Re: [racket-users] raco make, file permissions, and unstable directories

2015-04-19 Thread Deren Dohoda
Thanks Robby and Matthew. I use relative or runtime-computed paths myself so it looks like everything is clear. I do need to consider how to manage different Racket builds, right now I have stuck with the same build but updating Racket is something I will need to manage. Deren On Apr 16, 2015 3:

Re: [racket-users] raco make, file permissions, and unstable directories

2015-04-16 Thread Matthew Flatt
A potential problem with copying files is that the timestamps can get out of sync. You'll want to make sure that timestamps on the ".zo" files stay newer than the timestamps on the ".rkt" sources. At Thu, 16 Apr 2015 02:03:31 -0500, Robby Findler wrote: > 1) Compilation to .zo files (what raco mak

Re: [racket-users] raco make, file permissions, and unstable directories

2015-04-16 Thread Robby Findler
1) Compilation to .zo files (what raco make does) can theoretically embed absolute paths, but this is something we work hard to avoid, so it shouldn't be happening. We use the ability to move .zo files around when building our distributions, for example, so I think you should be safe. (But there ca

[racket-users] raco make, file permissions, and unstable directories

2015-04-15 Thread Deren Dohoda
Hi group, I use Racket in an embedded linux system. My normal development process is to write Racket code in Windows, transfer this to the embedded computer, and then use raco make in the Debian system. But when the system is powered on, it doesn't boot to Debian, it boots to a busybox OS where th