gEDA-dev: [PATCH] GAF: Compile libgeda even if libguile is missing

[Bernd Jendrissek]

On 7/24/07, Peter Clifton <pcjc2 at cam.ac.uk> wrote:
> I'm amazed libgeda / gschem etc.. still works without this, as guile is
> fairly entrenched in a lot of the functionality such as key-bindings,
> netlisting, etc...

Oh no, you misunderstand, sir.  *libgeda* *compiles*.  I never said
gschem still worked. :)  I was considering gsymcheck though - perhaps
even librarizing it.

> What (might) be handy is a conditionally compiled compatibility layer
> for any functions / functionality not present in guile-1.6. I've
> honestly no idea what those are, or how much work would be required
> though.

I certainly think that in the spirit of the misoneism (I can
understand its motivation, BTW) that keeps GTK+ > 2.4 out of the tree,
gaf should be able to work with Guile <= 1.6.whatever too.  Those
distribution that are stuck on GTK+ 2.4 surely don't have GUile 1.8.x?