Re: SLIB and ice-9 slib module

[Sebastian Tennant]

Quoth address@hidden (Ludovic Courtès):
> Hi,
>
> Sebastian Tennant <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> The documentation reads:
>>
>>   2. Define the `SCHEME_LIBRARY_PATH' environment variable:
>>
>>           $ SCHEME_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib/slib/
>>           $ export SCHEME_LIBRARY_PATH
>>
>>      Alternatively, you can create a symlink in the Guile directory to
>>      SLIB, e.g.:
>>
>>           ln -s /usr/local/lib/slib /usr/local/share/guile/1.8/slib
>>
>> In my experience ONLY the symlink trick works
>
> The details escape me right now, but I remember that Debian's `slib'
> package has a different layout than a "make install" with prefix=/usr of
> upstream SLIB.

Sound like Debian :-)

> This may explain why the `SCHEME_LIBRARY_PATH' trick didn't work.

Fair enough.  Just trying to help.

Sebastian