Re: [Maxima-discuss] gcl build fails with git head

[Gunter K. <gu...@pe...>]

>
> is the -53 your linux version???
> I have linux -4.4.0-81-generic, but, am running 4.12.0-041200rc2-generic
> to test a usb bug.
>

My gcl version ends in -53: 2.6.12-53.

The kernel shouldn't cause problems in user software. At least I hope even if there already cases that proof otherwise.

> When was the last time you did an Ubuntu dist-upgrade?
>   'sudo apt-get dist-upgrade'
>
An hour ago.
> The gcl from Ubuntu 16.04, seems to be
>
> > gcl
> GCL (GNU Common Lisp)  2.6.12 CLtL1    Oct 29 2015 23:21:28
> <snip>
>
> This does not seem to be an ANSI gcl.
You can choose if you want to use ansi after doing a

sudo dpkg-reconfigure -plow gcl

But since creating a few empty files and directories seems to resolve the problem... ...maybe someone finds out where it comes from and will find something better than just adding a touch and three mkdir commands to Makefile.am.

My guess is that you downloaded the sources for an official maxima release from sourceforge (which comes with a few files the git version comes without) and "make distclean" doesn't delete these files as they are part of the tarball.

Kind regards,

    Gunter.