Re: guile-config deprecated or not?

[Bruno Haible]

Andy Wingo wrote:
> > So, is guile-config deprecated or not?
> 
> It is deprecated, yes.  I have fixed the examples to use pkg-config.  I
> did not fix guile.m4 though, as the current system does have the
> characteristic of selecting for whatever version of Guile you have
> installed

This is a good property: It uses the installed guile that matches the
'guile-config' program that is found in PATH.

> though not allowing you to choose.

Huh? The user can influence which guile installation is chosen by
modifying PATH.

Without guile-config, the user would have to manipulate PKG_CONFIG_PATH in
order to get the "right" guile used (from his perspective). I would vote
for undeprecating guile-config for this reason.

> Ideally we can figure out a way to merge in your -rpath code into
> pkg.m4.

Please keep me in the loop when you start working on this.

Thanks.

Bruno
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