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Re: [Help-smalltalk] GNU Smalltalk 2.3 released
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Brad Watson |
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Re: [Help-smalltalk] GNU Smalltalk 2.3 released |
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Tue, 5 Dec 2006 13:17:25 -0800 (PST) |
It still happens for me as well: xemacs just hangs when called from the
./configure script in batch mode if it can't find the comint.el file. On my
system I do have the comint.elc file, and if I comment out the test for the
former, the configure script runs fine.
----- Original Message ----
From: Paul D. Fernhout <address@hidden>
To: address@hidden
Sent: Tuesday, December 5, 2006 1:08:14 PM
Subject: Re: [Help-smalltalk] GNU Smalltalk 2.3 released
Paolo-
Thanks for this release. Just checked it into a local svn repository for
some "experiments". :-) [Cue "Young Frankenstein"-ian laughter; see
previous posts for details related to using pinches of GST to add
something sweet to a certain bitter hot beverage. :-)]
Anyway, I tried to compile 2.3 as-is on a Debian system (mostly running
testing). I am getting the same problem Brad Watson posted to the list
about for 2.2, where he wrote:
> I'm working on compiling and installing Smalltalk
> 2.2a, however, I encountered a problem with the probe
> for comint.el in the configure script: it halts
> indefinately until I C-c out of it.
You asked him to run two commands (on 09/25/2006 11:25 AM), just for
reference I ran them and got:
$ emacs -batch -q -no-site-file -l comint.el
bash: emacs: command not found
$ emacs -batch -q -no-site-file -l comint.elc
bash: emacs: command not found
This is probably around the spot in the configure code that hangs:
============
{ echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for comint.el" >&5
echo $ECHO_N "checking for comint.el... $ECHO_C" >&6; }
if test "${ac_cv_emacs_comint+set}" = set; then
echo $ECHO_N "(cached) $ECHO_C" >&6
else
ac_cv_emacs_comint=no
if test $EMACS != no; then
$EMACS -batch -q -no-site-file -l comint.el 2>&1 | \
grep 'Cannot open load file' > /dev/null 2>&1 || ac_cv_emacs_comint=yes
$EMACS -batch -q -no-site-file -l comint.elc 2>&1 | \
grep 'Cannot open load file' > /dev/null 2>&1 || ac_cv_emacs_comint=yes
fi
fi
{ echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $ac_cv_emacs_comint" >&5
echo "${ECHO_T}$ac_cv_emacs_comint" >&6; }
===========
I commented out that part out after the first two lines and it proceeds; I
don't know enough of that scripting to understand if my commenting out
broke anything important needed later for the build.
I typed "make" afterwards and it completed OK and then ran:
$ ./gst
GNU Smalltalk ready
st> 2 + 3 !
5
st>
Anyway, this is not a major problem for me; just thought I'd report it as
an issue, especially if anyone else encounters it. Might just be what
happens when emacs is not available?
Otherwise, congratulations on the milestone!
--Paul Fernhout
Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> GNU Smalltalk 2.3 is now available from the GNU FTP server:
>
> ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/smalltalk/smalltalk-2.3.tar.gz
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