On Feb 13, 5:34 am, mabshoff <mabsh...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> Ok, I figured it out. After downloading the dmg I dragged it to my
> desktop and double clicked on it to start. It came up, but Maxima/
> clisp did not start.
>
> So, after quitting I run that sage on the command line and low and
> behold the rebase script ran:

Thanks for the info.  Unfortunately, Maxima still doesn't work for me.
I included the error messages below.  Also, I built sage from source,
assuming that would work.  I get virtually identical error messages
with only the directory names changed.

> Mark: Thanks again for pointing out this bug. We would have had a log
> of egg on our face should this have slipped through :)

Good, glad I helped!


-------- Bad sage session -----------
mcmcclure$ /Applications/Sage.app/Contents/Resources/sage/sage
----------------------------------------------------------------------
| Sage Version 3.3.rc0, Release Date: 2009-02-11                     |
| Type notebook() for the GUI, and license() for information.        |
----------------------------------------------------------------------
The SAGE install tree may have moved.
Regenerating Python.pyo and .pyc files that hardcode the install PATH
(please wait at
most a few minutes)...
Do not interrupt this.
sage: diff(x^2,x)
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
RuntimeError                              Traceback (most recent call
last)

/Users/mcmcclure/<ipython console> in <module>()

/Applications/Sage.app/Contents/Resources/sage/local/lib/python2.5/
site-packages/sage/calculus/functional.py in derivative(f, *args,
**kwds)
    127     """
    128     try:
--> 129         return f.derivative(*args, **kwds)
    130     except AttributeError:
    131         pass

/Applications/Sage.app/Contents/Resources/sage/local/lib/python2.5/
site-packages/sage/calculus/calculus.py in derivative(self, *args)
   2139                 raise TypeError, "arguments must be
SymbolicVariable objects"
   2140
-> 2141         vars = self.variables()
   2142
   2143         if len(vars) == 0:

/Applications/Sage.app/Contents/Resources/sage/local/lib/python2.5/
site-packages/sage/calculus/calculus.py in variables(self)
   4691         """
   4692         if not self._has_been_simplified():
-> 4693             return self.simplify().variables()
   4694
   4695         try:

/Applications/Sage.app/Contents/Resources/sage/local/lib/python2.5/
site-packages/sage/calculus/calculus.py in simplify(self)
   3490             return self._simp
   3491         except AttributeError:
-> 3492             S = evaled_symbolic_expression_from_maxima_string
(self._maxima_init_())
   3493             S._simp = None
   3494             self._simp = S

/Applications/Sage.app/Contents/Resources/sage/local/lib/python2.5/
site-packages/sage/calculus/calculus.py in
evaled_symbolic_expression_from_maxima_string(x)
   9212         [  0 y^4], 1]
   9213     """
-> 9214     return symbolic_expression_from_maxima_string(maxima.eval
(x))
   9215
   9216 def first_var(expr):

/Applications/Sage.app/Contents/Resources/sage/local/lib/python2.5/
site-packages/sage/interfaces/expect.py in eval(self, code, strip,
synchronize, **kwds)
    929         try:
    930             with gc_disabled():
--> 931                 return '\n'.join([self._eval_line(L, **kwds)
for L in code.split('\n') if L != ''])
    932         except KeyboardInterrupt:
    933             # DO NOT CATCH KeyboardInterrupt, as it is being
caught

/Applications/Sage.app/Contents/Resources/sage/local/lib/python2.5/
site-packages/sage/interfaces/maxima.py in _eval_line(self, line,
allow_use_file, wait_for_prompt, reformat, error_check)
    603             return repr(a)
    604         else:
--> 605             self._sendline(line)
    606
    607         if not wait_for_prompt:

/Applications/Sage.app/Contents/Resources/sage/local/lib/python2.5/
site-packages/sage/interfaces/maxima.py in _sendline(self, str)
    470
    471     def _sendline(self, str):
--> 472         self._sendstr(str)
    473         os.write(self._expect.child_fd, os.linesep)
    474

/Applications/Sage.app/Contents/Resources/sage/local/lib/python2.5/
site-packages/sage/interfaces/expect.py in _sendstr(self, str)
    826         """
    827         if self._expect is None:
--> 828             self._start()
    829         try:
    830             os.write(self._expect.child_fd, str)

/Applications/Sage.app/Contents/Resources/sage/local/lib/python2.5/
site-packages/sage/interfaces/maxima.py in _start(self)
    448             True
    449         """
--> 450         Expect._start(self)
    451         self._sendline(r":lisp (defun tex-derivative (x l r)
(tex (if $derivabbrev (tex-dabbrev x) (tex-d x '\\partial)) l r lop
rop ))")
    452         self._eval_line('0;')

/Applications/Sage.app/Contents/Resources/sage/local/lib/python2.5/
site-packages/sage/interfaces/expect.py in _start(self, alt_message,
block_during_init)
    462             self._session_number = BAD_SESSION
    463             failed_to_start.append(self.__name)
--> 464             raise RuntimeError, "Unable to start
%s"%self.__name
    465         self._expect.timeout = None
    466         with gc_disabled():

RuntimeError: Unable to start maxima

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