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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2014-12-03 18:59:00 +0100
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2014-12-03 18:59:36 +0100
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Add the 'guild' and 'guile' variables to 'guile-2.0.pc'.
* configure.ac: Remove meta/guile-2.0.pc and meta/guile-2.0-uninstalled.pc from 'AC_CONFIG_FILES'. * meta/Makefile.am (substitute): New variable. (guile-2.0.pc, guile-2.0-uninstalled.pc): New targets. (guile-config, guild): Use $(substitute) instead of duplicated sed script. (CLEANFILES): Add the .pc files. * meta/guile-2.0.pc.in (bindir, guild, guile): New variables. * doc/ref/libguile-parallel.texi (Parallel Installations): Document the 'guild' and 'guile' pkg-config variables.
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@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
@c -*-texinfo-*-
@c This is part of the GNU Guile Reference Manual.
-@c Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2010, 2011
-@c Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+@c Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2010, 2011,
+@c 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@c See the file guile.texi for copying conditions.
@node Parallel Installations
@@ -55,6 +55,21 @@ The default directory where Guile looks for extensions---i.e., shared
libraries providing additional features (@pxref{Modules and
Extensions}). Run @command{pkg-config guile-@value{EFFECTIVE-VERSION}
--variable=extensiondir} to see its value.
+
+@item guile
+@itemx guild
+@cindex program name transformations, dealing with
+The absolute file name of the @command{guile} and @command{guild}
+commands@footnote{The @code{guile} and @code{guild} variables defined
+starting from Guile version 2.0.12.}. Run @command{pkg-config
+guile-@value{EFFECTIVE-VERSION} --variable=guile} or
+@code{--variable=guild} to see their value.
+
+These variables allow users to deal with program name transformations
+that may be specified when configuring Guile with
+@code{--program-transform-name}, @code{--program-suffix}, or
+@code{--program-prefix} (@pxref{Transformation Options,,, autoconf, GNU
+Autoconf Manual}).
@end table
@noindent