On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 10:41:08AM +0200, Andy Wingo wrote: > On Thu 09 Sep 2010 01:06, primus writes: > > >> If you are able to attach to the guile process while it is building, > >> break on scm_ithrow and send the backtrace. You can edit > >> meta/guile-tools and replace "exec guile" with "exec > >> gdb-uninstalled-guile", then when you get a gdb prompt after typing > >> "make", you can "break scm_ithrow", then "run", then "bt full" when you > >> hit the error. > > Can you also try "call scm_backtrace ()", please. That will give the > Scheme backtrace, if all goes well. Fri Sep 10 14:51:11 BST 2010 attached is guile-1.9.12_gmake_all.l8g_gdb.bz2 relevant info from call: (gdb) call scm_backtrace () Breakpoint 1, scm_ithrow (key=0x3c0788d0, args=0x3d11b3c0, noreturn=1) at throw.c:453 453 } Doesn't look like this is what you may have been expecting. -- -primus "If I had more time, I would have written you a shorter letter" - Pascal "It isn't what you make, it's what you don't lose!"