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[weigert@etl.go.jp (Thomas Weigert)]

I saw the following message on comp.lang.lisp, and thought
it might be of interest to this mailing list.

Cheers, Thomas

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Here I go again.  This time is to compile the CLX(X11R5) on 
HP9000/370 which runs HP-UX version 7.0B using akcl-1-605.
The compilation went well on most of CLX lisp files, but produced
following errors when it hits text.l(text.lsp):

	text.c: 4882: CMPmake_fixnum: actuals too long
	text.c: 4882: CMPmake_fixnum: actuals too long
	text.c: 4882: CMPmake_fixnum: actuals too long
	text.c: 4882: CMPmake_fixnum: actuals too long
	cc: Fatal error in /lib/cpp

	Correctable error: (SYSTEM "(cd . ;cc  +Ns6000 +Np2000  +Nt40000 
				-DVOL=volatile -I/usr/local/akcl-1-605/.akcl/o
			        -O -c -I. text.c -w)") returned a non-zero 
				value 201.
	Signalled by UNLESS.
	If continued: Continues anyway.
	Broken at CERROR.  Type :H for Help.

I looked at the generated text.c file, which is ~600kbytes huge, it seems that 
it was not completed.  Last few lines look like this:

	static LnkT58(){ call_or_link(VV[58],&Lnk58);} /* TEXT-EXTENTS-SERVER */
	static LnkT57(){ call_or_link(VV[57],&Lnk57);} /* TEXT-EXTENTS-LOCAL */
	static LnkT55(){ call_or_link(VV[55],&Lnk55);} /* X-ERROR */
	static LnkT54(){ call_or_link(VV[54],&Lnk54);} /* FONT-DIRECTION */
	static LnkT53(){ call_or_link(VV[53],&Lnk53);} /* FONT-DESCENT */
	static LnkT52(){ call_or_link(VV[52],&Lnk52);} /* FONT-ASCENT */
	static LnkT51(){ call_or_link(VV[51],&Lnk51);} /* GCONTEXT-FONT */
	static LnkT50(){ call_or_link(VV[50],&Lnk50);} /* FORCE-GCONTEXT-CHANGES */
	static LnkT49(){ call_or_link(VV[49],&Lnk49);} /* STRUCTURE-SUBTYPE-P */
	static LnkT45(){ call_or_link(VV[45],&Lnk45);} /* CHAR->CARD8 */

I would think that I need to turnon some mode in akcl to allow it generates 
large C codes.  Could you give me some idea how to solve this?  Did anyone 
happen to encounter the same kind problem before?

Your help is appreciated!

Tom Zheng
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