Re: Compiling Maxima with GCL 2.7.2 pre-release results in empty executable

On 4/22/26 9:32 AM, David Scherfgen via Maxima-discuss wrote:

> Hi Robert,
>
> I tried the same thing today, with success, using the normal sequence 
> of commands: ./bootstrap, ./configure --enable-gcl and make, then I 
> ran ./maxima-local and ran the test suite. 2 tests passed that were 
> expected to fail, no unexpected failures.
I noticed that too. Haven’t got around to fixing that or verifying that 
those are also fixed with 2.7.1
> I used the GCL 2.7.1-17 pre-release branch.
Which version is this? I used the tag Version_2_7_2pre15 for my build 
and tests a while ago. (I find it confusing that |gcl --version| says 
“GCL 2.7.1 git tag Version_2_7_2pre15”)
>
> Best regards
> David
>
> Am Di., 14. Apr. 2026 um 21:41 Uhr schrieb Robert Dodier 
> <[email protected]>:
>
>     I built GCL from the 2.7.2 pre-release branch and that was apparently
>     successful.
>
>     I compiled current Maxima from Git with that GCL, and although the
>     process was apparently successful, it resulted in a maxima executable
>     that had only a few Maxima symbols in it -- stuff related to autoconf
>     variables and the like.
>
>     I noticed it because CL-USER::RUN was missing, but that's just one of
>     many items; almost everything is missing.
>
>     To be precise, I did something like
>
>     (do-symbols (s (find-package "MAXIMA"))
>       (if (equalp (symbol-package s) (find-package "MAXIMA")) (print s)))
>
>     Maybe the Maxima symbols ended up in some other package? I didn't try
>     to figure it out.
>
>     If anyone has any ideas what's going on, I would be interested to
>     hear.
>
>     Robert
>
>
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