Can't compile 21.5 in place

[Vin Shelton]

Didier,

2008/3/4 Didier Verna <didier at xemacs.org>:
> Hello,
>
>  this is from a fresh hg clone of 21.5. I can't compile it in-place.
>  Here's what happens:
>
>   Loading /usr/local/src/xemacs-in-place/lisp/iso8859-1.el...
>  *** Error in XEmacs initialization
>  (void-function loop)
>  *** Backtrace
>   really-early-error-handler((void-function loop))
>   (loop for lower from (char-int ?a) to (char-int ?z) and upper from (char-int ?A) to (char-int ?Z) with table = (make-case-table) do (put-case-table-pair (coerce upper (quote character)) (coerce lower (quote character)) table) finally return table)
>
>   [ ... ]
>
>   # (unwind-protect ...)
>   (load-internal "[internal]")
>   load("/usr/local/src/xemacs-21.5/src/../lisp/loadup.el")
>   # (condition-case ... . error)
>   # (catch top-level ...)
>

I have neither xft nor postgresql, but I could not reproduce the
problem here.  Here is my Installation file:

uname -a: Linux svn-srvr 2.6.15-29-386 #1 PREEMPT Mon Sep 24 17:18:25
UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux

./configure  '--with-cflags=-Os' '--with-site-prefixes=/usr/local'
'--with-mule' '--with-union-type' '--with-widgets' '--with-athena=3d'
'--with-debug' '--with-error-checking=all' '--with-external-widget'


XEmacs 21.5-b28 "fuki"  configured for `i686-pc-linux'.

Compilation Environment and Installation Defaults:
  Source code location:
/home/vshelton/xemacs-21.5-2008-03-04-build_test
  Installation prefix:               /usr/local
  Additional prefixes:               /usr/local
  Operating system description file: `s/linux.h'
  Machine description file:          `m/intel386.h'
  Compiler version:                  gcc (GCC) 4.2.2
    - GCC specs file:                specs.
    - Compiler command:              gcc   -Wall -Wno-switch -Wundef
-Wsign-compare -Wno-char-subscripts -Wpacked -Wunused-parameter -g
-Os
  libc version:                      GNU libc 2.3.6-0ubuntu20.5 (Debian)
  Relocating allocator for buffers:  no
  GNU version of malloc:             yes
    - Using Doug Lea's new malloc from the GNU C Library.

Window System:
  Compiling in support for the X window system:
    - X Windows headers location:
    - X Windows libraries location:               /usr/X11R6/lib
    - Handling WM_COMMAND properly.
  Compiling in support for the Athena widget set:
    - Athena headers location:                    X11/Xaw3d
    - Athena library to link:                     Xaw3d
  Using Lucid menubars.
  Using Lucid scrollbars.
  Using Athena dialog boxes.
  Using Athena native widgets.

TTY:
  Compiling in support for ncurses.

Images:
  Compiling in support for GIF  images (builtin).
  Compiling in support for XPM  images.
  Compiling in support for PNG  images.
  Compiling in support for JPEG images.
  Compiling in support for TIFF images.

Sound:
  Compiling in support for sound (native).

Databases:

Internationalization:
  Compiling in support for Mule (multi-lingual Emacs).
  Compiling in support for XIM (X11R5+ I18N input method).
    - Using raw Xlib to provide XIM support.

Mail:
  Compiling in support for "file" mail spool file locking method.

Other Features:
  Inhibiting IPv6 canonicalization at startup.
  Compiling in support for dynamic shared object modules.
  Using the union type for Lisp_Objects.
  WARNING: ---------------------------------------------------------
  WARNING: This tends to trigger compiler bugs, especially when
  WARNING: combined with MULE and ERROR_CHECKING.  Crashes have
  WARNING: been seen with various versions of GCC (up to about 2.95),
  WARNING: and recently with Visual C++ as well (mid-2003).
  WARNING: More recent versions may be safer, or not.
  WARNING: ---------------------------------------------------------
  Using the new GC mark algorithms (KKCC).
  WARNING: ---------------------------------------------------------
  WARNING: The new algorithms are experimental. They are enabled by
  WARNING: default for this release. Use `--disable-kkcc' to
  WARNING: turn it off.
  WARNING: ---------------------------------------------------------
  Using the new portable dumper.
  Dumping into executable.
  Compiling in support for extra debugging code.
  Compiling in support for runtime error checking.
  WARNING: ---------------------------------------------------------
  WARNING: XEmacs will run noticeably more slowly as a result.
  WARNING: Error checking is on by default for XEmacs beta releases.
  WARNING: ---------------------------------------------------------


'make beta' builds and runs successfully.

HTH,
  Vin