[Gcl-devel] Re: GCL 2.6.6 is released

[Matt Kaufmann]

Thanks, Camm.  I unpacked the .deb (but not as root, so usr/ and etc/ were put
under the current directory, and I edited usr/bin/gcl accordingly).  But I
guess we don't have the right libraries.  Is there an easy workaround?  (I
don't think I want to ask the sysadmins to mess with the libraries; things need
to be kept pretty stable around here.)

  rainer:/u/acl2/gcl[ 600 ] --> /u/acl2/gcl/gcl-2.6.6/usr/bin/gcl
  /u/acl2/gcl/gcl-2.6.6/usr/lib/gcl-2.6.6/unixport/saved_gcl: /lib/libc.so.6: 
version `GLIBC_2.3' not found (required by 
/u/acl2/gcl/gcl-2.6.6/usr/lib/gcl-2.6.6/unixport/saved_gcl)
  rainer:/u/acl2/gcl[ 601 ] --> 
/u/acl2/gcl/gcl-2.6.6/usr/lib/gcl-2.6.6/unixport/saved_gcl
  /u/acl2/gcl/gcl-2.6.6/usr/lib/gcl-2.6.6/unixport/saved_gcl: /lib/libc.so.6: 
version `GLIBC_2.3' not found (required by 
/u/acl2/gcl/gcl-2.6.6/usr/lib/gcl-2.6.6/unixport/saved_gcl)
  rainer:/u/acl2/gcl[ 602 ] --> 

Here is the tail of the log when I tried, earlier, to build gcl myself:

gcc -c -Wall -DVOL=volatile -fsigned-char -pipe -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer  
-I/u/acl2/gcl/gcl-2.6.6/o -I../h -I../gcl-tk fat_string.c  
In file included from /usr/include/bfd.h:103,
                 from fat_string.c:17:
/tool/pandora/.package/gcc-2.95.3/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/2.95.3/include/stdbool.h:11:
 conflicting types for `bool'
../h/../h/object.h:68: previous declaration of `bool'
make[1]: *** [fat_string.o] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/u/acl2/gcl/gcl-2.6.6/o'
make: *** [unixport/saved_pre_gcl] Error 2

Thanks --
-- Matt
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   Date: 20 Jan 2005 22:44:42 -0500
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   Greetings!  You can retrieve a .deb from
   http://packages.debian.org/unstable/interpreters/gcl and follow the
   HOWTO-UNPACK-DEBS, which is basically to ar x the .deb and then tar
   zxf the data.tar.gz.

   Please let me know if you have difficulties.  Likewise if you want to
   forward your failed build log.

   Take care,

   "Matt Kaufmann" <address@hidden> writes:

   > Hi, Camm --
   > 
   > It turns out that for some reason I can't see ftp.gnu.org from work, but I 
can
   > see if from home.  So I've fetched the tar.gz file.
   > 
   > But I'm getting an error during the make, probably because we have an old
   > version of gcc by default.  Rather than get that working, I'd be delighted 
to
   > download a binary x86 distribution of GCl 2.6.6, but I couldn't find one 
(we're
   > running Redhat rather than Debian, but I doubt that this matters).  Is one
   > available?
   > 
   > Thanks --
   > -- Matt
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   >    Greetings!  That's odd, the links seem to work for me.  Are you
   >    looking at http://www.gnu.org/software/gcl?
   > 
   >    In any case,
   > 
   >    You can get 2.6.6 either from
   > 
   >    ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/gcl/gcl-2.6.6.tar.gz
   > 
   >    or via cvs
   > 
   >    export CVS_RSH=ssh
   >    export CVSROOT=:ext:address@hidden:/cvsroot/gcl
   >    cvs -z9 -q co -d gcl-2.6.6 -r Version_2_6_6 gcl
   > 
   >    Please let me know if problems persist.
   > 
   >    Take care,
   > 
   >    Matt Kaufmann <address@hidden> writes:
   > 
   >    > Hi, Camm --
   >    > 
   >    > Congratulations on the GCL 2.6.6 release!  I'm interested in trying 
it out at
   >    > AMD, since you've put in that reader extension patch for foo::(bar 
foobar).
   >    > 
   >    > Unfortunately, the "Download" and "Get Latest Release" links appear 
to be
   >    > broken.  Any suggestions?
   >    > 
   >    > Thanks --
   >    > -- Matt
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   >    >    Greetings!  The GCL team is happy to announce the release of 
version
   >    >    2.6.6, the latest achievement in the 'stable' (as opposed to
   >    >    'development') series.  Please see http://www.gnu.org/software/gcl 
for
   >    >    downloading information.
   >    > 
   >    >    This release is a minor modification of 2.6.5,
   >    >    incorporating the known bug fixes that had accumulated on the GCL
   >    >    errata page together with a few other fixes required for building 
axiom
   >    >    on Windows.  From the changelog:
   >    > 
   >    >    gcl (2.6.6-1) unstable; urgency=high
   >    > 
   >    >      * New upstream release
   >    >      * Allow .data section to be first in executable, as on solaris.  
Also
   >    >        allow for new bfd section size semantics
   >    >      * Don't try to write map file when not using GNU ld.  Also allow
   >    >        compile-file to process pathnames with whitespace on Windows
   >    >      * Fix corner case fixnum arithmetic on 64bit machines
   >    >      * Rework gmp_wrappers semantics for older gcc
   >    >      * Explicitly mprotect loaded code pages PROT_EXEC on x86 Linux, 
as FC3
   >    >        now requires it.
   >    >      * lisp-implementation-version is GCL
   >    >      * Reader extension patch allowing for foo::(bar foobar) semantics
   >    >      * a shell script variable fix in "unixport/makefile" for MSYS
   >    >      * __MINGW32__ malloc initialization fix in "o/alloc.c"
   >    >      * Windows file/directory fixes in "o/unixfsys.c"
   >    >      * MinGW32 -march in configure - removes deprecation warnings
   >    >      * MinGW32 directory fix - "o/mingfile.c".
   >    >      * Allow for sysconf to determine clock granularity at compile 
time to
   >    >        fix time errors on the Itanium
   >    >      * Disable SGC on macosx until the sgc/save problem can be fixed.
   >    >      * Fix fixnum print bug on 64bit
   >    >      * Fix nil types in room report
   >    >      * 64bit fixes to fixnum_add and fixnum_sub
   >    >      * Fix Mac SGC/save bug, at least in part
   >    > 
   >    >    For the latest information, capabilities, and status of GCL stable,
   >    >    please see http://www.gnu.org/software/gcl/RELEASE-2.6.2.html.
   >    > 
   >    >    -- 
   >    >    Camm Maguire                                               
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   >    Camm Maguire                                            address@hidden
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   Camm Maguire                                         address@hidden
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