yes yes yes Thank you! On Wed, Oct 12, 2016 at 12:01 PM, Matthew Flatt <[email protected]> wrote:
> At Wed, 12 Oct 2016 11:34:06 -0400, Ben Greenman wrote: > > I've installed Racket 6.6 from download.racket-lang.org and I'd like to > > submit a change to the HTDP repo. > > > > (This question is not really specific to HTDP, anyway) > > > > Before I submit the edit, I want to test the change on my machine, so I > > figure I'll make a clone of the htdp package: > > > > $ raco pkg update --clone htdp > > > > But this gives me an error: > > > > Inferred package name from given `--clone' path > > package: htdp > > given path: htdp > > Inferred package scope: installation > > raco pkg update: package is not currently installed from a repository > > package: htdp > > current installation: (catalog htdp) > > > > Is it possible for my install of Racket 6.6 to use a cloned version of > htdp? > > Yes, but since "htdp" starts out installed from a catalog that provides > a built "htdp" package instead of the Git package source, you have to > also specify the Git source. > > Although you can do that with > > $ raco pkg update --clone htdp "https://github.com/racket/ > htdp.git?path=htdp" > > I bet you actually want to modify "htdp-lib" or "htdp-doc"... and then > I see that you're going to get to a dependency mismatch with > "string-constants". > > > In this case, things will work better if you use > > $ bin/raco pkg update --catalog https://pkgs.racket-lang.org htdp > > to switch to the development version of the package, so you get needed > updates for other packages (also from the catalog). The catalog > provides a Git path, so then > > $ raco pkg update --clone htdp > > will do what you expected. > > Really, I guess you want to use a catalog that has Git paths but also > checksums at the time of the v6.6 release, as opposed to using the > post-6.6 development branch. I don't think we currently have catalogs > like that, though. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Racket Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Racket Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
