On Thu, 23 Feb 2017 21:11:57 +0100 felix.winkelm...@bevuta.com wrote: >> > Mario, would this help with Salmonella? >> >> Not sure if I undertand the proposal. You mean chicken-install would >> install eggs in the directory pointed by CHICKEN_REPOSITORY? > > I would suggest to _lookup_ eggs (during loading + linking) from any > of the directories given in CHICKEN_REPOSITORY. The installation > destination could then be changed by setting another variable (say, > CHICKEN_INSTALL_REPOSITORY), sort of a CHICKEN-specific "DESTDIR", > this can be cleanly handled in the generated installation script.
Ok, so I was not completely lost. I had in mind that CHICKEN_REPOSITORY was only for lookup, but I was wondering how eggs would end up in the alternative repos. It seems that this extra parameter was the missing piece. But isn't it equivalent to -prefix? :-) All the best. Mario -- http://parenteses.org/mario _______________________________________________ Chicken-hackers mailing list Chicken-hackers@nongnu.org https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/chicken-hackers
