[racket] Failing to compile PLT Scheme v372

You can try modifying the source code to add

 #ifdef MZ_XFORM
 START_XFORM_SKIP;
 #endif

before the double_eqv() function in "bool.c" (line 127) and then

 #ifdef MZ_XFORM
 END_XFORM_SKIP;
 #endif

after the function. 

I think you'll have to do that for one or two other functions that
trigger the same error message.


Beware: I recently gave this advice to someone else who was trying to
run an old PLT Scheme version on a new Linux version. We didn't get it
working, but maybe we just didn't try enough.


At Sat, 15 Jan 2011 01:18:55 +0000, João Ricardo Sares Teles de Matos wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm failing to compile PLT Scheme v372 under Debian 6.0 "Squeeze" 
> GNU/Linux i386.
> 
> When running make, it eventually fails with the following error message:
> 
> > Done making xform-collects.
> [...]
> > env XFORM_USE_PRECOMP=xsrc/precomp.h ../mzschemecgc -rq ./xform.ss 
> > --setup --cpp "gcc -E -DNEWGC_BTC_ACCOUNT  -I./.. -I./../include" -o 
> > xsrc/bool.c ./../src/bool.c
> > Error [GCING] 133 in ./../src/bool.c: Function double_eqv declared 
> > __xform_nongcing__, but includes a function call.
> > xform: Errors converting
> >
> >  === context ===
> > 
> /home/rnl/rnl162511/src/plt-372/src/mzscheme/gc2/xform-collects/compiler/private
> /xform.ss:8:2: 
> > xform
> >
> > make[4]: *** [xsrc/bool.c] Error 1
> > make[4]: Leaving directory 
> > `/home/rnl/rnl162511/src/plt-372/src/mzscheme/gc2'
> > make[3]: *** [all] Error 2
> > make[3]: Leaving directory 
> > `/home/rnl/rnl162511/src/plt-372/src/mzscheme/gc2'
> > make[2]: *** [3m] Error 2
> > make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/rnl/rnl162511/src/plt-372/src/mzscheme'
> > make[1]: *** [3m] Error 2
> > make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/rnl/rnl162511/src/plt-372/src'
> > make: *** [all] Error 2
> 
> Full make output at http://pastebin.com/swirHWVS
> Tested without additional configure options.
> 
> Building from the Debian source package at [1] yields the same error.
> [1] http://snapshot.debian.org/package/drscheme/1:372-1/
> 
> 
> I'm a student sysadmin and need to provide this for our workstations.
> The teaching staff requires this specific version because it's what the 
> subject textbook covers.
> I am told an update is on the works and will use Racket.
> 
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Sincerely,
> João Ricardo Matos
> 
> -- 
> João Ricardo Sares Teles de Matos
> joao.matos at rnl.ist.utl.pt
> 
> Administração de Sistemas da Rede das Novas Licenciaturas
> Instituto Superior Técnico
> 
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> email: rnl at rnl.ist.utl.pt
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