[plt-scheme] Running PLT old software on Linux 2.6 kernels

Hello all

>>>>> "JD" == Jean-Baka Domelevo writes:
 JD>   For list-related administrative tasks:
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 JD> Hello everybody !  I'm exhausted. For educational and professional
 JD> reasons, I have to make DrScheme 103p1 work on a 2.6 linux kernel (I
 JD> am running a Debian). The problem is that my 103p1 (the one proposed
 JD> as a binary package on the PLT website) segfaults immediately when
 JD> launched on that kernel. My previous kernel was a 2.4, where the PLT
 JD> 103p1 software ran fine. Can anybody provide an explanation about that
 JD> ?  Thanks.

This is problem with modern glibc & old Boehm GC.  I had backported GC from
plt20x to plt103p1.  You can obtain patch from my page at
http://xtalk.msk.su/~ott/common/scheme/plt-newgc.patch.gz

 JD> P.S. I precise that *any* PLT 103p1 soft (mred, mzscheme, etc) behaves
 JD> similarly.




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