Re: Autoconf test for site scheme files

[Jon Wilson]

Ludovic Courtès wrote:
> Mike Gran <address@hidden> writes:
> > This brings up another question.  Should %load-path should generally
> > include /usr/local/share/guile/site by default?
> >
> > Arguments in favor: it would keep symmetry with the emacs $(lispdir)
> > directory as described in the GNU coding standards. [1] 
> > Philosophically, can something be "site"-specific and not be "local"?
> >     
> OTOH, why have two `site' directories by default?
>   
Using ubuntu, apt installs packages under /usr.  When I find something 
that either isn't up to date enough or doesn't exist in the ubuntu 
repos, I build it from source.  In that case, I either install to /opt 
or to /usr/local.  Sometimes this includes packages which want to 
install guile modules (currently, it includes guile!).  I try to keep 
/usr untouched except by apt, but it does make sense to have these 
modules in a `site' directory.

For instance, I have guile-lib installed from the ubuntu package to 
/usr/share/guile/site, and I have guile-gdbm installed to 
/usr/local/share/guile/site.  I think this constitutes a pragmatic 
(although perhaps not good?) reason to have two site dirs.

Regards,
Jon