Re: *.lisp in /usr/info, redux
Gunter K�nigsmann via Maxima-discuss <[email protected]> Sun, 14 Jun 2026 17:38:20 +0200
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Debian's packaging rules complain if the Info files aren't compressed. Kind regards, Gunter On 14 June 2026 15:35:46 CEST, Raymond Toy <[email protected]> wrote: >On 6/14/26 2:14 AM, Michel Talon wrote: > >> Note this also requires salza2 for compression. I have seen the following inside: >> >> #-(or lispworks sbcl openmcl cmu clisp ecl clasp) >> (error "run-external is not supported for this lisp implementation")) >> >> so no gcl support. >> >But we don’t need compression do we? I thought we were just looking to be able to read compressed info files. > >I do wonder how important that is. I don’t really use the text help version that much. I almost always use the html version because the equations look better and I can click the cross-references. > >> Le 14/06/2026 à 00:45, Raymond Toy a écrit : >>> >>> On 6/13/26 11:48 AM, Robert Dodier wrote: >>> >>>> Well, if we end up with such a library as an external dependency, that >>>> it would be pulled into the build and baked into the binary image. So >>>> actually obtaining the library would only be an issue for developers. >>> That’s fine with me. But if developers have to get it and it’s going to be baked in any way, we might as well get it once and include it in the sources. Assuming it’s GPL or compatible in some other way. >>> >>> A quick google search produces https://github.com/sharplispers/chipz, which, I think, is the library I was thinking of. BSD-3 license. Don’t know if works with all the current lisps. There are quite a few others but I’ve never used them. >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Maxima-discuss mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/maxima-discuss >> -- >> Michel Talon >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Maxima-discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/maxima-discuss >​ _______________________________________________ Maxima-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/maxima-discuss