Re: [Texmacs-dev] RE: Texmacs segfault

[Joris van der Hoeven]

> Joris van der Hoeven wrote:
> >>>In fact, I think that they did not compile g++ 3.2 well;
> >>>I managed to build an optimized version of TeXmacs with g++ 3.2
> >>>without any problems...
> >>
> >>Can you please tell what exact guile package/version are you using?
> > 
> > Yes, 1.3.4.
> 
> Have you tried 1.4.0, 1.4.1 or 1.6.0 ?
> If so, which package (e.g. RedHat distribution RPM, custom build or smth)?

Before I test all that, can you please test with 1.3.4?

> I tested guile-1.4 (my current guile) and TeXmacs crashes when built 
> optimized.
> 
> I tested guile-1.4.1 custom built from source, and there were crashes even in
> unoptimized build. I even managed to post a bug report to the list (NULL eb 
> deref).
> Had not seen this bug yet with guile-1.4.
> 
> I tried  guile-1.6.0 but there are too many changes in guile for TeXmacs to 
> execute.
> 
> Is this leading for guile-1.3.4 to be the recommended choice?

Yes, it has always been the recommended choice.

> Or I simply had not read all the FAQs and HOWTOs yet? :)

No, but it just happens to be the version that we mention on our web pages.
Apparently, this issue is very Guile sensitive; maybe the bug is in Guile
after all?