Re: gEDA-user: Is the Guile 1.8.x dependancy holding back testing?

[Stuart Brorson <sdb@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I would *love* to have guile-1.6.x back again.  The guile issue is one
of the big reasons I haven't spun a CD recently.

Guile 1.8 depends upon GNU's bignum package gmp, which isn't normally
pre-installed on most common distros.  For my CD to
successfully install gEDA, it needs to install guile-1.8.  To install
guile-1.8 I now need to install the bugnum stuff.  This is too many 
dependencies for me to feel comfortable about bundling onto a CD with
a fairly dumb installer.

Therefore, reverting back to guile-1.6 would be a very welcome thing
to me!

Stuart


On Tue, 24 Jul 2007, Peter Clifton wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I just wanted to hear if the guile 1.8.x dependency is causing people
> problems, or is preventing them from testing / using the unstable
> development branch (if they wish to).
>
> If so, I have a small patch which introduces replacements for guile 1.8
> functions if they are missing (making gaf compatible with 1.6.x again).
>
> I just wanted to hear if this is wanted or not before I figure out how
> to tie it all in with the autoconf system.
>
> Have we moved on since guile 1.6.x?
>
> Kind regards,
>
> -- 
> Peter Clifton
>
> Electrical Engineering Division,
> Engineering Department,
> University of Cambridge,
> 9, JJ Thomson Avenue,
> Cambridge
> CB3 0FA
>
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>
>
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