Re: [Axiom-developer] Axiom and Ubuntu18.04

[Fabio Stumbo]

Tim, many thanks for your attention.

Sadly, I have issues also with these binaries using functions which 
worked (and still work) on older versions of axiom.
As an example, consider this simple function which converts an integer 
in choosen given basis:

toBase: (NNI,PI)-> List NNI
toBase(n,b) ==
  q := n
  l := [] :: List NNI
  while q>0 repeat
   r := divide(q,b).remainder
   l := append([r],l)
   q := divide(q,b).quotient
  l


If I save it in a file (say, r.input) and run it in axiom, I get the 
following

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[dom 12 ago 14:40:04 ~]$ axiom

                       AXIOM Computer Algebra System
                          Version: Axiom (May 2017)
               Timestamp: Wednesday May 17, 2017 at 19:17:38
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
   Issue )copyright to view copyright notices.
   Issue )summary for a summary of useful system commands.
   Issue )quit to leave AXIOM and return to shell.
   Visit http://axiom-developer.org for more information
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

   Re-reading interp.daase
   Re-reading operation.daase
   Re-reading category.daase
   Re-reading browse.daase
(1) ->
(1) -> )read r
toBase: (NNI,PI)-> List NNI

Type: Void
Time: 0 sec
toBase(n,b) ==
  q := n
  l := [] :: List NNI
  while q>0 repeat
   r := divide(q,b).remainder
   l := append([r],l)
   q := divide(q,b).quotient
  l

Type: Void
Time: 0 sec
(3) -> toBase(423142423432,20)
   Compiling function toBase with type 
(NonNegativeInteger,PositiveInteger) -> List(NonNegativeInteger)
Unrelocated non-local symbol: _GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_
(3) ->
Correctable error: Console interrupt.
Fast links are on: do (si::use-fast-links nil) for debugging
Signalled by SYSTEM::GCL-TOP-LEVEL.
If continued: Type :r to resume execution, or :q to quit to top level.
Console interrupt.

Broken at SYSTEM::GCL-TOP-LEVEL.  Type :H for Help.
    1 (continue) Type :r to resume execution, or :q to quit to top level.
    2  Return to top level.
BOOT>>

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Yet, it works  smoothly in 16.04 axiom binaries.