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* README: Update to 2.2.  Add instructions for FreeBSD based on notes
  from Matt Wette.
* configure.ac: Add --with-bdw-gc argument.
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This is version 2.0 of Guile, Project GNU's extension language library.
This is version 2.2 of Guile, Project GNU's extension language library.
Guile is an implementation of the Scheme programming language, packaged
as a library that can be linked into applications to give them their own
extension language. Guile supports other languages as well, giving
@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ Guile requires the following external packages:
`utf*->string' procedures. It is available from
http://www.gnu.org/software/libunistring/ .
- libgc, at least version 7.0
- libgc, at least version 7.2
libgc (aka. the Boehm-Demers-Weiser garbage collector) is the
conservative garbage collector used by Guile. It is available
@ -124,7 +124,20 @@ instructions above, but it seems that a few systems still need special
treatment. If you can send us fixes for these problems, we'd be
grateful.
<none yet listed>
FreeBSD 11.0:
For a build supporting threads, please `pkg install' the following
- pkgconf : provides pkg-config
- gmake : /usr/bin/make does not work
- boehm-gc-threaded : needed for threaded support
Configure as:
./configure --with-bdw-gc=bdw-gc-threaded
Alternately if you want a Guile without threads, then install boehm-gc
and configure as:
./configure --without-threads
Guile specific flags Accepted by Configure =================================
@ -244,7 +257,7 @@ switches specific to Guile you may find useful in some circumstances.
Cross building Guile =====================================================
As of Guile 2.0.x, the build process produces a library, libguile-2.0,
As of Guile 2.2.x, the build process produces a library, libguile-2.2,
along with Guile "object files" containing bytecode to be interpreted by
Guile's virtual machine. The bytecode format depends on the endianness
and word size of the host CPU.