[racket] Racket 6.0 does not work

Thanks for the report. We have completely revised our process for
building and distributing Racket in version 6.0, and it appears that
one of the hiccups in the new process may be that the Linux build ends
up depending on a newer version of libc. I'm investigating.

While I appreciate the problem report, I think your lecture on
distributing software is misplaced. We have decent record on
distributing Racket, and if v6.0 is a step backwards in some ways, it's
because we've had to shift some foundations to to enable major
improvements in other ways (i.e., the package system). We haven't
gotten it perfect, yet, and we continue to invest effort in that
direction.

If you'd like to help, hop on over to the dev list. We've been begging
for testing help, and I've been offering specific help and information
on the problems with vim.

Meanwhile, Racket version 5.3.6 remains available. (See the "All
Versions" link at the bottom of the download page.)

At Wed, 5 Mar 2014 18:03:26 -0300, Junia Magellan wrote:
> I am a professor of Computer Science in a technological institute. My
> research is comparing productivity of computer languages using Measurement
> Theory. I think you already know that from my previous posts. The point is
> that Racket 6.0 installer is very unfriendly. Well, it is almost like the
> installer of Racket 6.0. The only difference is that Racket 6.0 does not
> work.
> 
> I asked about 8 students to install Racket 6.0. Nobody succeeded. 100% of
> failures. I tried the installation myself, and failed. I will give an
> example.  I am using Cloud computing, and cannot modify the machine. For
> instance, I cannot install a new operating system to satisfy the
> requirements of Racket 6.0. Given these constraints, the situation is the
> following:
> 
> cat /proc/cpuinfo
> 
> vendor_id    : AuthenticAMD
> cpu family    : 21
> model        : 2
> model name    : AMD Opteron 63xx class CPU
> stepping    : 0
> microcode    : 0x1000065
> cpu MHz        : 2299.909
> cache size    : 512 KB
> fpu        : yes
> fpu_exception    : yes
> cpuid level    : 13
> wp        : yes
> bogomips    : 4599.81
> TLB size    : 1024 4K pages
> clflush size    : 64
> cache_alignment    : 64
> address sizes    : 48 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
> 
> This particular machine has 16 cores, and the kernel is:
> 
> uname -mrs
> Linux 3.2.52 x86_64
> 
> When I try to run Racket 5.36, everything works perfectly well. Here is an
> example:
> 
> # mv racket racket60
> # mv racket-old/ racket
> # racket/bin/racket -il xrepl
> Welcome to Racket v5.3.6.
> -> (* 3 4 5)
> 60
> -> (exit)
> 
> Now, let us see what happens with Racket 6.0:
> 
> # mv racket racket-old
> # mv racket60 racket
> # mv racket60 racket
> # racket/bin/racket
> racket/bin/racket: /lib64/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.14' not found
> (required by racket/bin/racket)
> #
> 
> I would like you to understand that most people are not PhD in Computer
> Science. 90% of people want to run out of the box applications. Even
> programmers don't have in depth knowledge about the workings of computers
> and operating systems. I don't know why Racket 6.0 needs libc.so.6, or
> GLIBC_2.14. I just want to run statistics programs written in Racket from
> an Internet page.
> 
> I will give you another example about Racket 6.0. There are a lot of people
> that use a text editor called Vim+mzscheme. This text editor has a lot of
> applications about Rasch measurement, that are used by people in the
> business of education. I mean, people who work in things like SAT, GRE,
> USMLE, and equivalent activities in countries around the world. These
> programs test students, and the processed scores are often used by
> admission offices to accept applicants. I happen to work with this kind of
> programs.
> 
> Installing Vim+mzscheme is a nuisance, since people must compile Racket
> from sources, and Vim from sources. In Windows, few people succeed in
> performing the task. The same is true in the case of OS-X. I am talking
> about Racket 5.36, for I don't know a single person who installed
> vim+mzscheme with Racket 6.0.
> 
> What I need is a version of Racket that work right out of the box, at least
> for OS-X, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Linux. I also need a fast editor, like
> Vim.
> 
> Well members of this list, here is what I am going to do. I will download
> Bigloo, learn how to use it, hire a programmer to write array operations in
> Bigloo, translate a lot of programs from Racket and Common Lisp to Bigloo,
> and start from zero, as in Edith Piaf's song.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> * Junia Magalhães Rocha*
> 
> Doutoranda em Inteligência Artificial - Engenharia Elétrica - UFU
> Mestre em Inteligência Artificial - Ciência da Computação - UFU
> 
> Docente do IFTM - Campus Avançado Patrocínio
> 
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