[gambit-list] gsc doesn't recognize -exe option?

Matthew Koichi Grimes mkg at cs.nyu.edu
Tue Nov 30 04:16:17 EST 2010


Yep, I downloaded and installed 4.6 (you can create a one-off ubuntu package
of it by using checkinstall) in its stead. The -exe option is working now.

Thanks,
-- Matt

On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 7:37 AM, Marc Feeley <feeley at iro.umontreal.ca>wrote:

>
> On 2010-11-26, at 12:09 AM, Matthew Koichi Grimes wrote:
>
> > I'm trying to compile a trivial program, using gsc 4.2.8 on Ubuntu 10.04.
> My source file is named hello.ss, and contains one line:
> >
> >     (display "hello")
> >
> > I try to compile it with this command:
> >
> >     $ gsc -exe hello.ss
> >
> > I get the following error:
> >
> >     *** WARNING -- Unknown or improperly placed option: "exe"
> >
> > It runs fine under the interpreter if I type "gsi hello.ss", and if I
> omit the -exe and just type "gsc hello.ss", it compiles to an object file,
> as expected. So I don't think that Ubuntu's Gambit installation is bad...
> >
> > Any ideas on what's going on would be greatly appreciated.
>
> The -exe option came out in Gambit v4.5.0 (released August 2009).  The
> version you are using, Gambit v4.2.8, came out in May 2008.  You need to
> upgrade!
>
> Marc
>
>
>
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