On 22/07/02 09:11am, adriano wrote: > Il giorno ven, 01/07/2022 alle 18.15 +0100, James Crake-Merani ha > scritto: > > Hello, > > > > I was just wondering what approach people tend to take when writing a > > script which installs a module onto the load-path. I understand this > > path might be different on different machines so how do you make sure > > the module is installed in the right path? Would you use something > > like a Makefile? > > not only a Makefile > > The whole Autotools chain > > There are 2 options: > > 1) you write the config.am and Makefile.am (or however they're called) > by hand and you deal with the Autotools directly, by hand > > 2) You use guile-hall and it will wrap the Autotools making the > experience a bit less frustrating > > > > BUT > > I wonder: why you want to install your module ? > > You might want to distribute it as a simple handful of source files > > Guile will compile it automagically at need > > If your module has no dependencies, that could be an easy option > > If it _has_ dependencies, then the Autotools might be of help > > Did you think about this ? > > I hate to second guess your question > > I understand it might be perceived as rude and I'm sorry for that > > I just think these distinctions in use cases are not clear at all, in > the manual and in general > > So this could be an easy pitfall
Hi, Don't worry, you didn't come across as rude at all. My use case was simply that I wrote some modules that I wanted to distribute, and I thought that if I'm going to distribute them, I probably ought to put some sort of script in so users can install them as well. The modules in question are just a simple project which tests your conformance to a certain political ideology (which is not sophisticated at all because it was more of a joke between friends that I thought would make a good programming exercise). After seeing Guile Hall recommended by yourself, and Jeremy I thought this might be appropriate. My modules have no dependencies aside from those already part of Guile although I do intend to write another module which will depend on the previous module. So if I were to take the latter approach of just distributing the source code then I presume users would have to load the file manually, or install it manually unless I'm missing something. In that case, I would've thought using something like Guile Hall would be more appropriate but again I might be missing something. I have just found the manual pages detailing Guile Hall which I was not originally aware of. After reading them, it does seem to me that Hall would be appropriate for this but of course I would be willing to hear about alternatives to distributing the code. Thanks for your response.
