From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Mike Gran Newsgroups: gmane.lisp.guile.user Subject: Re: libffi not found even if installed in default path Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2012 06:05:56 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <1327759556.5501.YahooMailNeo@web37904.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <33218407.post@talk.nabble.com> <1327732450.66119.YahooMailNeo@web37908.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Reply-To: Mike Gran NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1327769794 17568 80.91.229.3 (28 Jan 2012 16:56:34 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2012 16:56:34 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Guile User To: Thaddee Tyl Original-X-From: guile-user-bounces+guile-user=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jan 28 17:56:33 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: guile-user@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RrBZn-0008Ql-D3 for guile-user@m.gmane.org; Sat, 28 Jan 2012 17:56:31 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:47640 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Rr8up-0005D3-FI for guile-user@m.gmane.org; Sat, 28 Jan 2012 09:06:03 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:52333) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Rr8ul-0005Cy-58 for guile-user@gnu.org; Sat, 28 Jan 2012 09:05:59 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Rr8uk-0000Xf-Bz for guile-user@gnu.org; Sat, 28 Jan 2012 09:05:59 -0500 Original-Received: from nm32-vm5.bullet.mail.bf1.yahoo.com ([72.30.239.141]:31540) by eggs.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Rr8uk-0000XV-6I for guile-user@gnu.org; Sat, 28 Jan 2012 09:05:58 -0500 Original-Received: from [98.139.215.142] by nm32.bullet.mail.bf1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 28 Jan 2012 14:05:57 -0000 Original-Received: from [98.139.212.244] by tm13.bullet.mail.bf1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 28 Jan 2012 14:05:57 -0000 Original-Received: from [127.0.0.1] by omp1053.mail.bf1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 28 Jan 2012 14:05:57 -0000 X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 479465.30173.bm@omp1053.mail.bf1.yahoo.com Original-Received: (qmail 5889 invoked by uid 60001); 28 Jan 2012 14:05:57 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yahoo.com; s=s1024; t=1327759556; bh=n5iEfnpKeKMRsjfF8Xif6CdN9povYwSkzia/iGFU43E=; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:References:Message-ID:Date:From:Reply-To:Subject:To:Cc:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=yDSbyuTfQ0Eb+tZ5UFUq23j7wkQFAiv7FXWYvrjjxe6JaUjg5zDpB1Uq1szEp/aeRE1nJdMc3j+yvzHrJRgszd0eAXMaLqjcWk80prZZ1QQdfwHeCT2ydd4apaEKL237toJ8agocaP9rwNPNVoQNpnAg41Jo34maVBKwpz9Gars= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:References:Message-ID:Date:From:Reply-To:Subject:To:Cc:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=APDRFmSrST4We8BWwCaCF0spEhrXn+j3wDvm7N5y8I2HfPUIvP5jChEG1CleEVZgPhO2d5gbA4A2rVyAI7lRyQZgoRrOOn/b/skAYep34c6amgXU31s12/2tSJO0e45nJtFVQ9jTMTI2wz2FcBfieR06ZAEo+jtc5k1k4yYzmLg=; X-YMail-OSG: APwqFuQVM1miRMo2dBW5nACmY2uWVAsSVTC.IXJywsoPDx2 S5SZ2_HvjMNhY809q6HlBm72O7SY73zmQ_jrTHsEuBxEbqkIzrOxlkoRSsBy gXt7DdNMrScpFiUWT4Kbjv1H5nYofQyo1JsW2Uj8jbCeMD7M9aLDse6h5U0d Ez.13mCBx10.6d.RyRR5zqEVWmJDZhDQoPqGlgCABZ61n157iTBJXCEFY8oy MxOQEecR5kNuA5RhGoncJnHfN7jYrnUR0qmSxIu77E8Ssk6qgTPLfn0BbpS2 mV.QwG9wKg6vRqWeiTNsblCathxsCNVCAsXul85uCeCu6Aid_SZJJ3bg08VF uI9Iy0gmvK41LNpBQ3omnJRO_VQf3qvmHt4nnWNPhXd5ZJcJgJpQDCvODELv gSe5Mdl9keuT0j0.j_usf4f75czZT321sQokW5r378CKfNgA8erWNamP8N2s grJEtvjzroEO.7PxRpUzkw0f6rAkbQRiu6GKj Original-Received: from [71.130.212.217] by web37904.mail.mud.yahoo.com via HTTP; Sat, 28 Jan 2012 06:05:56 PST X-Mailer: YahooMailWebService/0.8.116.331537 In-Reply-To: X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 72.30.239.141 X-BeenThere: guile-user@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: General Guile related discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guile-user-bounces+guile-user=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: guile-user-bounces+guile-user=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.lisp.guile.user:9206 Archived-At: > From: Thaddee Tyl =0A=A0=0A> Still, isn't it odd t= hat it doesn't find libffi in the standard=0A> installation path?=0A=0AWell= yes and no.=A0 The guile developers decided that they weren't going=0Ato s= earch for libraries in ./configure.=A0 They were going to use=0Apkgconfig i= nstead.=A0 So they instead just look for the pkgconfig=0Afile for each libr= ary, and those files tell ./configure where the=0Alibrary is located.=0A=A0= =0AEach library that Guile depends on makes a pkgconfig file when=0Ayou bui= ld it from source.=0A=A0=0AThe problem is that some distros forget to inclu= de the pkgconfig=0Afiles, or only include them in separate devel packages.= =0A=A0=0ADepending on pkgconfig files is controversial.=A0 Some GNU=0Adevel= opers find it convenient.=A0 Some think it is a terrible=0Aidea.=0A=A0=0A-M= ike