Re: Building GUILE from git

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hi,

Reuben Thomas <address@hidden> writes:

> I'm trying to build GUILE on 32-bit Ubuntu karmic, with the missing
> bits (libgc 7.1 and libunistring) installed in /usr/local.
>
> I can build and install, but when I run guile, two things happen:
>
> 1. It takes about 10 seconds to load.
>
> 2. It prints the following and exits:
>
> $ guile
> ;;; note: autocompilation is enabled, set GUILE_AUTO_COMPILE=0
> ;;;       or pass the --no-autocompile argument to disable.
> ;;; compiling /usr/local/share/guile/2.0/ice-9/control.scm
> ;;; compiling /usr/local/share/guile/2.0/system/base/compile.scm

Normally, these files should be compiled when compiling Guile and
installed afterward, so auto-compilation shouldn’t occur.

Can you try rebuilding & reinstalling Guile, making sure that, e.g.,
ice-9/control.go exists and that it gets installed next to
ice-9/control.scm?

Thanks,
Ludo’.