sbcl @1.2.9: fails to build on PPC: The value NIL is not of type SB!KERNEL:DEFSTRUCT-SLOT-DESCRIPTION.

[udbraumann]

I have tried to install sbcl @1.2.9 in order to install maxima later on, however, after a long time sbcl building fails.

As I never ever have used LISP before I am not able to interpret the log file, sorry. I attach the main.log

[easye]

Unfortunately, I don't have access to PowerPC hardware, so I cannot provide much support for your problem.

Looking at attached log did not reveal any obvious reason for failure.

Sorry I cannot be of more help.

[larryv (Lawrence Velázquez)]

Cc Me!

[kencu (Ken)]

Not particularly enlightening so far (10.5 PPC):

15: ((FLET SB-FASL::LOAD-STREAM)
     #<SB-SYS:FD-STREAM
       for "file /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_lang_sbcl/sbcl/work/sbcl-1.4.9/make-host-1.lisp"
       {11E83C49}>
     NIL)
16: (LOAD
     "make-host-1.lisp"
     :VERBOSE
     NIL
     :PRINT
     NIL
     :IF-DOES-NOT-EXIST
     T
     :EXTERNAL-FORMAT
     :DEFAULT)
17: (COMMON-LISP-USER::LOAD-SBCL-FILE "make-host-1.lisp" T)
18: (COMMON-LISP-USER::LOAD-SBCL-FILE "make-host-1.lisp")[:EXTERNAL]
19: (SB-INT:SIMPLE-EVAL-IN-LEXENV
     (COMMON-LISP-USER::LOAD-SBCL-FILE "make-host-1.lisp")
     #<NULL-LEXENV>)
20: (EVAL (COMMON-LISP-USER::LOAD-SBCL-FILE "make-host-1.lisp"))
21: (SB-EXT:INTERACTIVE-EVAL
     (COMMON-LISP-USER::LOAD-SBCL-FILE "make-host-1.lisp")
     :EVAL
     NIL)
22: (SB-IMPL::REPL-FUN NIL)
23: ((LAMBDA ()))
24: (SB-IMPL::%WITH-REBOUND-IO-SYNTAX #<CLOSURE (LAMBDA #) {11E8315D}>)
25: (SB-IMPL::TOPLEVEL-REPL NIL)
26: (SB-IMPL::TOPLEVEL-INIT)
27: ((LABELS SB-IMPL::RESTART-LISP))

unhandled condition in --disable-debugger mode, quitting
Command failed: ulimit -s 8192 && export SBCL_MACOSX_VERSION_MIN=10.5 && cd /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_lang_sbcl/sbcl/work/sbcl-1.4.9 && export CC && CC=/usr/bin/gcc-4.2 && export CXX && CXX=/usr/bin/g++-4.2 && export CPP && CPP==/usr/bin/cpp-4.2 && sh ./make.sh --fancy --prefix=/opt/local --xc-host="/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_lang_sbcl/sbcl/work/sbcl-1.0.47-powerpc-darwin/src/runtime/sbcl --core /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_lang_sbcl/sbcl/work/sbcl-1.0.47-powerpc-darwin/output/sbcl.core --disable-debugger --sysinit /dev/null --userinit /dev/null" 
Exit code: 1
Error: Failed to build sbcl: command execution failed
Error: See /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_lang_sbcl/sbcl/main.log for details.
Error: Follow https://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets to report a bug.
Error: Processing of port sbcl failed

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Replying to kencu:

Not particularly enlightening so far (10.5 PPC):

15: ((FLET SB-FASL::LOAD-STREAM)

I'm assuming it's printing a backtrace of sorts, showing where the problem originates. As such, the preceding 14 numbered items would be of relevance too, as probably is the error message that precedes the first numbered item in the attached log:

:info:build beginning GENESIS, creating headers in "src/runtime/genesis"
:info:build unhandled TYPE-ERROR:
:info:build   The value NIL is not of type SB!KERNEL:DEFSTRUCT-SLOT-DESCRIPTION.

I don't know anything about sbcl or its build system but I'll bet the developers of sbcl do. If this problem remains with the current version of sbcl in MacPorts (2.1.4, and you'll need to wait until #62787 is resolved before trying again), please report it to the developers of sbcl so that they can fix it.

[barracuda156]

Replying to kencu:

Not particularly enlightening so far (10.5 PPC): unhandled condition in --disable-debugger mode, quitting

Has this ever been fixed?

[kencu (Ken)]

perhaps all these SBLC-fails-to-build-on-PPC tickets might be usefully amalgamated into one location?

[catap (Kirill A. Korinsky)]

In d1f240affd993dd3204f8b70c6d28195959df797/macports-ports (master):

sbcl: pin as 2.3.5 for i386 and powerpc

Closes: #29832
Closes: #47288