Hello. Trying to boostrap and build Guile from the master branch of its git repository fails for me on Debian GNU/Linux: $ (set -x && ./autogen.sh && ./configure && cat config.log && make) 2>&1 | tee output + ./autogen.sh autoconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.68 Copyright (C) 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. ... ... [MEGA-SNIP] ... CC libguile_2.2_la-weak-table.lo weak-table.c: In function 'move_disappearing_links': weak-table.c:164:7: warning: passing argument 1 of 'GC_unregister_disappearing_link' from incompatible pointer type [enabled by default] /usr/include/gc/gc.h:771:12: note: expected 'void **' but argument is of type 'scm_t_bits *' weak-table.c:165:7: warning: passing argument 1 of 'GC_general_register_disappearing_link' from incompatible pointer type [enabled by default] /usr/include/gc/gc.h:744:12: note: expected 'void **' but argument is of type 'scm_t_bits *' weak-table.c:175:7: warning: passing argument 1 of 'GC_unregister_disappearing_link' from incompatible pointer type [enabled by default] /usr/include/gc/gc.h:771:12: note: expected 'void **' but argument is of type 'scm_t_bits *' weak-table.c:176:7: warning: passing argument 1 of 'GC_general_register_disappearing_link' from incompatible pointer type [enabled by default] /usr/include/gc/gc.h:744:12: note: expected 'void **' but argument is of type 'scm_t_bits *' CC libguile_2.2_la-weak-vector.lo CC dynl.lo CC posix.lo CC net_db.lo CC socket.lo CC regex-posix.lo CCLD libguile-2.2.la CC guile-guile.o CCLD guile ./.libs/libguile-2.2.so: undefined reference to `GC_gcollect_and_unmap' ./.libs/libguile-2.2.so: undefined reference to `GC_get_unmapped_bytes' collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make[3]: *** [guile] Error 1 make[3]: Leaving directory `/devel/stefano/src/gnu/guile/libguile' make[2]: *** [all] Error 2 make[2]: Leaving directory `/devel/stefano/src/gnu/guile/libguile' make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/devel/stefano/src/gnu/guile' make: *** [all] Error 2 Attached is the captured output (compressed). Let me know if you neeed more information. Regards, Stefano