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From: ludovic.courtes@laas.fr (Ludovic Courtès)
Cc: guile-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: 1.6.8 release candidate 0 available for testing.
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 09:32:28 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <877jc8y777.fsf@laas.fr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <rmiek6h8mbf.fsf@fnord.ir.bbn.com> (Greg Troxel's message of "19 Oct 2005 13:10:28 -0400")

Hi,

Greg Troxel <gdt@ir.bbn.com> 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/


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  reply	other threads:[~2005-10-20  7:32 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-10-15 20:55 1.6.8 release candidate 0 available for testing Rob Browning
2005-10-16 21:02 ` Greg Troxel
2005-10-16 22:38   ` Kevin Ryde
2005-10-18 19:53     ` Greg Troxel
2005-10-19  1:27       ` Kevin Ryde
2005-10-19 17:10         ` Greg Troxel
2005-10-20  7:32           ` Ludovic Courtès [this message]
2005-10-19  1:34       ` Kevin Ryde
2005-10-19 17:18         ` Greg Troxel
2005-10-23 22:27           ` Kevin Ryde
2005-10-25  1:29             ` Greg Troxel
2005-10-31 23:41               ` Kevin Ryde
2005-10-23 22:41       ` Kevin Ryde

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