Ralf Hemmecke wrote:
> What is the variable fricas_fasl_type2 used for?
> 
> I don't know what ecl returns as the fasl_type, but why is it first 
> computed and then hardcoded to "o"?
> 
> configure.ac:
> 
> fricas_fasl_type2=$fricas_fasl_type
> case $fricas_lisp_flavor in
>      ecl)
>         fricas_fasl_type="o"
>       ;;
>      *)
>       ;;
> esac
> 

With ECL we have two kinds of compiled Lisp files: linkable ones
(with extension ".o") and loadable ones (shared libraries).
The computed extensions is for loadable ones.  But main
FriCAS executable is linked and we need linkable files for this.

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                              Waldek Hebisch
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