Re: 1.8 make check failing in popen.test

[Neil Jerram]

Rob Browning <address@hidden> writes:

> On a related topic, in order for Guile 1.8 to make it into Debian etch
> (the upcoming stable release), we're essentially out of time to fix
> this problem.  Because of this I'm contemplating uploading the initial
> Guile 1.8 packages with --with-threads=no.
>
> Does anyone see any major problems with this stopgap?  It seems better
> to have Guile 1.8 in etch without threads than not to have it at all.

Will etch have guile 1.6 as well, or would this upload replace guile
1.6?

In any case, I think without-threads is probably OK.

> Note that this issue doesn't just affect Guile.  It's my understanding
> that unless Guile 1.8 packages are uploaded very soon, the newer
> version of lilypond won't make it into etch either.

That would be serious.  Presumably lilypond doesn't require threads
then?

Regards,
     Neil