Hi, Greg Troxel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Sorry you are quite right, I should have said GNU libc (is that used > on other than Linux and HURD these days?). Sure it is: GNU/kFreeBSD[0] and even... GNU/NetBSD[1]. I know there has been significant work on the former, don't know about the latter. > In this case, GNU libc is not a requirement for guile, which runs on > free operating systems with GNU libc, free OS w/o GNU libc and > non-free OS. The real reference is to the C99-specified strftime. I > think what bothered me was the broken link in the info file since I do > not have GNU libc info files installed. I tried to follow it, and > then realized it was a cross-file link. So, sure, adding "or see > strftime(3)" would help. Well, Guile is a GNU project after all, which is primarily meant to be used on the GNU system, so I think it makes perfect sense to include links to documentation of other GNU software. However, adding a note like the one you propose for non-GNU users might be a good idea too. Thanks, Ludovic. [0] http://www.debian.org/ports/kfreebsd-gnu/ [1] http://www.debian.org/ports/netbsd/ _______________________________________________ Guile-devel mailing list Guile-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/guile-devel
