2017-06-07 11:48 GMT+02:00 Catonano <caton...@gmail.com>: > > > 2017-06-04 6:55 GMT+02:00 Catonano <caton...@gmail.com>: > >> Jelle, >> >> thank you for your suggestion >> >> But there's something I don't understand >> >> the suggestion to add >> >> --with-freexl-prefix=$GUIX_ENVIRONMENT >> >> fixes my guile-freexl but is nor necessary in guile-gcrypt >> >> why ? >> >> 2017-06-03 22:49 GMT+02:00 Jelle Licht <jli...@fsfe.org>: >> >>> >>> Catonano <caton...@gmail.com> writes: >>> >>> > checking for libfreexl-config... no >>> > checking libfreexl's library directory... >>> > checking for libfreexl shared library name... libfreexl >>> > checking whether libfreexl can be dynamically loaded... no >>> > configure: error: GNU libfreexl does not appear to be usable; see >>> > `--with-libfreexl-prefix' and `README'. >>> > >>> The following command seemed to run to completion for me: >>> [env]$ ./configure --with-freexl-prefix=$GUIX_ENVIRONMENT >>> >>> Maybe check out the following link, by coincidence about gcrypt as well >>> ;-). >>> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-guix/2013-02/msg00062.html >>> >>> >> >> this is an excerpt from running configure in guile-gcrypt >> >> checking for guile-config... /home/catonano/.guix-profile/b >> in/guile-config >> checking for libgcrypt-config... /gnu/store/1y54p19lvz3rh6a5dyy >> nnffn9dbal2li-profile/bin/libgcrypt-config >> checking libgcrypt's library directory... /gnu/store/hag795ji8p9vqikwp8c >> ibfibpsa39s3n-libgcrypt-1.7.6/lib >> checking for libgcrypt shared library name... >> /gnu/store/hag795ji8p9vqikwp8cibfibpsa39s3n-libgcrypt-1.7.6/lib/libgcrypt >> >> >> >> As you can see it checks that "...bin/libgcrypt-config" is present AND it >> checks the "shared library name" >> >> >> Now this is configure from my guile-freexl >> >> checking for guile-config... /home/catonano/.guix-profile/b >> in/guile-config >> checking for freexl shared library name... /gnu/store/13p9jpf8gp3mg414az1 >> dsf59vw2hyyw2-profile/lib/libfreexl >> >> as you can see it DOESN'T look for any ...bin/freexl-config AND it >> doesn't look for the library shared name >> >> why ? >> >> It is substantially the same repo, I cloned it and changed the strings >> "gcrypt" to "freexl" >> >> That's all I did >> > > > Ok, I resigned myself to not understanding what I'm doing and I adopted > your suggestion > > The configure phase now passes > > sigh >
No, I actually understood I was a bit emotiional when I read that thread for the first time Rereading it now, it was clearer Sorry for the noise
