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Subject: Re: Checking for guile from configure -- forward compat.
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Peter TB Brett <peter@peter-b.co.uk> 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?

Thanks,
        Neil