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Re: One config issue solved, only to trip over another.
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Mike Gran |
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Re: One config issue solved, only to trip over another. |
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Mon, 28 Feb 2011 10:43:17 -0800 (PST) |
> From:Bruce Korb <address@hidden>
>
> I was trying to build Guile 2.0, but I stubbed my toe on
> "Oh, you haven't installed libunistring". So, I found one
> and installed it:
>
> checking for LIBFFI... configure: error: Package requirements (libffi) were
> not
> met:
Really these checks should be at the top of the configure script.
On Cygwin where it takes about 10 minutes to do the configure,
it is a bit frustrating that these likely-to-fail checks are last.
Also, is the libunistring dependency still necessary, since
Guile's moved to its own iconv-based conversion? If there are
only a few libunistring functions left, maybe we should try to
get rid of them or use gnulib for the rest.
>
> No package 'libffi' found
On Fedora at least, libffi's been packaged for a long time. I think
it is widely available generally as a pre-built package.
-Mike