PicoLisp upgrade

[AlexanderBurger]

The PicoLisp package in 12.04 (Precise) is still on version 3.0.8.10.
In Debian 8.0 (Wheezy) it is on 3.0.9.4 meanwhile, fixing several bugs.

Please upgrade PicoLisp in 12.04 (Precise) to 3.0.9.4.

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[AlexanderBurger (abu-software-lab)]

Hmm, takes quite some time, it seems ...

As 3.0.9.7 is available meanwhile in Debian 'sid', I suggest to wait
another 10 days until it is in 'wheezy', and then take that one, as it
contains further fixes and improvements.

[AlexanderBurger (abu-software-lab)]

Where is the problem? Is it such a big task to take the latest version over from Debian Wheezy? If so, can I possibly help?

Also, can we avoid introducing new bugs as it happened in Oneiric?

[AlexanderBurger (abu-software-lab)]

OK, forget it!

It doesn't make sense to take the current version from Debian, because the 64-bit version of PicoLisp doesn't run properly on Ubuntu. It crashes in some calls to C libraries (e.g. dlopen()).

This seems to be because the Ubuntu libraries assume a stack alignment to a multiple of 16 bytes, which wasn't supported in PicoLisp-64 until now. It is written in assembly, and pushes/pops the stack dynamically (no stack frames). As a result, the 'movdqa' instruction caused a segfault.

I have now fixed the calls to all C libraries. It is available in PicoLisp 3.1.0.4 (released to Debian soon).

[AlexanderBurger (abu-software-lab)]

Now, 3.1.0.4 is in Debian Wheezy since a few days.

This should do.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Jakob Eriksson (b-jakob-v)]

I think the bug needs to be filed against https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/picolisp/3.0.8.10-1

[Jakob Eriksson (b-jakob-v)]

Or somehow filed at "Ubuntu 12.04" instead of just Ubuntu.

[AlexanderBurger (abu-software-lab)]

Hi Jakob,

> Or somehow filed at "Ubuntu 12.04" instead of just Ubuntu.

Hmm, confusing. I've completely lost the overview.

Though I still believe the initial filing of that bug was correct. Just
that there were not enough people "affected", so nobody cared to fix it.

But thanks anyway! :)

[Jeremy Bícha (jbicha)]

picolisp 3.1.0.4-1 has been uploaded to Ubuntu 12.10 Alpha "Quantal Quetzal".

[AlexanderBurger (abu-software-lab)]

Hmm, well, but that's too late. It is 12.04 (the "long term stable" release) where PicoLisp is unusable because it keeps crashing.