Hello Guix, GCL segfaults upon execution on x86_64 and i686. This is most likely the reason why Maxima fails to build on those architectures [0] [1].
This is what I tried: --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- diego@GLaDOS ~$ guix build gcl /gnu/store/5zzfw856c1acrmalsdznm1093mkvnwls-gcl-2.6.12-2.d3335e2 diego@GLaDOS ~$ /gnu/store/5zzfw856c1acrmalsdznm1093mkvnwls-gcl-2.6.12-2.d3335e2/bin/gcl Speicherzugriffsfehler diego@GLaDOS ~$ guix build -s i686-linux gcl /gnu/store/cbw0k4apa6qiqfm7g9j0lzfbzfk6mxj2-gcl-2.6.12-2.d3335e2 diego@GLaDOS ~$ /gnu/store/cbw0k4apa6qiqfm7g9j0lzfbzfk6mxj2-gcl-2.6.12-2.d3335e2/bin/gcl Speicherzugriffsfehler --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- I also tried building GCL locally to check if this was something non-deterministic with the same result: --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- diego@GLaDOS ~$ guix build gcl --check --keep-failed [...] phase `compress-documentation' succeeded after 0.1 seconds note: keeping build directory `/tmp/guix-build-gcl-2.6.12-2.d3335e2.drv-4' guix build: error: derivation `/gnu/store/kljywjw5a3wpcqk67p1isrrgy5yxgp21-gcl-2.6.12-2.d3335e2.drv' may not be deterministic: output `/gnu/store/5zzfw856c1acrmalsdznm1093mkvnwls-gcl-2.6.12-2.d3335e2' differs from ‘/gnu/store/5zzfw856c1acrmalsdznm1093mkvnwls-gcl-2.6.12-2.d3335e2-check’ diego@GLaDOS ~$ /gnu/store/5zzfw856c1acrmalsdznm1093mkvnwls-gcl-2.6.12-2.d3335e2-check/bin/gcl Speicherzugriffsfehler diego@GLaDOS ~$ guix build gcl -s i686-linux --check --keep-failed [...] phase `compress-documentation' succeeded after 0.1 seconds note: keeping build directory `/tmp/guix-build-gcl-2.6.12-2.d3335e2.drv-3' guix build: error: derivation `/gnu/store/p7r9c9kqf4gafik0a3q9fl0ry8hks99f-gcl-2.6.12-2.d3335e2.drv' may not be deterministic: output `/gnu/store/cbw0k4apa6qiqfm7g9j0lzfbzfk6mxj2-gcl-2.6.12-2.d3335e2' differs from ‘/gnu/store/cbw0k4apa6qiqfm7g9j0lzfbzfk6mxj2-gcl-2.6.12-2.d3335e2-check’ diego@GLaDOS ~$ /gnu/store/cbw0k4apa6qiqfm7g9j0lzfbzfk6mxj2-gcl-2.6.12-2.d3335e2-check/bin/gcl Speicherzugriffsfehler --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- GCL works fine on armhf (I did not try it on aarch64). I run Guix System (commit: 571a01d) on x86_64. Regards, Diego [0]: https://berlin.guixsd.org/build/943168 (x86_64) [1]: https://berlin.guixsd.org/build/943189 (i686)