[Chicken-janitors] #1144: chicken-install's -keep-installed and -prefix/-deploy options don't play nicely together

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#1144: chicken-install's -keep-installed and -prefix/-deploy options don't play
nicely together
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 Reporter:  evhan                        |       Owner:         
     Type:  enhancement                  |      Status:  new    
 Priority:  major                        |   Milestone:  someday
Component:  core tools                   |     Version:  4.9.x  
 Keywords:  chicken-install, extensions  |  
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 It would be ideal if the {{{-keep-installed}}} option to {{{chicken-
 install}}} respected {{{-prefix}}}/{{{-deploy}}}.

 Currently, {{{-keep-installed}}} only considers eggs in the "normal"
 repository to be installed, regardless of whether it's given a
 {{{-prefix}}} argument. So, any eggs already installed there will be
 skipped (incorrectly) on {{{chicken-install -deploy -prefix foo ...}}},
 and any eggs ''not'' installed there will be fetched and reinstalled under
 {{{foo/}}} on each invocation.

 I think the options should respect one another, so that the following
 commands should result in the egg {{{foo}}} being downloaded and installed
 once, whether or not it's already installed in the normal repository:

 {{{
 $ chicken-install -deploy -prefix bar -keep-installed foo
 # ... should download and install foo
 $ chicken-install -deploy -prefix bar -keep-installed foo
 # ... should do nothing
 }}}

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Ticket URL: <http://bugs.call-cc.org/ticket/1144>
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