severity 364688 grave thanks I get this on powerpc too: (sid)2367:tbm@test: ~/src] sudo apt-get install clisp Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done The following extra packages will be installed: cl-asdf common-lisp-controller Suggested packages: clisp-doc clisp-dev slime Recommended packages: sbcl lisp-compiler The following NEW packages will be installed: cl-asdf clisp common-lisp-controller 0 upgraded, 3 newly installed, 0 to remove and 92 not upgraded. Need to get 3228kB of archives. After unpacking 8966kB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y Get:1 http://ftp.de.debian.org sid/main cl-asdf 1.89-1 [47.4kB] Get:2 http://ftp.de.debian.org sid/main common-lisp-controller 5.13 [30.0kB] Get:3 http://ftp.de.debian.org sid/main clisp 1:2.38-5 [3151kB] Fetched 3228kB in 1s (2656kB/s) Preconfiguring packages ... Selecting previously deselected package cl-asdf. (Reading database ... 86537 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking cl-asdf (from .../cl-asdf_1.89-1_all.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package common-lisp-controller. Unpacking common-lisp-controller (from .../common-lisp-controller_5.13_all.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package clisp. Unpacking clisp (from .../clisp_1%3a2.38-5_powerpc.deb) ... Setting up cl-asdf (1.89-1) ... Setting up common-lisp-controller (5.13) ... Reinstalling for clisp Recompiling Common Lisp Controller for clisp Installing clc... ;; Loading file /usr/lib/clisp/install-clc.lisp ... ;; Loading file /usr/share/common-lisp/source/common-lisp-controller/common-lisp-controller.lisp ... ;; Loaded file /usr/share/common-lisp/source/common-lisp-controller/common-lisp-controller.lisp *** - handle_fault error2 ! address = 0x77cbe3cc not in [0x699a1158,0x69a43000) ! SIGSEGV cannot be cured. Fault address = 0x77cbe3cc. Permanently allocated: 104032 bytes. Currently in use: 3071296 bytes. Free space: 134 bytes. /usr/lib/common-lisp/bin/clisp.sh: line 16: 4003 Segmentation fault ${builder} -norc -q -M ${orig_mem} -on-error exit -x " (handler-case (progn (when (find-package :c-l-c) ; have to remove (delete-package :c-l-c)) ; for clisp workaround (load \"$clisp_dir/install-clc.lisp\") (saveinitmem \"${target_mem}\") (ext:exit 0)) (error (e) (ignore-errors (format t \"~&install-clc error: ~A~%\" e)) (finish-output) (ext:exit 1)))" Building of new image failed! Done rebuilding Setting up clisp (2.38-5) ... Installing clc... ;; Loading file /usr/lib/clisp/install-clc.lisp ... ;; Loading file /usr/share/common-lisp/source/common-lisp-controller/common-lisp-controller.lisp ... ;; Loaded file /usr/share/common-lisp/source/common-lisp-controller/common-lisp-controller.lisp *** - handle_fault error2 ! address = 0x77cbe544 not in [0x699a1158,0x69a43000) ! SIGSEGV cannot be cured. Fault address = 0x77cbe544. Permanently allocated: 104032 bytes. Currently in use: 3071084 bytes. Free space: 346 bytes. /usr/lib/common-lisp/bin/clisp.sh: line 16: 4007 Segmentation fault ${builder} -norc -q -M ${orig_mem} -on-error exit -x " (handler-case (progn (when (find-package :c-l-c) ; have to remove (delete-package :c-l-c)) ; for clisp workaround (load \"$clisp_dir/install-clc.lisp\") (saveinitmem \"${target_mem}\") (ext:exit 0)) (error (e) (ignore-errors (format t \"~&install-clc error: ~A~%\" e)) (finish-output) (ext:exit 1)))" Building of new image failed! dpkg: error processing clisp (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 4 Errors were encountered while processing: clisp E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) zsh: exit 100 sudo apt-get install clisp (sid)2368:tbm@test: ~/src] -- Martin Michlmayr http://www.cyrius.com/