[comp.text.tex] Help needed with TeX3.0

bush@evax.arl.utexas.edu (Joe Bush) (03/12/91)

	I am still having problems compiling parts of the TeX3.0
distribution and would appreciate any help. In particular, the
file TeX3.0/mfware/gftodvi.c fails to compile with an error:

	"gftodvi.c", line 2280: yacc stack overflow

	On the kind suggestions of others I have tried the following
with no success:

	(1) adding to the following "defines" to web2c/web2c.yacc

		#define	YYMAXDEPTH 600
		#define YYMAXLIMIT 2000

	(2) applying the patch suggested in the PROBLEMS file.

	Neither of these fixes succeed in making the "gftodvi" file
compilable. 
	The first approach results in the very same error. This leads
me to susspect that parser generated by the web2c.yacc input file is
not related to the above error. But if it is not, I am lost entirely
for an explanation since the web2c.yacc file is the *only* yacc file
in the entire distribution.
	The second approach (applying the patch from the PROBLEMS) file
results in a syntax error. Note that the patch comes from a older
PROBLEMS file than the unix3.0/TeX3.0 distribution I am using. The
PROBLEMS file in the version I am using does not even mention this
gftodvi.c error (as if it was no longer a problem).
	Note I am using the /pub/tex/unix3.0 stuff from
labrea.standford.edu on a uVAXx 3900 running Ultrix 4.0. I believe
that this is the Unix TeX3.0 package from cs.washinton.edu.
	Has anyone got this stuff to compile on a simluar setup and if
so, HOW? 

	Many thanks,

	- Joe Bush
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