Yes. Pushed 714e9eabd25bb902395838a08dc9f7eaebadfe6f to fix this and a96724bdcd716bcbc9e3743d9cedfa2291b85be9 to make run.sh work in the examples directory.
In other words, either install from the current swipl-devel.git or the old stable 7.6.4 release and you should be fine. Success with your thesis!