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@@ -101,10 +101,10 @@ Guile requires the following external packages:
- pkg-config
Guile's ./configure script uses pkg-config to discover the correct
- compile and link options for libgc. If you don't have pkg-config
- installed, or you have a version of libgc that doesn't provide a
- .pc file, you can work around this by setting some variables as
- part of the configure command-line:
+ compile and link options for libgc and libffi. If you don't have
+ pkg-config installed, or you have a version of libgc that doesn't
+ provide a .pc file, you can work around this by setting some
+ variables as part of the configure command-line:
- PKG_CONFIG=true
@@ -112,6 +112,13 @@ Guile requires the following external packages:
- BDW_GC_LIBS=<linker flags for picking up the libgc library>
+ Note that because you're bypassing all pkg-config checks, you will
+ also have to specify libffi flags as well:
+
+ - LIBFFI_CFLAGS=<compile flags for picking up libffi headers>
+
+ - LIBFFI_LIBS=<linker flags for picking up the libffi library>
+
Special Instructions For Some Systems =====================================