p.s. Anyway I do realize now there wasn't a bug per se. It sounds like I've been so lucky with Planet requires in the past, that when (as Ryan put it) I suddenly hit all the weak points at once, it caught me off guard. To the extent there's even a "usability" issue, it's already being addressed by the move to the new package system.
On Fri, Aug 2, 2013 at 4:19 PM, Greg Hendershott <greghendersh...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Aug 2, 2013 at 1:25 PM, Matthew Flatt <mfl...@cs.utah.edu> wrote: >> At Thu, 1 Aug 2013 21:55:37 -0400, Greg Hendershott wrote: >>> I'm running HEAD = c126a8a from about 1 week ago. >>> >>> I wanted to try the PEG Planet 1 package. >>> >>> My source file was simply this: >>> >>> #lang racket >>> (require (planet kazzmir/peg:2:0/peg)) >>> >>> 1. Using command-line Racket, I got: >>> >>> Welcome to Racket v5.90.0.3. >>> ; uncaught exception: >>> '#&"/Users/greg/src/scheme/collects/markdown/markdown/peg.rkt" >>> >>> Huh. >> >> I haven't been able to replicate this. It looks like you're using >> `xrepl', but maybe I'm missing something else about your setup. Can you >> tell me more about how you ran the program? > > Well that's a very perceptive question. I ran it using a Racket mode > for Emacs that I cobbled together back when ,en and enter! were having > trouble reloading modules, and when Quack had an issue with Emacs 24. > One thing led to another and I ended up with an Emacs mode, which I've > simply kept using out of inertia. It's on GitHub (not that I've been > seeking for anyone else to use it, just so I can access it): > > https://github.com/greghendershott/racket-mode > > The part you're asking about is this: > > https://github.com/greghendershott/racket-mode/blob/master/sandbox.rkt > > I'll wait while you and e.g. Eli wince so hard that you sprain a > muscle ... go ahead. This is probably wrong on multiple levels. Sorry! > Anyway, taking that out of the picture: > >>> I had the bright idea of trying this again, in DrRacket 5.90.0.3. >>> >>> 2. Right away, I got a red message: >>> >>> make-directory: forbidden (write) access to >>> /Users/greg/Library/Racket/planet/300/5.90.0.3 >>> >>> Strange... >> >> That looks like the background syntax colorer complaining that it's not >> allowed to install PLaneT packages. It's not a nice error message, but >> it reflects something working right (and, of course, the new package >> system doesn't provoke the same sort of error). > > Granted, I don't require Planet 1 packages frequently, and the last > time was many months ago. But I'm pretty sure I don't recall seeing an > error, much less one about a write permission (which seems wrong, I'm > pretty sure it's write-able). This message is largely what made me > think something was wonky with 5.90.0.3. _________________________ Racket Developers list: http://lists.racket-lang.org/dev
