[racket] Failing to compile PLT Scheme v372

Turns out that that did work on Fedora 14 but didn't work in Fedora 13
(or maybe 12).

Robby

2011/1/17 Matthew Flatt <mflatt at cs.utah.edu>:
> 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
>>
>> web: https://www.rnl.ist.utl.pt
>> email: rnl at rnl.ist.utl.pt
>> telefone: +351 218 41 77 71
>
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