Re: Problem when compile guile-2.2.4 on CentOS 6.10/6.8

[Alex Vong]

Hello An,

Can you also upload the 'config.log' file? As it may contain some hints
on why it is failing.

Cheers,
Alex

An Liu <address@hidden> writes:

> Hi, List
>
> I'm trying to compile guile-2.2.4 on CentOS 6.10, but failed
>
> - why guile-2.2.4?
> I want to try artanis which requires guile-2.2+, and yum repos only
> have guile-1.8, so i decide to compile install myself
>
> - CentOS release
> # cat /etc/centos-release
>  CentOS release 6.10 (Final)
> # uname -a
> Linux test 2.6.32-754.3.5.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Aug 14 20:46:41 UTC
> 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>
> - guile release
> # curl -O https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/guile/guile-2.2.4.tar.xz
>
> - configure error
> # ./configure --prefix=/opt/guile-2.2.4
> ...
> checking whether sigpending is declared without a macro... no
> checking whether sigprocmask is declared without a macro... no
> checking for socklen_t... no
> checking for socklen_t equivalent... configure: error: Cannot find a
> type to use in place of socklen_t
>
>
> it stops at socklen_t, as config_log attached
>
> I've no idea of this as /usr/include/sys/socket.h exists there and
> socklen_t should have be defined.
>
> I've google for this error but hardly got any solutions.
> Any suggestion on this?  I don't think trying to modify the
> "sys/socket.h" is a good idea.
>
> or is there guile-2.2+ rpm release for centos 6
>
> BTW, how long would it take for me to build guile from source code (i7
> 6500Ux4, with 8GB RAM, laptop) , the manual of artanis says it would
> take quite a long time even seem like halt.
>
> Thank you in advance.

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