1.2 now adds back the most commonly used functions, and supports all
of SCSH's regular expression functions. They are:
+** Guile now provides information on how it was built, via the new
+global variable, %guile-build-info. This variable records the values
+of the standard GNU makefile directory variables as an assocation
+list, mapping variable names (symbols) onto directory paths (strings).
+For example, to find out where the Guile link libraries were
+installed, you can say:
+
+guile -c "(display (assq-ref %guile-build-info 'libdir)) (newline)"
+
+
*** [[get docs from Tim?]]
* Changes to the gh_ interface
+Mon Jun 23 16:13:38 1997 Jim Blandy <jimb@floss.red-bean.com>
+
+ * boot-9.scm (make-list): Remove the definition of this function
+ from the (ice-9 common-list) module; make the `init' argument
+ optional in the scm module's definition, to match the deleted
+ definition. Harmony reigneth? (Thanks to Bernard URBAN.)
+
Sun Jun 22 18:33:17 1997 Jim Blandy <jimb@floss.red-bean.com>
Try to detect when people are using one version of libguile and a
+Mon Jun 23 18:44:49 1997 Jim Blandy <jimb@floss.red-bean.com>
+
+ * Makefile.am (libpath.h): Include the values of all the standard
+ Makefile directory variables. Print a message, but don't print
+ all the commands.
+ (versiondat.h): Print a message, but don't print all the commands.
+ * load.c: #include "alist.h".
+ (init_build_info): New function.
+ (scm_init_load): Call it.
+ * Makefile.in: Regenerated.
+
Sun Jun 22 19:12:58 1997 Jim Blandy <jimb@floss.red-bean.com>
* root.c: Establish a reliable catch-all handler for the new root.