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authorJason Earl <jearl@notengoamigos.org>2013-03-10 23:20:22 +0100
committerAndy Wingo <wingo@pobox.com>2013-03-10 23:20:22 +0100
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downloadguile-988ca6b212fce6d9419d1ffce8f115425ade3a9f.tar.gz
add %site-ccache-dir
* libguile/load.h: * libguile/load.c (scm_sys_site_ccache_dir): New procedure. * doc/ref/scheme-using.texi (Installing Site Packages): * doc/ref/api-options.texi (Build Config): Add docs. Fixes bug 10326.
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@@ -752,6 +752,7 @@ list}, or simply @code{guild}.
@cindex site path
@cindex load path
@findex %site-dir
+@findex %site-ccache-dir
At some point, you will probably want to share your code with other
people. To do so effectively, it is important to follow a set of common
@@ -783,11 +784,11 @@ find them.
As with Scheme files, Guile searches a path to find compiled @code{.go}
files, the @code{%load-compiled-path}. By default, this path has two
entries: a path for Guile's files, and a path for site packages. You
-should install your @code{.go} files into the latter. Currently there
-is no procedure to get at this path, which is probably a bug. As in the
-previous example, if Guile @value{EFFECTIVE-VERSION} is installed on
-your system in @code{/usr/}, then the place to put compiled files for
-site packages will be
+should install your @code{.go} files into the latter directory, whose
+value is returned by invoking the @code{%site-ccache-dir} procedure. As
+in the previous example, if Guile @value{EFFECTIVE-VERSION} is installed
+on your system in @code{/usr/}, then @code{(%site-ccache-dir)} site
+packages will be
@code{/usr/lib/guile/@value{EFFECTIVE-VERSION}/site-ccache}.
Note that a @code{.go} file will only be loaded in preference to a