You can use `raco scribble' instead of `scribble'. Maybe `raco scribble' should be the preferred form?
At Tue, 13 Dec 2011 19:31:56 -0500, Neil Van Dyke wrote: > Jon Rafkind wrote at 12/13/2011 06:27 PM: > > A user of mine alerted me to the fact that 'scribble' is a crossword puzzle > similar to scrabble. He had it installed in ubuntu so when he typed make in > my > source tree he ended up playing a game instead of generating documentation. > > > > Given how massive Debian (and, therefore, Ubuntu) is, it's not too > surprising that something is already called "Scribble", but it's a pain. > > I don't know what PLT wants to do about this, but a Debian maintainer > will probably eventually make the call if PLT doesn't first. > > Here's a Debian package name search, showing multiple Scribbles: > > http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=scribble > > Here's where it looks like that "scribble" executable is coming from, as > "/usr/games/scribble", from an optional games package of the current > Debian stable release (unless Ubuntu put it elsewhere): > > http://packages.debian.org/squeeze/all/scribble/filelist > http://packages.ubuntu.com/oneiric/all/scribble/filelist > > Based on past experience, I think that, if a Debian package maintainer > is trying to package Racket, and they see that there is already a > "scribble" executable, they will rename Racket's "scribble" executable > to something else, like "racket-scribble". > > Two workarounds for this particular user: > > 1. Edit the appropriate shell initialization file, such as "~/.bashrc", > to put the directory containing Racket's "scribble" ahead of > "/usr/games" in the "PATH" environment variable. ("/usr/games" should > be at the end anyway, if it appears at all, just for good practice.) > > 2. For Makefiles and build scripts, put the full file path to the > desired "scribble" executable. (You would want to do this anyway, if > your app has an official Racket version is currently is tested with, and > you put your Racket version numbers in your Racket install tree > directory names.) > > -- > http://www.neilvandyke.org/ > _________________________________________________ > For list-related administrative tasks: > http://lists.racket-lang.org/listinfo/dev _________________________________________________ For list-related administrative tasks: http://lists.racket-lang.org/listinfo/dev
