$ uname -a Linux zoidberg 3.7.0-rc7 #17 SMP Mon Nov 26 04:46:11 CET 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
$ apt-cache show libgc-dev | grep ^Version Version: 1:7.1-8ubuntu0.12.04.1 Version: 1:7.1-8build1 $ ./configure --prefix=$HOME/opt/guile --enable-silent-rules --disable-shared --disable-static <snip> $ make -j8 <snip> gc.c:212:1: warning: 'GC_get_free_space_divisor' defined but not used [-Wunused-function] <snip> weak-set.c: In function 'move_weak_entry': weak-set.c:180:11: warning: passing argument 1 of 'GC_base' makes pointer from integer without a cast [enabled by default] /usr/include/gc/gc.h:308:15: note: expected 'void *' but argument is of type 'scm_t_bits' weak-set.c:180:11: warning: passing argument 2 of 'GC_general_register_disappearing_link' makes pointer from integer without a cast [enabled by default] /usr/include/gc/gc.h:744:12: note: expected 'void *' but argument is of type 'scm_t_bits' <snip> make[3]: Entering directory `/home/bnoordhuis/src/guile2/libguile' GEN guile-procedures.texi /bin/bash: line 1: 27907 Broken pipe cat alist.doc arbiters.doc array-handle.doc array-map.doc arrays.doc async.doc backtrace.doc boolean.doc bitvectors.doc bytevectors.doc chars.doc control.doc continuations.doc debug.doc deprecated.doc deprecation.doc dynl.doc dynwind.doc eq.doc error.doc eval.doc evalext.doc expand.doc extensions.doc feature.doc filesys.doc fluids.doc foreign.doc fports.doc gc-malloc.doc gc.doc gettext.doc generalized-arrays.doc generalized-vectors.doc goops.doc gsubr.doc guardians.doc hash.doc hashtab.doc hooks.doc i18n.doc init.doc ioext.doc keywords.doc list.doc load.doc macros.doc mallocs.doc memoize.doc modules.doc numbers.doc objprop.doc options.doc pairs.doc ports.doc print.doc procprop.doc procs.doc promises.doc r6rs-ports.doc random.doc rdelim.doc read.doc root.doc rw.doc scmsigs.doc script.doc simpos.doc smob.doc sort.doc srcprop.doc srfi-1.doc srfi-4.doc srfi-13.doc srfi-14.doc srfi-60.doc stackchk.doc stacks.doc stime.doc strings.doc strorder.doc strports.doc struct.doc symbols.doc threads.doc throw.doc trees.doc uniform.doc values.doc variable.doc vectors.doc version.doc vports.doc weak-set.doc weak-table.doc weak-vector.doc dynl.doc posix.doc net_db.doc socket.doc regex-posix.doc 27908 Segmentation fault (core dumped) | GUILE_AUTO_COMPILE=0 ../meta/uninstalled-env guild snarf-check-and-output-texi > guile-procedures.texi $ gdb libguile/guile libguile/core Reading symbols from /home/bnoordhuis/src/guile2/libguile/guile...done. [New LWP 27776] [New LWP 27795] warning: Can't read pathname for load map: Input/output error. [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled] Using host libthread_db library "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libthread_db.so.1". Core was generated by `/home/bnoordhuis/src/guile2/libguile/guile -e (@@ (guild) main) -s /home/bnoord'. Program terminated with signal 11, Segmentation fault. #0 0x00002b8550ca7362 in GC_generic_malloc_inner () from /usr/lib/libgc.so.1 (gdb) bt full 10 #0 0x00002b8550ca7362 in GC_generic_malloc_inner () from /usr/lib/libgc.so.1 No symbol table info available. #1 0x00002b8550ca4bc9 in GC_general_register_disappearing_link () from /usr/lib/libgc.so.1 No symbol table info available. #2 0x00000000004767bb in register_disappearing_links (entry=0x2889970, k=<optimized out>, v=<optimized out>, kind=<optimized out>) at weak-table.c:133 No locals. #3 0x0000000000476c7c in weak_table_put_x (table=0x1cf7cc0, hash=<optimized out>, pred=0x476010 <assq_predicate>, closure=0x2c46350, key=0x2c46350, value=0x2c43950) at weak-table.c:707 k = 6074 distance = 0 size = 14051 entries = 0x2866000 #4 0x000000000047720b in scm_c_weak_table_put_x (table=<optimized out>, raw_hash=796165648183374467, pred=0x476010 <assq_predicate>, closure=0x2c46350, key=<optimized out>, value=<optimized out>) at weak-table.c:931 t = 0x1cf7cc0 #5 0x000000000043ecbc in scm_set_source_properties_x (obj=<optimized out>, alist=0x2c43950) at srcprop.c:209 No locals. #6 0x0000000000472d04 in vm_regular_engine (vm=0x1d589c0, program=0x70d128, argv=0x7fffcfb2c020, nargs=2) at vm-i-system.c:866 subr = 0x43eca0 <scm_set_source_properties_x> vp = 0x1d59f50 objects = 0x1d59f50 stack_limit = 0x1dd9000 current_thread = 0x1cf5e00 registers = {{ __jmpbuf = {7393576, -835748929747507041, 30561392, 772, 2, 2, -835748932025014113, 835784069652457631}, __mask_was_saved = 0, __saved_mask = { __val = {17610995143953655967, 30778248, 30771648, 1, 1, 30777168, 30561392, 31297536, 30501248, 30498784, 30367232, 30778240, 33597536, 0, 47851586127694, 16} } }} jump_table_pointer = 0x1d25470 jump_table = 0x1d25470 #7 0x0000000000499c86 in eval (x=0x208c070, env=0x2c46330) at eval.c:340 argv = 0x7fffcfb2c020 i = <optimized out> mx = 0x304 proc = 0x70d128 args = <optimized out> argc = 2 #8 0x0000000000499176 in eval (x=0x208df70, env=0x2c46330) at eval.c:234 mx = 0x208df80 proc = <optimized out> args = <optimized out> argc = <optimized out> #9 0x0000000000499c50 in eval (x=0x20b0620, env=0x2c46630) at eval.c:338 argv = 0x7fffcfb2c340 i = <optimized out> mx = 0x20b0660 proc = 0x1de80a0 args = <optimized out> argc = 2 #10 0x0000000000499afe in prepare_boot_closure_env_for_eval (inout_env=0x7fffcfb2c520, out_body=0x7fffcfb2c528, exps=0x20b0610, argc=<optimized out>, proc=0x1f0a8a0) at eval.c:922 nreq = 2 new_env = 0x20f0a90 Upgrading libgc fixes the issue so it's presumably an API/ABI mismatch. I get some compiler warnings after upgrading. I'm appending them for posterity but feel free to ignore them. gc.c: In function 'scm_gc_stats': gc.c:313:3: warning: 'GC_gc_no' is deprecated (declared at /home/bnoordhuis/opt/libgc/include/gc/gc.h:76) [-Wdeprecated-declarations] gc.c: In function 'scm_storage_prehistory': gc.c:625:3: warning: 'GC_all_interior_pointers' is deprecated (declared at /home/bnoordhuis/opt/libgc/include/gc/gc.h:143) [-Wdeprecated-declarations] <snip> guardians.c: In function 'scm_init_guardians': guardians.c:358:3: warning: 'GC_java_finalization' is deprecated (declared at /home/bnoordhuis/opt/libgc/include/gc/gc.h:169) [-Wdeprecated-declarations] Hope that helps. Let me know if you want more details or want me try out something.