Re: SIGSEGV trying to bootstrap Scheme48 from VCS

>>>>> Michael Sperber <[email protected]> writes:

 >> Perhaps the runtime and PreScheme compiler are not quite in sync in
 >> the latest hg?  I could be wrong, but it seems like in general one
 >> would build the development system with a stable version of the
 >> compiler (unless one were working on the compiler of said
 >> development system).

 > In principle, it should work, but it's not the usual mode of
 > operation of the developers.  I'll check it out.

	Actually, I'd expect that any revision should be able to build
	itself in full.  Besides, isn't such a build a good test for the
	system?

	Therefore, I'd suggest to include (re)building of the essential
	parts (such as initial images and the C code) as part of the
	Make `test' target.  The resulting files should then match
	byte-wise those supplied with the release.

	It may make sense to include $ make test as the final step of $
	make enough (unless disabled by the user), and to fail on the $
	make install stage if such a test wasn't passed (nor disabled by
	the user.)