Re: Guile 3.0.10 fails to build for powerpc-darwin (3.0.9 built earlier)

[Gordon Steemson]

So, it won't build on 32-bit Mac OS... but not for any sane reason; rather, it 
won't build because it's failing to pick up the appropriate gnulib shims to 
make the 'environ' function visible.  I mean, HOW?  It works just fine on 
64-bit!  Is this something that the ./configure script does differently between 
the two?

> On Aug 31, 2024, at 10:45 PM, Gordon Steemson <gsteemso@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hello all,
> 
>> Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2024 21:27:16 -0500
>> From: Rob Browning <rlb@defaultvalue.org>
>> 
>> 3.0.10 does appear to be broken on 32-bit architectures:
>> https://buildd.debian.org/guile-3.0
>> 
>> So if that's what you have, you may need to stick with 3.0.9 for now.  I
>> plan to downgrade debian/unstable to 3.0.9 this weekend.
> 
> I did get it to build for 32-bit as part of a multi-architecture ("fat 
> binary") build, using the old Apple GCC.  I don't seem to have needed to do 
> anything special to make it work, though I obviously do need to test whether 
> it will build 32-bit only.  I will report back if any relevant observations 
> come up – as noted, it’s a 13-hour build, so this won’t be immediate.
> 
> Gordon S.