> > > > > Did you install the new database files (share/algebra) as
> > > > > well and generated a fresh interpsys with that database?
> > > > > The old database contains definitions, which conflict
> > > > > with the distributed algebra sources. 
> > > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > I hadn't -- thanks for pointing this out.  However, after moving
> > > > share/algebra over too, make clean, and then make, lodo1 
> > still fails
> > > > to compile, as separately noted by Tim.  Do your changes 
> > resolve the
> > > > lodo1 compilation issue?
> > > > 
> > > > Take care,
> > > > 
> > > > > Juergen 
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > 
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> > > 
> > > 
> > 
> > -- 
> > Camm Maguire                                                
> > address@hidden
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Camm Maguire                                            address@hidden
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