libguile package | dlopen: no such file: guile-readline.dll

[Brian Inglis]

On 2024-01-05 18:07, asebian via Cygwin wrote:
> package: liguile3.0_1
> version: 3.0.9-2
> 
> ================
> Problem
> 
> Loading the ice-9/readline module coming with libguile raises an error:
> 
> $ guile -q
> scheme@(guile-user)> (use-modules (ice-9 readline))
> While compiling expression:
> In procedure dlopen: file "guile-readline.dll", message "No such file
> or directory"
> 
> Seems as if version number 0 got attached:
> 
> $ ls -1 /usr/lib/guile/3.0/extensions/
> guile-readline.la
> guile-readline-0.dll
> 
> C:\cygwin64\lib\guile\3.0\exte
> nsions> dir /B
> guile-readline-0.dll
> guile-readline.la
> 
> ================
> Makeshift fix
> 
> Create symlink (as Admin):
> 
> C:\cygwin64\lib\guile\3.0\extensions> mklink guile-readline.dll
> guile-readline-0.dll
> symbolic link created for guile-readline.dll <<===>> guile-readline-0.dll
> 
> $ guile -q
> scheme@(guile-user)> (use-modules (ice-9 readline))
> scheme@(guile-user)> (activate-readline)

As these appear to be generated during package config or build, this should be 
handled during package config, build, install, or postinstall, perhaps using 
alternatives.

-- 
Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis              Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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