Bill Page wrote: [...]
> The most serious and difficult problem occurred in Axiom's database > code. There is some incorrect usage of the lisp 'probe-file' > function that no longer corresponds the way 'probe-file' works > in gcl (since gcl-2.6.7). This is actually a bug in the current > Axiom linux source distribution as well! This might explain the > problems that we had recently with trying to compile Martin's > Rubey's new 'guess' package since it means that generating the > new databases might fail. [...] > This patch corrects some incorrect usage of 'probe-file' in the > Axiom database code. !! Very important !! > diff -rN -u old-axiom--windows--1-1/src/interp/daase.lisp.pamphlet > new-axiom--windows--1-1/src/interp/daase.lisp.pamphlet > --- old-axiom--windows--1-1/src/interp/daase.lisp.pamphlet Wed Sep > 20 21:32:48 2006 > +++ new-axiom--windows--1-1/src/interp/daase.lisp.pamphlet Wed Sep > 20 21:33:06 2006 > @@ -840,7 +840,7 @@ > (let (thisdir nrlibs asos asys libs object only dir key > (|$forceDatabaseUpdate| t) noexpose) > (declare (special |$forceDatabaseUpdate|)) > - (setq thisdir (namestring (probe-file "."))) > + (setq thisdir (namestring (truename "."))) > (setq noexpose nil) > (multiple-value-setq (only dir noexpose) (processOptions options)) > ;don't force exposure during database build Already applied in Gold and build-improvements > @@ -1106,12 +1106,12 @@ > (setq *compressvector* nil) > (withSpecialConstructors) > (localdatabase nil > - (list (list '|dir| (namestring (probe-file "./")) )) > + (list (list '|dir| (namestring (truename "./")) )) > 'make-database) Already applied in Gold and build-improvements > (dolist (dir dirlist) > (localdatabase nil > (list (list '|dir| > - (namestring (probe-file > + (namestring (truename > (format nil "./~a" > dir))))) > 'make-database)) Not applied. Is it necessary (I do not have time to look at it) ? It seems to me if 'dir' is a directory. Bill, or any other, do you know how we can trigger this bug (in the interpreter for example)? Greg _______________________________________________ Axiom-developer mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/axiom-developer
