Hello Camm, It may be a bug in Maxima, but look at the output I sent:
>> errcatch(push(2014)) >> >> Unrecoverable error: Segmentation violation.. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ That is a GCL bug. Best regards, Leo On Tue, Mar 03 2026, Camm Maguire <[email protected]> wrote: > Greetings! This one is a maxima bug -- wna-err should read > > (defun wna-err (exprs &optional required-arg-count pretty-name) > (if required-arg-count > (let* ((op (or pretty-name (caar exprs))) > (actual-count (length (rest exprs)))) > (merror (intl:gettext "~M: expected exactly ~M arguments but got ~M: > ~M") > op required-arg-count actual-count (list* '(mlist) (rest > exprs)))) > (merror (intl:gettext "~:@M: wrong number of arguments.") > exprs))) > > if it is to accespt a symbol in exprs. With this, gcl 2.6 gives the > following testsuite results: > > Error summary: > Error(s) found: > /home/camm/maxima-5.49.0+dsfg/tests/rtest5.mac problems: > (80 82 83) > /home/camm/maxima-5.49.0+dsfg/share/stringproc/rtestprintf.mac problems: > (29 48) > /home/camm/maxima-5.49.0+dsfg/share/to_poly_solve/rtest_to_poly_solve.mac > problem: > (212) > Tests that were expected to fail but passed: > /home/camm/maxima-5.49.0+dsfg/share/simplification/rtest_facexp.mac problem: > (37) > 6 tests failed out of 19,396 total tests. > real time : 950.600 secs > run-gbc time : 253.150 secs > child run time : 393.750 secs > gbc time : 289.790 secs > (%o0) done > > Take care, > > > > Leo Butler <[email protected]> writes: > >> Hello again, >> >> I wrote too soon. While the patch enables the build process, there is a >> problem with the testsuite (I re-ran the failure by itself): >> >> #+begin_example >> *************************** rtest15.mac: Problem 274 >> ************************** >> >> Input: >> errcatch(push(2014)) >> >> Unrecoverable error: Segmentation violation.. >> Aborted ../maxima-local --lisp=gcl >> --batch-string='batch("rtest15.mac",test);' >> #+end_example >> >> On the other hand, Maxima installed from debian testing does complete >> that test (albeit with 29 non-fatal errors). >> >> Best regards, >> Leo >> >> On Mon, Mar 02 2026, Camm Maguire <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Greetings, and thanks so much for your report! I see you are using >>> 2.6.14, and I apologize for having focused solely on current 2.7.1 and >>> forthcoming 2.7.2. I do want to support the 2.6 series builds for at >>> least a while longer, so I appreciate the report. >>> >>> This patch should fix things for you. I will be releasing this as a >>> Debian package, and a final 2.6.15 to end the 2.6 series relatively >>> soon. >>> >>> Take care, >>> >>> ============================================================================= >>> (in-package :compiler) >>> (defun c2gethash (args) >>> (cond ((member *value-to-go* '(top return)) >>> (let* ((nargs (inline-args args '(t t t))) >>> (base *vs*)(*vs* *vs*) >>> (r (cdr (vs-push)))(f (cdr (vs-push)))) >>> (wt-nl "{ struct htent *_z=gethash" (if *safe-compile* "_with_check" >>> "") "(" (car nargs) "," (cadr nargs) ");") >>> (wt-nl "if (_z->hte_key==OBJNULL) {") >>> (wt-nl "base[" r "]=" (caddr nargs) ";") >>> (wt-nl "base[" f "]=Cnil;") >>> (wt-nl "} else {") >>> (wt-nl "base[" r "]=_z->hte_value;") >>> (wt-nl "base[" f "]=Ct;") >>> (wt-nl "}}") >>> (wt-nl "vs_top=(vs_base=base+" base ")+" (- *vs* base) ";") >>> (unwind-exit 'fun-val nil (cons 'values 2)) >>> (close-inline-blocks))) >>> ((let ((*inline-blocks* 0) >>> (*restore-avma* *restore-avma*) >>> (fd `((t t t) t #.(flags rfa) >>> ,(concatenate 'string >>> "({struct htent *_z=gethash" >>> (if *safe-compile* "_with_check" "") >>> "(#0,#1);_z->hte_key==OBJNULL ? (#2) : >>> _z->hte_value;})")))) >>> (save-avma fd) >>> (unwind-exit (get-inline-loc fd args)) >>> (close-inline-blocks))))) >>> ============================================================================= >>> >>> >>> Leo Butler <[email protected]> writes: >>> >>>> Camm, >>>> >>>> Attached is the complete output from an attempt to build Maxima with 4 >>>> lisps from this morning. >>>> >>>> At line 28291, you will see the initial error that I posted. There are, >>>> I believe, several thousand lines of repetitive errors/warnings above >>>> that. >>>> >>>> Best regards, >>>> Leo >>>> >>>> >>>>
