GNU bug report logs - #19237
Guile-2.0.11 OS X 10.10.1 build error

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From: ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
To: Hans Aberg <haberg-1 <at> telia.com>
Cc: 19237-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#19237: Guile-2.0.11 OS X 10.10.1 build error
Date: Thu, 04 Dec 2014 18:23:36 +0100

Hans Aberg <haberg-1 <at> telia.com> skribis:

>> On 3 Dec 2014, at 23:21, Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Could it be because Guile is being compiled against libeditline instead
>> of GNU Readline?
>> 
>> Readline support in Guile requires GNU Readline.
>
> It looked as though that the readline in the Guile distribution is too
> old - no other readline installed on the system.

Actually there’s no Readline in Guile itself, just the guile-readline
bindings.

> I just installed the latest GNU readline into /usr/local/, and then
> Guile compiled.

OK, so I guess it was really libeditline’s Readline semi-compatibility
shim that was being used.

Closing this bug now.

Thanks,
Ludo’.

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