Update README on using libraries in non-standard locations

[bpt/guile.git] / meta / guile.in

#!/bin/sh

#	Copyright (C) 2002, 2006, 2008 Free Software Foundation
#
#   This file is part of GUILE.
#
#   GUILE is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
#   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
#   published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or
#   (at your option) any later version.
#
#   GUILE is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
#   WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
#   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
#   GNU General Public License for more details.
#
#   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public
#   License along with GUILE; see the file COPYING.  If not, write
#   to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth
#   Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA

# Commentary:

# Usage: guile [ARGS]
#
# This script arranges for the environment to support, and eventaully execs,
# the uninstalled binary guile executable located somewhere under libguile/,
# passing ARGS to it.  In the process, env var GUILE is clobbered, and the
# following env vars are modified (but not clobbered):
#   GUILE_LOAD_PATH
#   LTDL_LIBRARY_PATH
#
# This script can be used as a drop-in replacement for $bindir/guile;
# if there is a discrepency in behavior, that's a bug.

# Code:

# env (set by configure)
top_builddir="@top_builddir_absolute@"

# set GUILE (clobber)
GUILE=${top_builddir}/libguile/guile
export GUILE

# do it
exec ${top_builddir}/meta/uninstalled-env $GUILE "$@"

# never reached
exit 1

# guile ends here