From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Neil Jerram Newsgroups: gmane.lisp.guile.devel Subject: Re: 1.9 on the 19th; freeze 10 june (this wednesday) Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 23:20:19 +0100 Message-ID: <87fxe28nks.fsf@arudy.ossau.uklinux.net> References: <8763f0s0mw.fsf@arudy.ossau.uklinux.net> <87y6rwqhzn.fsf@arudy.ossau.uklinux.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1245018039 30412 80.91.229.12 (14 Jun 2009 22:20:39 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 22:20:39 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Ken Raeburn , guile-devel To: Andy Wingo Original-X-From: guile-devel-bounces+guile-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jun 15 00:20:34 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: guile-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1MFy42-00039Y-Em for guile-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 15 Jun 2009 00:20:34 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:52061 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MFy41-0001bb-Mt for guile-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 14 Jun 2009 18:20:33 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MFy3v-0001bO-DE for guile-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 14 Jun 2009 18:20:27 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MFy3q-0001bC-4K for guile-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 14 Jun 2009 18:20:27 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=50814 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MFy3q-0001b9-0I for guile-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 14 Jun 2009 18:20:22 -0400 Original-Received: from mail3.uklinux.net ([80.84.72.33]:44996) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MFy3p-0006jS-NG for guile-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 14 Jun 2009 18:20:21 -0400 Original-Received: from arudy (host86-152-99-133.range86-152.btcentralplus.com [86.152.99.133]) by mail3.uklinux.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 491901F8F27; Sun, 14 Jun 2009 23:20:20 +0100 (BST) Original-Received: from arudy.ossau.uklinux.net (arudy [127.0.0.1]) by arudy (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB29D3801F; Sun, 14 Jun 2009 23:20:19 +0100 (BST) In-Reply-To: <87y6rwqhzn.fsf@arudy.ossau.uklinux.net> (Neil Jerram's message of "Sat\, 13 Jun 2009 16\:19\:08 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.2 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4-2.6 X-BeenThere: guile-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Developers list for Guile, the GNU extensibility library" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: guile-devel-bounces+guile-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: guile-devel-bounces+guile-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.lisp.guile.devel:8684 Archived-At: Neil Jerram writes: >>> I think what we need just is >>> >>> - import of the Gnulib `havelib' module (actually we already import >>> this indirectly, but now we need it directly) >>> >>> - AC_LIB_LINKFLAGS(gmp) in configure.in >>> >>> - update of the "Additional INSTALL instructions" section in README, >>> to mention the --with-xxx-prefix configure options, and to point to >>> the Gnulib doc on how these work (and how they sometimes don't). I pushed a couple of commits: http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=guile.git;a=commit;h=39b94fee4304d56babf5bd62e10c5786a79f4389 http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=guile.git;a=commit;h=a89cafc0562942680db63fe8ddf89f466ba2f7af I don't feel totally sure about -AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([.]) +AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([../build-aux]) because of crossing the implied boundary between the guile-readline subdistro and the main guile distro; but it seems to work, and to be consistent with how the Autoconf manual says AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR should be used. And a few other queries: - Should we have AC_LIB_LINKFLAGS(ltdl) too, to provide similar handling and searching for libltdl? - Is the new README text correct that Guile depends on libiconv and libintl? i.e. is it impossible for Guile to build without these? (If so, the "Required External Packages" section of README should be updated to mention these too.) - Any comments on or improvements to the new README text? Thanks, Neil