> Attached is a patch that adds an extra environment variable > (CHICKEN_INSTALL_BINDIR) to specify an alternative directory for > executables (please don't consider applying -- it only serves to > illustrate the situation). I don't think it is enough, though. Maybe > eggs will want to install documentation or data files, and those should > not go to the canonical installation prefix either. Ideally, I think we > should have variables that mimic BINDIR, VARDIR, LIBDIR, MANDIR etc. for > egg installation too. For convenience, just like for the installation > of CHICKEN itself, we should have a PREFIX for eggs, so that we don't > have to set up all the variables. Then we are back to something similar > to CHICKEN_PREFIX. :-)
Regrettable, but true. Can we make this somehow "internal", for specific uses like in Salmonella? felix _______________________________________________ Chicken-hackers mailing list Chicken-hackers@nongnu.org https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/chicken-hackers