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From: | Nala Ginrut |
Subject: | Re: Why does guile put -lgc into the linker flags? |
Date: | Mon, 7 Oct 2024 10:47:53 +0900 |
Hello,
this might be obvious to some, but I am curious why guile puts -lgc to
the linker flags:
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
$ guile-config link
-L/gnu/store/mfkz7fvlfpv3ppwbkv0imb19nrf95akf-guile-3.0.9/lib -L/gnu/store/pr73chdirm3jc2j7npc6hqzmcwjs7l8m-libgc-8.2.4/lib -lguile-3.0 -lgc -lpthread -ldl
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
Why is it necessary? My guile extension interacts only with the
libguile, no? Even the GC-related functions are called via their scm_
interface, I am never directly interacting with the Boehm GC. I even
thought that the fact that Boehm GC is used is an implementation detail,
not an ABI thing.
I would have thought that just libguile linking with the libgc is
enough, but I am far from expert in this area. So I would appreciate if
someone could enlighten me.
(I am not sure about the -lpthread and -ldl neither, but the -lgc is the
one that caused me some problems, so I am asking about that one.)
Thanks and have a nice day,
Tomas
PS: So once we switch to whippet, all extensions will need to be rebuilt
due to linking against -lgc, which will no longer be Guile's dependency?
So I guess .so version bump will be used for that?
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