Hello On Mon 12 Oct 2009 21:11, l...@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) writes:
> Ken Raeburn <raeb...@raeburn.org> writes: > >> Andy's patch (eb35012) adds $pkglibdir to the path searched for >> libraries. That directory is $prefix/lib/guile; it contains a >> subdirectory "1.9" and nothing else. The libguile-srfi-srfi-1-v-4.* >> libraries guile searches for at startup are in $prefix/lib aka >> $libdir. >> >> Changing SCM_LIB_DIR to be defined as $libdir instead of $pkglibdir is >> easy enough, if the current location is where we want those >> libraries. > > Yes, I think that’s the way to go, since libguile-srfi-*, > libguilereadline*, etc. get installed to $(libdir), not $(pkglibdir). > > If nobody objects, please commit it. > >> Do we need programs to be able to link against them directly? > > Yes since people may be explicitly linking against them (they’ve always > been under $(libdir)). > >> Do we need non-guile programs to be able to find them with dlopen? > > Yes. > >> (Is it too late to consider changing it?) > > Yes. For the list: we worked out a compromise. Guile .so or .dylib extensions may be installed in the $libdir or in the extensions dir, which by default is $prefix/lib/guile/1.9/extensions. Check pkg-config --variable=extensionsdir guile-2.0 for the exact value. Andy -- http://wingolog.org/
