Hello Peter, just read your blog post about sbcl builds and tried to build sbcl from sources yet another time - here are the results: ; compilation finished in 0:00:20 * true make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/buildd/sbcl-0.9.3.72/contrib/sb-sprof' real 4m18.128s user 3m27.013s sys 0m11.394s The build seems to have finished successfully, including 14 (out of 14) contributed modules. If you would like to run more extensive tests on the new SBCL, you can try: cd tests && sh ./run-tests.sh (All tests should pass on x86/Linux, x86/FreeBSD4, and ppc/Darwin. On other platforms some failures are currently expected; patches welcome as always.) To build documentation: cd doc/manual && make To install SBCL (more information in INSTALL): sh install.sh //build started: Tue Aug 30 19:11:10 UTC 2005 //build finished: Tue Aug 30 20:29:21 UTC 2005 #CFLAGS="-DSBCL_HOME=`pwd`/stage1/ -O2" GNUMAKE=make ./make.sh '/usr/bin/clisp -norc -q -M /usr/lib/clisp/full/lispinit-clean.mem' mkdir stage1 mv output/sbcl.core src/runtime/sbcl stage1/ chmod 000 stage1 sh clean.sh || true make[1]: Entering directory `/tmp/buildd/sbcl-0.9.3.72/doc/manual' rm -f *~ *.bak *.orig \#*\# .\#* texput.log *.fasl rm -rf sbcl asdf "docstrings/" rm -f contrib-docs.texi-temp rm -f package-locks.texi-temp rm -f html-stamp tempfiles-stamp rm -f asdf.aux asdf.cp asdf.cps asdf.fn asdf.fns asdf.ky asdf.log asdf.pg asdf.toc asdf.tp asdf.tps asdf.vr asdf.vrs sbcl.aux sbcl.cp sbcl.cps sbcl.fn sbcl.fns sbcl.ky sbcl.log sbcl.pg sbcl.toc sbcl.tp sbcl.tps sbcl.vr sbcl.vrs rm -f sbcl.info sbcl.info-* rm -f asdf.cp asdf.info asdf.pdf asdf.fn asdf.ps asdf.tp asdf.vr rm -f sbcl.cp sbcl.info sbcl.pdf sbcl.fn sbcl.ps sbcl.tp sbcl.vr make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/buildd/sbcl-0.9.3.72/doc/manual' chmod 700 stage1 # rebuild again with new version CC=gcc-3.4 CFLAGS="-DSBCL_HOME=/usr/lib/sbcl/ -O2" GNUMAKE=make ./make.sh "`pwd`/stage1/sbcl --core `pwd`/stage1/sbcl.core --sysinit /dev/null --userinit /dev/null --disable-debugger" //starting build: Tue Aug 30 20:29:24 UTC 2005 //SBCL_XC_HOST="/tmp/buildd/sbcl-0.9.3.72/stage1/sbcl --core /tmp/buildd/sbcl-0.9.3.72/stage1/sbcl.core --sysinit /dev/null --userinit /dev/null --disable-debugger" //entering make-config.sh //ensuring the existence of output/ directory //initializing /tmp/buildd/sbcl-0.9.3.72/local-target-features.lisp-expr //guessing default target CPU architecture from host architecture //setting up CPU-architecture-dependent information sbcl_arch="ppc" //setting up symlink src/compiler/target //setting up symlink src/assembly/target //setting up symlink src/compiler/assembly //setting up OS-dependent information make[1]: Entering directory `/tmp/buildd/sbcl-0.9.3.72/tools-for-build' gcc-3.4 -DSBCL_HOME=/usr/lib/sbcl/ -O2 -I../src/runtime where-is-mcontext.c -o where-is-mcontext make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/buildd/sbcl-0.9.3.72/tools-for-build' //finishing /tmp/buildd/sbcl-0.9.3.72/local-target-features.lisp-expr //entering make-host-1.sh //building cross-compiler, and doing first genesis make-host-1.sh: line 29: /tmp/buildd/sbcl-0.9.3.72/stage1/sbcl: No such file or directory real 0m0.164s user 0m0.005s sys 0m0.009s make: *** [build-arch-stamp] Error 1 pbuilder: Failed autobuilding of package -> Aborting with an error -> unmounting dev/pts filesystem -> unmounting proc filesystem -> cleaning the build env -> removing directory /var/cache/pbuilder/build//9356 and its subdirectories ralf@hobbes:/LISP/DEBS/sbcl-0.9.3.72$ Any idea what's going on? This is a build with the following options pdebuild --configfile ~ralf/.pbuilderrc \ --buildsourceroot fakeroot \ --pbuilderroot sudo \ --buildresult /LISP/DEBS \ --auto-debsign Cheers Ralf Mattes