Re: Guile 2.x and `pkg-config'

[Andy Wingo]

Hi,

On Sun 09 Aug 2009 22:24, address@hidden (Ludovic Courtès) writes:

> A recent thread on `guile-user' [0] raises an important concern: what
> should we do with `guile-1.8.pc' when 2.x is out?

IMO, guile-1.8.pc is only provided by the guile-1.8 package. 1.8 and 2.0
are parallel-installable. Technically, we should be installing
guile-2.0.pc now.

> How about shipping `guile-1.8.pc' for compatibility, along with
> `guile.pc' (which would then become the Right One), both with
> "Version: 2.0"?

I think this is a bad idea. Only Guile 1.8 should claim to be Guile 1.8.

Packages that can compile against either need to select their version in
their configure.ac. GStreamer-depending apps did this successfully in
their transitions (0.{6,8,10}).

See http://www106.pair.com/rhp/parallel.html.

Regards,

Andy
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