broken guile binary on NextStep 3.3

[Josh DuBois <josh_temp@yahoo.com>]

Hi - 

   I'm trying to get guile-1.3 running on a Motorola 
NeXT running version 3.3 of the OS.  

   It doesn't compile out of the box but I messed 
around for a while & got things to build (mostly 
problems with POSIX compatability in system headers).

   The guile binary seems broken, though.  It does 
this : 

> guile
ERROR: Unbound variable: p7
> 
...or this...
> guile
ERROR: Unbound variable: :
>
...whenever it's run.  

   I've traced through the code & it seems that 
scm_load_startup_code ends up calling scm_open_file
on a *directory* (the installation directory, as it 
happens) and then chokes, printing the error above.  
Any intuitions as to whether this is an installation 
problem (missing file, mangled filename, etc.) or 
something I messed up when making changes so guile 
would compile (I assume the latter)?

   I'm really just trying to install GNU Robots (which 
uses GUILE as an extension language) : I don't want to 
write my own program & link guile or anything.  So it's 
just for an amusement, but I'd like to get guile
running on my NeXT if I can.

   I've seen reference to debugging tools but can't 
figure out what state they're in / exactly what 
their nature is.  Tracing through the code in 
libguile/*.c was hard because a lot of functions 
seemed to be passing args around in scheme structures,
which I couldn't (didn't know how to) inspect with 
GDB.  (at least it *looked* like that's what was 
going on in the startup code, where I think my 
problem is)

   Is there anything to make debugging easier?
How stable do the nightly snapshots tend to be?  If I 
want to try to make changes so guile will compile on 
my machine should I start with tweaking the 1.3 release
or should I use the 'bleeding edge' right away?

   Obviously I'm totally new to guile, and again my 
end goal is frivilous (sp?) so no worries if I can't 
get it to work.  In fact if I've posted in an 
inappropriate place I apologize.  I have some (very
rusty) scheme experience, though, and *plenty* of 
time on my hands, so I figured if I can get it 
working I will.

   Thanks for any help anyone can give w/regard to 
debugging techniques & ideas about what might be 
happening!

     Cheers, 
 
          Josh.
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