Building GUILE from git

Building GUILE from git

[Reuben Thomas]

Hi,

I'm trying to build GUILE on 32-bit Ubuntu karmic, with the missing
bits (libgc 7.1 and libunistring) installed in /usr/local.

I can build and install, but when I run guile, two things happen:

1. It takes about 10 seconds to load.

2. It prints the following and exits:

$ guile
;;; note: autocompilation is enabled, set GUILE_AUTO_COMPILE=0
;;;       or pass the --no-autocompile argument to disable.
;;; compiling /usr/local/share/guile/2.0/ice-9/control.scm
;;; compiling /usr/local/share/guile/2.0/system/base/compile.scm
;;; it seems /usr/local/share/guile/2.0/system/base/compile.scm
;;; is part of the compiler; skipping autocompilation
;;; compiling /usr/local/share/guile/2.0/system/base/syntax.scm
;;; it seems /usr/local/share/guile/2.0/system/base/syntax.scm
;;; is part of the compiler; skipping autocompilation
;;; compiling /usr/local/share/guile/2.0/system/base/language.scm
;;; it seems /usr/local/share/guile/2.0/system/base/language.scm
;;; is part of the compiler; skipping autocompilation
;;; compiling /usr/local/share/guile/2.0/system/base/message.scm
;;; it seems /usr/local/share/guile/2.0/system/base/message.scm
;;; is part of the compiler; skipping autocompilation
;;; compiling /usr/local/share/guile/2.0/srfi/srfi-1.scm
;;; it seems /usr/local/share/guile/2.0/srfi/srfi-1.scm
;;; is part of the compiler; skipping autocompilation
;;; compiling /usr/local/share/guile/2.0/srfi/srfi-9.scm
;;; it seems /usr/local/share/guile/2.0/srfi/srfi-9.scm
;;; is part of the compiler; skipping autocompilation
;;; compiling /usr/local/share/guile/2.0/ice-9/optargs.scm
;;; it seems /usr/local/share/guile/2.0/ice-9/optargs.scm
;;; is part of the compiler; skipping autocompilation
;;; compiling /usr/local/share/guile/2.0/system/base/pmatch.scm
;;; it seems /usr/local/share/guile/2.0/system/base/pmatch.scm
;;; is part of the compiler; skipping autocompilation
;;; compiling /usr/local/share/guile/2.0/system/vm/vm.scm
;;; it seems /usr/local/share/guile/2.0/system/vm/vm.scm
;;; is part of the compiler; skipping autocompilation
;;; compiling /usr/local/share/guile/2.0/system/vm/frame.scm
;;; it seems /usr/local/share/guile/2.0/system/vm/frame.scm
;;; is part of the compiler; skipping autocompilation
;;; compiling /usr/local/share/guile/2.0/system/vm/program.scm
;;; it seems /usr/local/share/guile/2.0/system/vm/program.scm
;;; is part of the compiler; skipping autocompilation
;;; compiling /usr/local/share/guile/2.0/system/vm/instruction.scm
;;; it seems /usr/local/share/guile/2.0/system/vm/instruction.scm
;;; is part of the compiler; skipping autocompilation
;;; compiling /usr/local/share/guile/2.0/system/vm/objcode.scm
;;; it seems /usr/local/share/guile/2.0/system/vm/objcode.scm
;;; is part of the compiler; skipping autocompilation
;;; compiling /usr/local/share/guile/2.0/ice-9/regex.scm
;;; it seems /usr/local/share/guile/2.0/ice-9/regex.scm
;;; is part of the compiler; skipping autocompilation
;;; compiling /usr/local/share/guile/2.0/ice-9/receive.scm
;;; it seems /usr/local/share/guile/2.0/ice-9/receive.scm
;;; is part of the compiler; skipping autocompilation
;;; compiling /usr/local/share/guile/2.0/language/objcode/spec.scm
ERROR: Wrong type (expecting exact integer): (#t #<catch-closure
a5ac850> #<catch-closure a5ac840>)
guile: uncaught throw to wrong-type-arg: (#f Wrong type (expecting
~A): ~S (exact integer (#t #<catch-closure a5a8600> #<catch-closure
a5a85f0> #<catch-closure a5a85e0>)) ((#t #<catch-closure a5a8600>
#<catch-closure a5a85f0> #<catch-closure a5a85e0>)))

Platform: i686-pc-linux-gnu
gcc --version: 4.4.1-4ubuntu9

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Re: Building GUILE from git

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hi,

Reuben Thomas <rrt@sc3d.org> writes:

> I'm trying to build GUILE on 32-bit Ubuntu karmic, with the missing
> bits (libgc 7.1 and libunistring) installed in /usr/local.
>
> I can build and install, but when I run guile, two things happen:
>
> 1. It takes about 10 seconds to load.
>
> 2. It prints the following and exits:
>
> $ guile
> ;;; note: autocompilation is enabled, set GUILE_AUTO_COMPILE=0
> ;;;       or pass the --no-autocompile argument to disable.
> ;;; compiling /usr/local/share/guile/2.0/ice-9/control.scm
> ;;; compiling /usr/local/share/guile/2.0/system/base/compile.scm

Normally, these files should be compiled when compiling Guile and
installed afterward, so auto-compilation shouldn’t occur.

Can you try rebuilding & reinstalling Guile, making sure that, e.g.,
ice-9/control.go exists and that it gets installed next to
ice-9/control.scm?

Thanks,
Ludo’.

Re: Building GUILE from git

[Reuben Thomas]

Thanks, it's the usual automake permissions problem, i.e. that because
my user's umask is 0027, directories made during "sudo make install"
are made with the same permission, although files are installed
correctly. I had manually corrected the permissions on the other
directories in /usr/local/share and /usr/local/include, but I hadn't
spotted /usr/local/lib. Fixing the permissions there makes it work
perfectly; thanks!

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