[Openmcl-devel] Error compiling CLEM on clozure/ppc32

[R. Matthew Emerson]

On Sep 4, 2009, at 12:26 AM, Daniel Herring wrote:

> Could someone briefly explain what's going on?  Is there a  
> workaround, or
> should I disable compilation of clem on clozure/ppc32?

> Just tried Clozure CL 1.3-r12755M  (DarwinPPC32).
[...]
>> Error: Unknown vinsn: CCL::DOUBLE-TO-SINGLE
>> While executing: CCL::NEED-VINSN-TEMPLATE, in process listener(1).
>> Type :POP to abort, :R for a list of available restarts.
>> Type :? for other options.

That's a bug in the ppc32 compiler backend.  It was fixed in the trunk  
a couple months ago, but the fix never made it over to the 1.3  
branch.  It should now be fixed in 1.3 also.