Peter TB Brett <pe...@peter-b.co.uk> writes: > Hi everyone, > > Currently, there appear to be two ways to check for the presence of > Guile: > > PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GUILE, [guile-1.8]) > > Or: > > GUILE_FLAGS > > Unfortunately, the first of these *only* works for Guile 1.8 -- so if > some has, at some point in the future, Guile 2.x, we'll have to add > some m4 magic for sequentially trying 1.8 and every valid x for 2.x. > > On the other hand, GUILE_FLAGS uses the guile-config tool, which IIRC is > going to go away Soon (tm). > > What would you recommend as the Right Way to check for Guile 1.8.0 or > later in my configure script and set the appropriate flags, in a > forward-compatible way? Or am I just going to have to write a pile of > crufty m4/shell?
We ended up writing a pile of crufty m4/shell, which: - checks for guile-1.8.pc - if that fails, checks for guile-2.0.pc - if that fails, checks for guile-config http://git.gpleda.org/?p=gaf.git;a=blob;f=m4/geda-guile.m4;hb=HEAD Ewww. Peter -- Peter Brett <pe...@peter-b.co.uk> Remote Sensing Research Group Surrey Space Centre
