Maxima, error on start up

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On attempting to start wxmaxima (AUR package), I got an error.

So switched to command-line maxima but still the same error:

$ maxima

Condition of type: SIMPLE-TYPE-ERROR
In function <, the value of the second argument is
  NIL
which is not of the expected type REAL
No restarts available.

Top level in: #<process TOP-LEVEL 0x76610742af00>.

Although the Manjaro/Arch package is relatively recent:

$ pacman -Qi maxima
Name            : maxima
Version         : 5.47.0-21
...
Packager        : Antonio Rojas <arojas@archlinux.org>
Build Date      : Thu 10 Apr 2025 17:40:10 BST
Install Date    : Mon 05 May 2025 08:43:53 BST

The actual release of maxima is 2 or 3 years old and I’ve certainly used it since then, so my conjecture is a problem interfacing to a library somewhere.(ecl?). I do notice that though ecl is the correct version the build date is more recent than for maxima

2

Did you rebuild the AUR package?

The latest version of maxima in all Manjaro repos is 5.47.0-23

3

I don’t think the AUR package is relevant since the error occurs with maxima as well as wxmaxima.

I see that there is a new set of stable updates now available that hadn’t showed up on my panel this morning, include an update 5.47.0-22. Can’t apply those right now, but will do so and then check.

4

Indeed - I must have misread when I looked at:

Branch compare for Manjaro

https://manjaristas.org/branch_compare?q=maxima

5

Problem has gone away with the update.

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