COMPAREDIRECTORIES fails with "undefined record name at CDMAXNCHARS in (create CDMAXNCHARS)"

[nbriggs]

Starting with a fresh full loadup, MAKESYSDATE of 13-Jul-2022, from medley sources current at that time, doing

(FILESLOAD GITFNS)

results in

[...]
{DSK}<Users>briggs>Projects>medley>lispusers>COMPAREDIRECTORIES.LCOM;1
compiled on 25-May-2022 08:44:46
File created 25-May-2022 08:44:46
COMPAREDIRECTORIES
 undefined record name
 at   CDMAXNCHARS    in     (create CDMAXNCHARS)
 undefined record name
 at   CDMAXNCHARS    in     (create CDMAXNCHARS)

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