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>>>>> "Jim" == Jim Blandy <jimb@red-bean.com> writes: >> I could imagine that this has been discussed before here. >> >> I just want to ask, why is the file "version.scm" necessary? Why is >> having the build date available to guile useful? Jim> I added that because, while doing Guile development, I periodically Jim> install versions that seem pretty stable, or that I want to test "in Jim> place". But sometimes my SCHEME_LOAD_PATH would cause me to try to Jim> load the uninstalled Scheme code with the installed Guile, which would Jim> bomb in weird ways. Talking of versions that are pretty stable. Would it be possible to put such versions on the ftp site, say as periodic beta releases (a couple of times a month say)? Jim> I figured I couldn't be the only one having these problems. So now Jim> the object library and the Scheme code are both timestamped at Jim> configure time, and Guile warns you if they're not matched. Sometimes Jim> you don't care, but it's better to know than to waste a bunch of time Jim> because you didn't know. I see. Jim> Is version.scm causing problems? I'd like to know. It's Jim> hardly a critical facility, and I'm sure I could find other Jim> ways to deal with the issue I described above. I chose this Jim> one because it seemed the least invasive. Not really causing any problems. It's just that I run guile "in place" (not just guile, everything I install myself in fact), and it just seems a bit inelegant have a system dependent directory in SCHEME_LOAD_PATH=${GUILE_SRC}:${GUILE_SRC}/solaris:${SCHEME_LIB_DIR}:${SCHEME_LIB_DIR}/slib:${SCHEME_LIB_DIR}/jacal specially since it is just for a single 61byte file. How about just using some version numbering instead (or the date of the snapshot)? Then the extra directory wouldn't be necessary I think. -- Jens --- "There is hopeful symbolism in the fact that flags do not wave in a vacuum." --Arthur C. Clarke