[cl-debian] Bug#316959: cmucl: lisp-dist.core not found, site-init not found, broken starup,

[John D. Hendrickson]

Package: cmucl
Version: 18e-10
Severity: normal

I consider cmucl to be the *best* of gcl and clisp because of it's
stability.  However.

* cmucl binary names "lisp.core" using strings(1) but you distribute the
file as lisp-dist.core.

* only platform is i386

* startup shows compile corruption due to compiling phase

* site-init doesn't seem to be the origional and look like it loads
* itself recursively (that's what happened to me)

$ /usr/bin/lisp -load /usr/lib/cmucl/lisp-dist.core 
; Loading #p"/mnt/hda5/usr/lib/cmucl/lisp-dist.core".

Error in KERNEL::UNBOUND-SYMBOL-ERROR-HANDLER:  the variable |EROCL¥Fªª4Þ©HZì
| is unbound.

Restarts:
0: [CONTINUE] Return NIL from load of "/usr/lib/cmucl/lisp-dist.core".
1: [ABORT   ] Skip remaining initializations.

Debug  (type H for help)

(EVAL
|EROCL¥Fªª4Þ©HZì
|)
Source: Error finding source: 
Error in function DEBUG::GET-FILE-TOP-LEVEL-FORM:  Source file no longer exists:
target:code/eval.lisp.
0] ed
Error in KERNEL::UNDEFINED-SYMBOL-ERROR-HANDLER:  the function HEMLOCK::TS-STREAM-P is undefined.
Error flushed ...


I compiled cmucl myself from the cmucl website and here's what I see
when I run lisp(1):

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
CMU Common Lisp 19a, running on sol8
With core: /mnt/hda5/usr/local/lib/cmucl/lib/lisp.core
Dumped on: Wed, 2004-07-28 12:51:48-04:00 on lorien
See <http://www.cons.org/cmucl/> for support information.
Loaded subsystems:
    Python 1.1, target Intel x86
    CLOS based on Gerd's PCL 2004/04/14 03:32:47
* 
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

I'll add that while I have good results compiling the bin and some tools
that my build of extra libs stops on /usr/X11R6/lib/libXm.a (becuase I
compiled my own Motif and have a mix of libs I have to fix).

.....................................

Are my problems that I installed this from Sarge BEFORE it became
official?  Because it seems by package file list things would be
more or less the same.

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A couple last things:

1) I see quite allot of diffs of clisp to the networking and password section.
   Why does cmucl need this?  

2) what is "asdf" and why isn't it part of the origional distribution?

3) why does

	cmucl_19a-release-20040728-11.diff

   Include diffs to
   
   		lisp.core

   When lisp.core is cmucl binary that has to be built - a large part of
   lisp - which  - I might add - makes lisp impossible to use if not built
   with lisp(1) binary?

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Anyway.  It appears you've done allot of work and I hope you get your
problems done soon.

I know I'd *really* like to use readline - which is why I downloaded
cmulc from www.cons.org/cmucl


-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.10-k7
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (ignored: LC_ALL set to C)

Versions of packages cmucl depends on:
ii  common-lisp-controller        3.88       This is a Common Lisp source and c
ii  debconf                       1.4.25     Debian configuration management sy

-- debconf information:
  cmucl/upgradeproblems: 
* cmucl/auto-build: Yes