From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Ken Raeburn Newsgroups: gmane.lisp.guile.bugs Subject: Re: [PATCH] Declare `GC_dump' ourselves if doesn't. Date: Sat, 9 Jan 2010 21:37:23 -0500 Message-ID: References: <87zl4nmmpl.fsf@ambire.localdomain> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v936) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1263091077 31839 80.91.229.12 (10 Jan 2010 02:37:57 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2010 02:37:57 +0000 (UTC) To: bug-guile@gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-guile-bounces+guile-bugs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jan 10 03:37:51 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: guile-bugs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1NTngb-00013y-LQ for guile-bugs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 10 Jan 2010 03:37:49 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:41644 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NTngX-00021z-6q for guile-bugs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 09 Jan 2010 21:37:45 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NTngR-00020I-2o for bug-guile@gnu.org; Sat, 09 Jan 2010 21:37:39 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NTngM-0001y6-G2 for bug-guile@gnu.org; Sat, 09 Jan 2010 21:37:38 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=34381 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NTngM-0001y0-Do for bug-guile@gnu.org; Sat, 09 Jan 2010 21:37:34 -0500 Original-Received: from splat.raeburn.org ([69.25.196.39]:50540 helo=raeburn.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NTngE-0003ds-HR for bug-guile@gnu.org; Sat, 09 Jan 2010 21:37:34 -0500 Original-Received: from squish.raeburn.org (squish.raeburn.org [10.0.0.172]) by raeburn.org (8.14.3/8.14.1) with ESMTP id o0A2bNcE011157; Sat, 9 Jan 2010 21:37:23 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.936) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-BeenThere: bug-guile@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Bug reports for GUILE, GNU's Ubiquitous Extension Language" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-guile-bounces+guile-bugs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-guile-bounces+guile-bugs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.lisp.guile.bugs:4438 Archived-At: On Jan 9, 2010, at 17:30, Andy Wingo wrote: > On Sat 09 Jan 2010 14:28, Thien-Thi Nguyen writes: > >> +# `GC_dump' is available in GC 6.8 but not declared. > > Neil, you also compile with pre-7.x, no? Do we need to support this? > > Just wondering if it wouldn't be easier to simply require 7.x without > workarounds. It seems debian is the sticker here.. Given how much everyone seems to keep saying that you should really use 7.x, I think it would be a good idea for configure and/or some file including to check the version (if possible), and reject 6.x. Unless guile *will* work reliably with 6.8, in which case people should stop saying such things. :-) Ken P.S. I'd offer to write up a patch, but I'm in that annoying in- between state of having a new job (yay!), but not having disclaimer paperwork in to the FSF yet (boo!)...