From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Kevin Ryde Newsgroups: gmane.lisp.guile.user Subject: Re: Managing Guile and extensions versions Date: Mon, 03 Oct 2005 11:58:36 +1000 Message-ID: <87fyrj8ipf.fsf@zip.com.au> References: <6efab235050925145055ba774c@mail.gmail.com> <6efab2350509261220665afe20@mail.gmail.com> <87br2ezyth.fsf@laas.fr> <6efab235050927035441b39b85@mail.gmail.com> <874q86qzuk.fsf@laas.fr> <6efab235050927101826b2da7d@mail.gmail.com> <87d5mtis5l.fsf_-_@laas.fr> <87y85fpl60.fsf@zip.com.au> <87ll1frnni.fsf@laas.fr> <87d5mou19o.fsf@zip.com.au> <6efab2350510020425j76899e29hec6ea7e3dcce6c3@mail.gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1128305744 6803 80.91.229.2 (3 Oct 2005 02:15:44 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2005 02:15:44 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Vorfeed Canal Original-X-From: guile-user-bounces+guile-user=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Oct 03 04:15:30 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EMFpm-0007cz-UI for guile-user@m.gmane.org; Mon, 03 Oct 2005 04:13:43 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EMFpm-0000BP-8z for guile-user@m.gmane.org; Sun, 02 Oct 2005 22:13:42 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EMFiI-0007Ip-51 for guile-user@gnu.org; Sun, 02 Oct 2005 22:05:58 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EMFhy-00077L-71 for guile-user@gnu.org; Sun, 02 Oct 2005 22:05:39 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EMFhx-00074M-2n for guile-user@gnu.org; Sun, 02 Oct 2005 22:05:37 -0400 Original-Received: from [61.8.0.115] (helo=mailout2.pacific.net.au) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1EMFbd-0005Fv-Bj for guile-user@gnu.org; Sun, 02 Oct 2005 21:59:05 -0400 Original-Received: from mailproxy1.pacific.net.au (mailproxy1.pacific.net.au [61.8.0.86]) by mailout2.pacific.net.au (8.13.4/8.13.4/Debian-3) with ESMTP id j931wgAN023938; Mon, 3 Oct 2005 11:58:42 +1000 Original-Received: from localhost (ppp2C84.dyn.pacific.net.au [61.8.44.132]) by mailproxy1.pacific.net.au (8.13.4/8.13.4/Debian-3) with ESMTP id j931wfIm021374; Mon, 3 Oct 2005 11:58:42 +1000 Original-Received: from gg by localhost with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1EMFbB-0000eV-00; Mon, 03 Oct 2005 11:58:37 +1000 Original-To: guile-user@gnu.org Mail-Copies-To: never In-Reply-To: <6efab2350510020425j76899e29hec6ea7e3dcce6c3@mail.gmail.com> (Vorfeed Canal's message of "Sun, 2 Oct 2005 15:25:13 +0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.110004 (No Gnus v0.4) Emacs/21.4 (gnu/linux) 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:4805 Archived-At: Vorfeed Canal writes: > > Easy: there are no easy > way to install two snaphots of GUILE side-by-side. So such a need is > quite real (unless development will be frozen totally). The developers manage. Even I manage to run 3 versions. [guile-gnome env var setups] > is *NOT* a good solution. It doesn't seem terrific to me either. scm files outside any known location will have to have a load-path addition, but after that it oughtn't need to mung LD_LIBRARY_PATH for private C code. The author/current-maintainer of guile-gnome is a smart guy and may have concluded it's enough for normal install, including debian packages. _______________________________________________ Guile-user mailing list Guile-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/guile-user