(It is a bit weird writing to “Tim,” but my last job there were three “Tim”s ... even weirder)
I figured it out. The string argument on my system was the path to a symlink, the actual file was “/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm-2.32.so” so it won’t follow symlinks to load libraries. > On Feb 23, 2021, at 06:45, Tim Meehan <btmee...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Sorry, I should have said that it was Linux Mint Ulyssa, installed from > “apt”. I have another system I can try it on later today. > >>> On Feb 23, 2021, at 06:21, Tim Van den Langenbergh <tmt_...@gmx.com> wrote: >>> >>> On Tuesday, 23 February 2021 04:49:34 CET you wrote: >>> Ok - I think that I am missing something important that will allow me to >>> dynamically load libraries. :( >>> Is this an environment variable or something? >>> >>> me@expensive:/usr$ find . -type f -name "libm\.*" -print >>> ./lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so >>> ./lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.a >>> me@expensive:/usr$ guile >>> GNU Guile 3.0.1 >>> Copyright (C) 1995-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc. >>> >>> Guile comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type `,show w'. >>> This program is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it >>> under certain conditions; type `,show c' for details. >>> >>> Enter `,help' for help. >>> scheme@(guile-user)> (dynamic-link "libm") >>> ice-9/boot-9.scm:1669:16: In procedure raise-exception: >>> In procedure dynamic-link: file: "libm", message: "file not found" >>> >>> Entering a new prompt. Type `,bt' for a backtrace or `,q' to continue. >>> scheme@(guile-user) [1]> ,q >>> scheme@(guile-user)> (dynamic-link "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so") >>> ice-9/boot-9.scm:1669:16: In procedure raise-exception: >>> In procedure dynamic-link: file: "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so", >>> message: "file not found" >>> >>> Entering a new prompt. Type `,bt' for a backtrace or `,q' to continue. >>> scheme@(guile-user) [1]> ,q >> >> Hey Tim (feels weird typing that), >> >> are you using Guile from your Guix install? I have had issues with that as >> well and I needed to use Guile from my regular OS. >> >> If you're not using Guix then I haven't had that problem, so I'm afraid I >> can't help. >> >> Vale, >> >> -Tim Van den Langenbergh >> >>
