From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Andreas Rottmann Newsgroups: gmane.lisp.guile.user Subject: Re: Checking for guile from configure -- forward compat. Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 03:36:21 +0200 Message-ID: <87eirfi3ca.fsf@delenn.lan> References: <3ae3aa420908080959w13c1716cj6e2593f5418f451e@mail.gmail.com> <87my635poi.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 1250213843 27141 80.91.229.12 (14 Aug 2009 01:37:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 01:37:23 +0000 (UTC) Cc: guile-user@gnu.org, Peter TB Brett To: Neil Jerram Original-X-From: guile-user-bounces+guile-user=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Aug 14 03:37:15 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: guile-user@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1MbljG-0000mi-KA for guile-user@m.gmane.org; Fri, 14 Aug 2009 03:37:14 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:55808 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MbljF-000243-T3 for guile-user@m.gmane.org; Thu, 13 Aug 2009 21:37:13 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Mblib-0001r5-GL for guile-user@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Aug 2009 21:36:33 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MbliW-0001me-L2 for guile-user@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Aug 2009 21:36:32 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=41435 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MbliW-0001mZ-Gj for guile-user@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Aug 2009 21:36:28 -0400 Original-Received: from mail.gmx.net ([213.165.64.20]:50883) by monty-python.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MbliV-0001T9-OX for guile-user@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Aug 2009 21:36:28 -0400 Original-Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 14 Aug 2009 01:36:24 -0000 Original-Received: from 83-215-154-5.hage.dyn.salzburg-online.at (EHLO nathot.lan) [83.215.154.5] by mail.gmx.net (mp048) with SMTP; 14 Aug 2009 03:36:24 +0200 X-Authenticated: #3102804 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1/LAGdHVz7LYNycbfFqK66cTsy55oU7DZvnaOgA5l kXJBOsA7XfwAe7 Original-Received: by nathot.lan (Postfix, from userid 121) id 9B4083A68F; Fri, 14 Aug 2009 03:36:23 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from delenn.lan (delenn.lan [192.168.1.11]) by nathot.lan (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8AA163A672; Fri, 14 Aug 2009 03:36:22 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: by delenn.lan (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 65B1F74E77; Fri, 14 Aug 2009 03:36:21 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: <87my635poi.fsf@arudy.ossau.uklinux.net> (Neil Jerram's message of "Thu, 13 Aug 2009 23:12:13 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1 (gnu/linux) X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 X-FuHaFi: 0.68 X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: guile-user@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General Guile related discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: guile-user-bounces+guile-user=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: guile-user-bounces+guile-user=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.lisp.guile.user:7401 Archived-At: Neil Jerram writes: > Peter TB Brett writes: > >> I'm perfectly aware of how to use pkg-config, and I think I already pointed out >> that this isn't very useful because Guile provides a 'guile-1.8' pkg-config >> module file, but not one for 'guile'. > > So what does pkg-config recommend for a situation like this? Or does > it not support having two versions installed at the same time? > IIRC/IIUC, there can be only a single version (with a given .pc file name) installed at the same time; if you want multiple versions parallel-installable, you have to use different .pc file names. Regards, Rotty -- Andreas Rottmann --