Re: [Chicken-users] chicken-install -n -test

[John J Foerch]

Mario Domenech Goulart <address@hidden> writes:
> Hi John,
>
> On Fri, 26 Aug 2011 20:31:50 -0400 John J Foerch <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>> Mario Domenech Goulart <address@hidden> writes:
>>>
>>> On Fri, 26 Aug 2011 20:11:20 -0400 John J Foerch <address@hidden> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'm writing an egg and I happened to try 'chicken-install -n -test' to
>>>> see if I could run my tests without installing the egg.  This does not
>>>> work in the version of chicken that I'm using (4.6.0 from Debian), so I
>>>> would like to make this a feature request.  When running chicken-install
>>>> from the directory an egg resides in, it would be nice to be able to run
>>>> tests without installing the egg.  This would save the developer having
>>>> to type a sudo password, for example.
>>>
>>> Just
>>>
>>>   $ cd tests
>>>   $ csi -s run.scm
>>>
>>> That's pretty much what chicken-install does behind the scenes.
>>
>> What I have in mind is that chicken-install could include ".." in the
>> egg search path while running the tests.  This would allow the egg to be
>> found, even if it were not installed.  This would allow the developer
>> the convenience of not having to install the egg to test it, thus not
>> having to sudo, and possibly type a password.  Make sense?
>
> I honestly don't know how complicated it would be to implement.  AFAIK,
> you can't have multiple values for `repository-path'.
>
> Here are some alternative options:
>
> * while you are in a development phase that you change a lot of things,
>   just load your egg code using (load "../egg") (and maybe (import egg)
>   if you define a module).  However, for releasing your egg, it's
>   recommended that the test script use the egg as a regular application
>   would do (e.g., (use egg)).
>
> * to avoid installing your egg as root, you can set the repository to a
>   location where you have write permissions (see
>   http://wiki.call-cc.org/man/4/Extensions#changing-repository-location)
>
>
> Best wishes.
> Mario

Thanks!

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John Foerch