Re: Compiling guile as a nonprivileged user

[Mike Gran]

> I am compiling and installing guile (with the intent of hacking it) on the 
> university systems here, as a lowly user. I used the latest release from your 
> website (1.8.1). 

Version 1.8.1 is not the newest.  I think they're up to 1.8.5 now.

> ./configure --prefix=$HOME/my CFLAGS=-I$HOME/my/include LDFLAGS=-L$HOME/my/lib

In your CFLAGS, try putting a -O2.  This can sometimes cure the stack overflow 
problems.

Good luck,

Mike Gran