Re: [PATCH] Fix guile-emacs build failure

[Ricardo Wurmus]

Efraim Flashner <address@hidden> writes:

> On Sun, 28 Feb 2016 20:44:33 +0100
> Ricardo Wurmus <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>> @@ -255,7 +256,16 @@ without requiring the source code to be rewritten.")
>>         ("flex" ,flex)
>>         ("texinfo" ,texinfo)
>>         ("gettext" ,gnu-gettext)
>> -       ,@(package-native-inputs guile-next)))))
>> +       ,@(package-native-inputs guile-next)))
>> +    ;; Same as in guile-2.0
>> +    (native-search-paths
>> +     (list (search-path-specification
>> +            (variable "GUILE_LOAD_PATH")
>> +            (files '("share/guile/site/2.0")))
>> +           (search-path-specification
>> +            (variable "GUILE_LOAD_COMPILED_PATH")
>> +            (files '("lib/guile/2.0/ccache"
>> +                     "share/guile/site/2.0")))))))
>>  
>
> What happens if you're building it with guile-next? Doesn't the search-path
> need to be 2.2 or something similar?

Guile Emacs currently needs to be built with “guile-for-guile-emacs”,
which contains custom patches AFAIU.

Currently the “native-search-path” field is inherited from “guile-next”
and thus contains “2.2” in the paths.  This is the reason why Guile
Emacs currently cannot be built.

~~ Ricardo