Even though it may be obvious: it is of course from guile-1.8.8/examples/box-dynamic-module where essential files (Makefile and/or Makefile.am) are missing from.
On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 3:11 PM, Roland Orre <roland.o...@gmail.com> wrote: > I now intended to start using guile again. I used guile daily for my R&D > from 1995 to 2008. The last guile I built for was guile-1.8.5 > > However, my old module build does no longer work with guile-1.8.8 > (the latest stable downloaded from savannah.gnu.org) > > Previously the guile dist contained an example directory (the box) > now essential files from these directories are missing. The previous > guile-1.8.5/examples/box-dynamic-module > contained these files: > box.c box-module.scm Makefile Makefile.in > box-mixed.scm check.test Makefile.am README > > However, when checking > guile-1.8.5/examples/box-dynamic-module > in now only contains > box.c box-mixed.scm box-module.scm README > where the README file says: > > ** Overview > This directory includes an example program for extending Guile with a > new (and even useful) data type, putting it into a shared library, so it > can be called from an unmodified guile interpreter. Further, the shared > library defines a new guile module. > * Build Instructions > To build the example, simply type > make libbox-module > in this directory. > * > > which is obviously not doable as there i s no make file. > The manual says nothing about compiling modules. > > How am I supposed to get things working, when the necessary > example files are missing and/or misleading? >
