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Re: scsh/scheme48 bug on IRIX

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Subject: Re: scsh/scheme48 bug on IRIX
From: eli@woti.com (eli)
Date: 20 Feb 2003 16:45:53 -0800
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ha, the problem (or at least one of them), is actually kinda random
(make-random (modulo (time) (- (expt 2 27) 1)))
this code will bus-error consistently for me, then 10 minutes later
it works fine.
This is from scsh/dot-locking.scm, which is the step that dies.

-Eli

> I have to admit I'm at the end of my rope.  I've tried building scsh
> 0.6.3 a couple of times with "MIPSpro Compilers: Version 7.3.1m" on an
> "IRIX64 goliath 6.5" machine with no problems whatsoever.  I have to
> conclude that probably something is fishy with 7.4's handling of
> longjmp/setjmp.  (The folks who set us up with IRIX box tell us that
> the C compilers shipped IRIX are generally "a problem.")

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