> From:Bruce Korb <bruce.k...@gmail.com> > > 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
