Andreas Rottmann <a.rottmann@gmx.at> writes:

> Hi!
>
> Currently on my System (Debian sid), Guile 1.8 does not support
> SLIB. I have done a preliminary patch (attached) that makes the module
> (ice-9 slib) load the guile.init file from SLIB, which seems to work
> fine AFAICS.
>
> Currently, the patch hard-codes the location of the guile.init file,
> (which would be suitable for Debian use, but not for upstream); I had
> the intention to improve this (using a path figured out by
> configure.ac), if this is the right way to do this; another option
> would be placing the contents of guile.init in the (ice-9 slib)
> module. So which is the way forward? I'll prepare patches for Guile
> upstream once I know what the right approach to this problem is...
>
I've now prepared a patch (attached) that's hopefully good enough for
upstream use.