Re: [Chicken-users] chicken-setup feature request

[felix winkelmann]

On 10/23/06, Peter Busser <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi!
>
> Is it possible to add a command-line switch to chicken-setup to set a
> root-directory from which all installations are done?
>
> This is useful because during package building, the files are installed
> in a different directory than the root directory. This way the installed
> files do not overwrite the files present on the system.
>
> I noticed that there is a -P switch for the installation path of commands.
> That solved the build problems for several eggs. Unfortunately, there is no
> equivalent for documentation or for example files.

Doesn't "-R" ("-repository") solve this problem? This will let you
specify where the repository is, which determines where docs/examples
and compiled eggs are copied. "-P" will give the directory for scripts
and programs, so with both of these options you should be ok.


cheers,
felix

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