Re: Checking for guile from configure -- forward compat.

[Neil Jerram]

Andreas Rottmann <address@hidden> writes:

> Neil Jerram <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> Peter TB Brett <address@hidden> writes:
>>
>>> I'm perfectly aware of how to use pkg-config, and I think I already pointed 
>>> out
>>> that this isn't very useful because Guile provides a 'guile-1.8' pkg-config
>>> module file, but not one for 'guile'.
>>
>> So what does pkg-config recommend for a situation like this?  Or does
>> it not support having two versions installed at the same time?
>>
> IIRC/IIUC, there can be only a single version (with a given .pc file
> name) installed at the same time; if you want multiple versions
> parallel-installable, you have to use different .pc file names.

Thanks.  The pkg-config man page says the same thing, so I'm sure
you're right.

    Neil