@item A reasonably new C++ compiler: EGCS 1.1, GCC 2.95.2 or
newer. Check out @uref{ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gcc/, the gcc site}.
-@item Python 1.5,
+@item Python (version 1.5 or newer; not 2.1.x)
Check out @uref{http://www.python.org, the python website}.
-@item GUILE 1.3.4 or newer, check out
+@item GUILE 1.4 or newer, check out
@uref{http://www.gnu.org/software/guile/guile.html,the GUILE webpage}.
Version 1.4 is recommended for better performance.
Debian's @TeX{} installation is a bit short on memory, you may want to
increase it like this:
@example
---- /etc/texmf/texmf.cnf.dpkg Sun Jan 28 14:12:14 2001
-+++ /etc/texmf/texmf.cnf Fri Apr 27 11:09:35 2001
-@@ -384,8 +384,8 @@
+--- texmf.cnf.orig Sun Dec 16 23:47:07 2001
++++ texmf.cnf Sun Dec 16 23:46:34 2001
+@@ -411,8 +411,8 @@
main_memory.context = 1500000
main_memory.mpost = 1000000
main_memory = 263000 % words of inimemory available; also applies to inimf&mp
-extra_mem_top = 0 % extra high memory for chars, tokens, etc.
-extra_mem_bot = 0 % extra low memory for boxes, glue, breakpoints, etc.
-+extra_mem_top = 100000 % extra high memory for chars, tokens, etc.
-+extra_mem_bot = 100000 % extra low memory for boxes, glue, breakpoints, etc.
++extra_mem_top = 1000000 % extra high memory for chars, tokens, etc.
++extra_mem_bot = 1000000 % extra low memory for boxes, glue, breakpoints, etc.
- obj_tab_size.context = 256000
-
+ obj_tab_size.context = 300000
+
+@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@
+ % Max number of characters in all strings, including all error messages,
+ % help texts, font names, control sequences. These values apply to TeX and MP.
+ pool_size.context = 750000
+-pool_size = 125000
++pool_size = 250000
+ % Minimum pool space after TeX/MP's own strings; must be at least
+ % 25000 less than pool_size, but doesn't need to be nearly that large.
+ string_vacancies.context = 45000
@end example
You could also export @env{extra_mem_top} and @env{extra_mem_bot} as
Note that this is fixed in Debian/unstable for flex >= 2.5.4a-13.
-
-
+@unnumberedsubsec Python-2.1[.1]
+
+Regular expressions are broken in Python 2.1.[.1], either upgrade or
+downgrade python.
+
@unnumberedsubsec Linux-2.4.0, Guile-1.4 --with-threads
There's a bug in certain kernels around version 2.4.0, that is