2017-06-03 12:25 GMT+02:00 ng0 <ng0@pragmatique.xyz>:

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> > Dear Guix,
> >
> > some time ago I packaged Freexl for Guix
> >
> > https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/commit/?id=
> 623fb4d1629adfa97e3fe412d394ca0490742f29
> >
> > I would like to write a guile module to wrap Freexl and then use my
> module
> > to import data from a bunch of .xls[x] files into a postgresql db
> >
> > II would like my guile module to be packaged in Guix of course
> >
> > The problem is that I can't make a proper package of a  guile module
> > containing also some C code 😕
> >
> > I took a look at Paroneayea's guile-gcrypt and I don't understand very
> much
> > of all that m4 macros kung fu
> >
> > I think amz3 is having similarly a hard time in packaging his guile based
> > wrap around the Wiredtiger C API
> >
> > Just to give you an example, in this excerpt (from guile-gcrypt
> configure.ac
> > )
> >
> > dnl Prepare a version of $datadir that does not contain references to
> > dnl shell variables.  (Borrowed from Sly, which borrowed from Guix...)
> > guile_gcrypt_prefix="`eval echo $prefix | sed -e"s|NONE|/usr/local|g"`"
> > guile_gcrypt_datadir="`eval eval echo $datadir | sed -e
> > "s|NONE|$guile_gcrypt_prefix|g"`"
> > AC_SUBST([guile_gcrypt_datadir])
> >
> > What does "Prepare a version of $datadir that does not contain
> references to
> > shell variables." mean ?
> >
> > I don't even understand the problem being stated here
> >
> > And then I think we are substituting "/usr//local" withh NONE in the
> prefix
> >
> > But why ?
> >
> > Of course all the remaining configure.ac is obscure to me and the same
> goes
> > for Makefile.am and the contents of the "m4" folder
> >
> > It would be useful to have a tutorial about how to do that
> >
> > Or even some hints about what certain things mean, in there
> >
> > Maybe using a different build system would be easier ?
> >
> > Maybe WAF or Meson or any other ?
> > My (limited) experience is limited to Leiningen and Boot, on this
> >
> > As for the read-o-fobia in the subect: please, don't suggest me to read
> the
> > autotools manual. Please 😕
>
> Do you absolutely require autotools?
>

No. I just want something that works


> I provide a config.mk, Makefile,

and if necessary Makefile.system (for systems other than
> GNU/Linux)... this is in all my published and non-public
> software.
>

If your software has a guile part and a C part, that could fit my needs

So, do a confiig.mk and a Makefile, without configure.ac make for a simpler
solution ?
How so ?
I'm not sure I understand
Can you point me to a repository of yours with a Guile based proect with a
C library and such config.mk and Makefile files ?

Thanks