Bruce Korb wrote: > > Earnie Boyd wrote: > > > > I execute noag-boot.sh and find that configure can't locate > > -lregex for some reason. I do have it in /usr/lib. > > But not in /usr/lib/libc*. >
But, couldn't we just look for them in the other common libraries in the configury before complaining and have the configury set the LIBS value appropriately? > > So I export LIBS=-lregex and execute noag-boot.sh again. > > Exactly the thing I was hoping to point you at with the config message: > Yep, that's what clued me in. > > cat >&2 <<'_EOF_' > > I cannot detect POSIX compliant regcomp/regexec routines. > > These are required for AutoGen to work correctly. If you have > > such a library present on your system, you must specify it by > > setting the LIBS environment variable, e.g., "LIBS='-lregex'". > > If you do not have such a library on your system, then you should > > download and install, for example, the one from: > > ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/rx/ > ... > > > I make distclean, configure --prefix=/usr --disable-shared and make. > > Now I find config.h and /usr/include/libguile/scmconfig.h redefine > > a boat load of constants, like PACKAGE_*, is this due to > > a misconfigure of libguile? > > Yes. Unfortunately, there is no trivial > way out of the problem. I think the proper solution is for guile > (and any other package that installs its own config.h file) to > "prefix" the defines: > > http://ac-archive.sf.net/Miscellaneous/ac_create_prefix_config_h.html > > and use those #define-d values from their installed config header. > It would be "good" to prominently document the importance of this > in the autoconf docs. Meanwhile, we have a problem.... > So it sounds as if we need to submit patches to libguile, if not done so already, and argue the case. However, we might need to update autoconf documentation first. > > I finally get to the compile of agen5/cgi-fsm.c and find cgi-fsm.h > > missing. Is this supposed to be generated? The agen5/cgi-fsm.c file is > > stored in CVS, should the corresponding header also be available from > > CVS? > > No. cgi-fsm.c is under CVS because it contains some edited source, > though it is mostly generated. Looks like I left cgi-fsm.h off the > list of generated source. Sorry. It will be updated in a few minutes. > I'll also send it as an attachment under separate cover. Thanks, Earnie.
