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| author | Andy Wingo <wingo@pobox.com> | 2021-03-04 21:54:08 +0100 |
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| committer | Andy Wingo <wingo@pobox.com> | 2021-03-04 21:54:08 +0100 |
| commit | aaa8f201e9bae914421cc98660bfb64cd15a91c0 (patch) | |
| tree | b3bb826a6e56182a109e5164598018858654f6a9 | |
| parent | 579870abbc5cce00793933a9ab81b93e138f68da (diff) | |
| download | guile-aaa8f201e9bae914421cc98660bfb64cd15a91c0.tar.gz | |
Update reference for GUILE_EXTENSIONS_PATH
* NEWS: Update.
* doc/ref/guile-invoke.texi (Environment Variables): Add entry.
| -rw-r--r-- | NEWS | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/ref/guile-invoke.texi | 10 |
2 files changed, 12 insertions, 4 deletions
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ standard "dlopen" interface, providing a limited shim for platforms with similar functionality exposed under different names (MinGW). This change has a few practical impacts to Guile users. There is a new -library search path variable, `GUILE_EXTENSIONS_DIR'. Also, errors when +library search path variable, `GUILE_EXTENSIONS_PATH'. Also, errors when loading a library fails now have better errors. And Guile no longer has a libltdl dependency. @@ -96,9 +96,9 @@ See "Ports" in the manual. See "Bytevector Ports" in the manual. -** `GUILE_EXTENSIONS_DIR' environment variable. +** `GUILE_EXTENSIONS_PATH' environment variable. -FIXME +See "Environment Variables" in the manual. ** `mkdtemp' and `mkstemp' diff --git a/doc/ref/guile-invoke.texi b/doc/ref/guile-invoke.texi index 42bbd35f3..ee5f23e50 100644 --- a/doc/ref/guile-invoke.texi +++ b/doc/ref/guile-invoke.texi @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ @c -*-texinfo-*- @c This is part of the GNU Guile Reference Manual. -@c Copyright (C) 1996-1997,2000-2005,2010-2011,2013-2014,2016,2019 +@c Copyright (C) 1996-1997,2000-2005,2010-2011,2013-2014,2016,2019,2021 @c Free Software Foundation, Inc. @c See the file guile.texi for copying conditions. @@ -400,6 +400,14 @@ guile -c '(display %load-path) (newline)' (Note: The line breaks, above, are for documentation purposes only, and not required in the actual example.) +@item GUILE_EXTENSIONS_PATH +@vindex GUILE_EXTENSIONS_PATH +This variable may be used to augment the path that is searched for +foreign libraries via @code{load-extension}, @code{dynamic-link}, +@code{load-foreign-library}, or the like. Its value should be a +colon-separated (semicolon on Windows) list of directories. +@xref{Foreign Libraries}. + @item GUILE_WARN_DEPRECATED @vindex GUILE_WARN_DEPRECATED As Guile evolves, some features will be eliminated or replaced by newer |