I have some compilation errors when trying to run slime (latest from CVS). I tried 2 host configurations and got 2 different errors (both seem to be related to missing linux_no_threads_p function): 1) Debian SARGE, GNU Emacs 21.4.1, SBCL 0.8.16 2) Fedora Core release 3 (Heidelberg), GNU Emacs 21.3.2, SBCL 0.8.18

-- my .emacs -------------------------------------------------------- ;; SLIME SUPPORT (add-to-list 'load-path "/home/vitaly/slime") (setq inferior-lisp-program "/usr/bin/sbcl") (require 'slime) (add-hook 'lisp-mode-hook (lambda () (slime-mode t))) (add-hook 'inferior-lisp-mode-hook (lambda () (inferior-slime-mode t))) (setq lisp-indent-function 'common-lisp-indent-function slime-complete-symbol-function 'slime-fuzzy-complete-symbol) (slime-setup) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

== 1 Debian BOX ================================================== ; compiling file "/home/vitaly/slime/swank-sbcl.lisp" (written 12 DEC 2005 09:47:54 AM): ; file: /home/vitaly/slime/swank-sbcl.lisp ; in: DEFUN MAKE-SOCKET-IO-STREAM ; (LET ((SWANK-BACKEND::EF ; (SWANK-BACKEND::FIND-EXTERNAL-FORMAT SWANK-BACKEND::EXTERNAL-FORMAT))) ; (SB-BSD-SOCKETS:SOCKET-MAKE-STREAM SWANK-BACKEND::SOCKET ; :OUTPUT ; T ; :INPUT ; T ; :ELEMENT-TYPE ; 'CHARACTER ; :BUFFERING ; SWANK-BACKEND::BUFFERING)) ; ; caught STYLE-WARNING: ; The variable EF is defined but never used. compilation aborted because of fatal error: READ failure in COMPILE-FILE: READER-ERROR at 23385 (line 604, column 50) on #<FILE-STREAM for "file "/home/vitaly/slime/swank-sbcl.lisp"" {9983BC9}\

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Symbol "DEFINITION-SOURCE-FILE-WRITE-DATE" not found in the SB-INTROSPECT package.

; /home/vitaly/.slime/fasl/sbcl-0.8.16-linux-x86/swank-sbcl.fasl written ; compilation finished in 0:00:02 ;; loading #P"/home/vitaly/.slime/fasl/sbcl-0.8.16-linux-x86/swank-sbcl.fasl"

debugger invoked on a SIMPLE-ERROR in thread 24402: Unknown foreign symbol: "linux_no_threads_p" You can type HELP for debugger help, or (SB-EXT:QUIT) to exit from SBCL.

== 2 Fedora Box ===================================================== .... ; compiling file "/home/vitaly/slime/swank-sbcl.lisp" (written 12 DEC 2005 03:36:56 PM): compilation aborted because of fatal error: READ failure in COMPILE-FILE: READER-ERROR at 23385 (line 604, column 50) on #<FILE-STREAM for "file "/home/vitaly/slime/swank-sbcl.lisp"" {99EA421}\

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Symbol "DEFINITION-SOURCE-FILE-WRITE-DATE" not found in the SB-INTROSPECT package.

; /home/vitaly/.slime/fasl/sbcl-0.8.18-linux-x86/swank-sbcl.fasl written ; compilation finished in 0:00:04 ;; loading #P"/home/vitaly/.slime/fasl/sbcl-0.8.18-linux-x86/swank-sbcl.fasl" STYLE-WARNING: Undefined alien: "linux_no_threads_p" STYLE-WARNING: redefining PREFERRED-COMMUNICATION-STYLE NIL in DEFMETHOD STYLE-WARNING: redefining CALL-WITHOUT-INTERRUPTS (T) in DEFMETHOD STYLE-WARNING: redefining LISP-IMPLEMENTATION-TYPE-NAME NIL in DEFMETHOD STYLE-WARNING: redefining CALL-WITH-SYNTAX-HOOKS (T) in DEFMETHOD STYLE-WARNING: redefining DEFAULT-READTABLE-ALIST NIL in DEFMETHOD STYLE-WARNING: redefining ARGLIST (T) in DEFMETHOD STYLE-WARNING: redefining NEW-DEFINITION-SOURCE-P in DEFUN ; compiling file "/home/vitaly/slime/swank-source-path-parser.lisp" (written 12 DEC 2005 03:36:56 PM): ..... ..... debugger invoked on a SB-ALIEN:UNDEFINED-ALIEN-ERROR in thread 4343: Attempt to access an undefined alien value.

You can type HELP for debugger help, or (SB-EXT:QUIT) to exit from SBCL. ======================================================================

Thanks, /pac