Re: [Chicken-users] So is this correct (about chicken-install)?

[felix]

Jeronimo Pellegrini schrieb:
> Hi,
>
> I think I understood how chicken-install works. I'll try to summarize
> this in the wiki, but I'd like to make sure I got it right:
>
> * To install eggs in a location different from /usr/local (or wherever
>   Chicken was installed), I need to pass "-p" to chicken-install. There
>   is no environment variable to control this. I should point it to
>   "my_rep";
>
> * To *use* the new repository, I need to set up CHICKEN_INCLUDE_PATH
>   and CHICKEN_REPOSITORY. These should point to "my_rep/lib/chicken/5/"
>
> Is that right?

I think it is, yes.

> What is the difference between CHICKEN_INCLUDE_PATH and
> CHICKEN_REPOSITORY?


CHICKEN_REPOSITORY is the place where extensions are to be
loaded from for all chicken-based programs (which includes all
the tools).

CHICKEN_INCLUDE_PATH is where to look for files referenced
via "(include FILENAME)". This path is different for hysterical
raisins. Note that only one of these two locations usually contains
platform-dependent binaries (the repository).


cheers,
felix