Re: Adding site and site-ccache in ~/.local to load(-compiled)-path by default?

Matt Wette <[email protected]> Tue, 9 Jun 2026 13:09:28 -0700
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On 6/9/26 11:31 AM, Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I just set up a guile library for the kids manually, naturally
> configuring with
>
>      ./configure --prefix=$HOME/.local
> Is there a good reason why we do not include the site dir and the
> site-ccache dir in $HOME/.local in the %load-path and
> %load-compiled-path by default (if they exist)?
>

  I didn't believe it at first but you are right.
So, I tried, and %load-path ended up under /usr/share/guile.
This seems messed up, IMO.

Note that I usually build with --prefix=/opt/local and with that prefix
the %load-path gets set correctly to /opt/local/share/guile.

Matt
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 6/9/26 11:31 AM, Dr. Arne
      Babenhauserheide wrote:<br>
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      <pre wrap="" class="moz-quote-pre">Hi,

I just set up a guile library for the kids manually, naturally
configuring with

    ./configure --prefix=$HOME/.local
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      <pre wrap="" class="moz-quote-pre">Is there a good reason why we do not include the site dir and the
site-ccache dir in $HOME/.local in the %load-path and
%load-compiled-path by default (if they exist)?

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     I didn't believe it at first but you are right.  <br>
    So, I tried, and %load-path ended up under /usr/share/guile.<br>
    This seems messed up, IMO.<br>
    <br>
    Note that I usually build with --prefix=/opt/local and with that
    prefix<br>
    the %load-path gets set correctly to /opt/local/share/guile.<br>
    <br>
    Matt
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