severity 495351 minor thanks Hi! Please, if you deal with a Debian bug which has already been reported (and thus has a number), don't forget to always cc: the bug as well (no need to subscribe). For the record, the threads on the upstream mailing list are [1], [2] and [3]. On Sat, 30 Aug 2008 17:31:44 +0200, Martin Guy wrote:

This problem doesn't present itself on native debian systems:

Maybe not this specific problem, but the Debian package misses a dependency on gcc: ===== root@ranma:~# apt-get install ecl [...] Selecting previously deselected package ecl. Unpacking ecl (from .../ecl_0.9j-20080306-4_armel.deb) ... Processing triggers for man-db ... Setting up libgc1c2 (1:6.8-1.2) ... Setting up cl-asdf (1.111-1) ... Reinstalling for ecl Recompiling Common Lisp Controller for ecl /usr/lib/common-lisp/bin/ecl.sh loading and dumping clc. ;;; Loading "/usr/lib/ecl/install-clc.lisp" ;;; Loading #P"/usr/lib/ecl/cmp.fas" ;;; Loading #P"/usr/lib/ecl/sysfun.lsp" Saving to new-ecl...sh: arm-linux-gnueabi-gcc: not found ===== It happens that ranma is my Openmoko FreeRunner, powered by Debian [4]. Since we (the Debian FSO Team [5]) decided to install a very minimal Debian (cdeboostrap minimal flavour), gcc is not installed by default (Priority: optional). As soon as gcc is installed, ecl works like a charm (I tried the "hello world" example in the documentation [6]). Problem fixed [7]. FWIW, this is with Openmoko upstream 2.6.24 kernel.

I've tried it on armv54te and armv4t boxes and ecl installs and runs fine, also under gdb. I can only think maybe some kernel difference - for example, ecl makes use of threads.

As explained by Detlef [3], this could be a kernel bug. Thus this bug should be reassigned to the kernel package, but since it could be already fixed, I'd rather close it. Detlef, what do you think?

If it would help to have ssh access to a native Debian armel box, to help find the difference, you are welcome - just write me.

You can also play with qemu/qemubuilder as explained at [4]: ECL installs and works fine with a Debian 2.6.24 kernel. Thx, bye, Gismo / Luca Footnotes: [1] http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.lisp.ecl.general/4210 [2] http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.lisp.ecl.general/4341 [3] http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.lisp.ecl.general/4372 [4] http://wiki.debian.org/DebianOnFreeRunner [5] http://wiki.debian.org/Teams/DebianFSO [6] New manual: "1.6. Compiler examples" [7] http://git.debian.org/?p=pkg-common-lisp/ecl.git;a=commitdiff;h=0f9b75fad970...