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with-extensions does not add native extensions to the load path

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Message #38 received at 74532 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Timo Wilken <guix <at> twilken.net>
To: Tomas Volf <~@wolfsden.cz>,
 Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Z572 <zhengjunjie <at> iscas.ac.cn>, 74532 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#74532: [PATCH] gnu: guile-yamlpp: Allow usage with
 `with-extensions'
Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2025 19:12:49 +0100

Hi Tomas, hi Ludo', hi Z572,

On Tue 25 Mar 2025 at 11:10 am CET, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
> Tomas Volf <~@wolfsden.cz> skribis:
>> Timo Wilken <guix <at> twilken.net> writes:
>> I am not sure it is optimal to hide *all* errors from load-extension.
>> Maybe check if file exists and then try to load-extension it without the
>> false-if-exception?

I think the v2 patch makes this moot -- see below.

> Or just unconditionally load from the absolute file name?  I don’t see
> what the ‘or’ buys us.

That only works if I move 'check after 'install -- else it fails with an error
in `load-foreign-library', saying the file doesn't exist.

The v2 patch does that, and works for me (as in, it compiles and I can use the
resulting package in `with-extensions').

Feedback is very welcome!

Cheers,
Timo

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