From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Andy Wingo Newsgroups: gmane.lisp.guile.devel Subject: Re: guile-vm .go files in GUILE_LOAD_PATH Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 23:14:03 +0200 Message-ID: References: <18730150.2888471221770986002.JavaMail.root@cdptpa-web08-z02> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1221773015 21059 80.91.229.12 (18 Sep 2008 21:23:35 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 21:23:35 +0000 (UTC) Cc: guile-devel@gnu.org To: Original-X-From: guile-devel-bounces+guile-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Sep 18 23:24:29 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: guile-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1KgQzD-0001m4-9i for guile-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 18 Sep 2008 23:24:27 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:57084 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KgQyB-000177-U0 for guile-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 18 Sep 2008 17:23:23 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KgQxw-0000z9-CF for guile-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 18 Sep 2008 17:23:08 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KgQxv-0000yo-VG for guile-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 18 Sep 2008 17:23:07 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=49645 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KgQxv-0000yi-HL for guile-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 18 Sep 2008 17:23:07 -0400 Original-Received: from a-sasl-fastnet.sasl.smtp.pobox.com ([207.106.133.19]:51179 helo=sasl.smtp.pobox.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KgQxv-0006j0-9M for guile-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 18 Sep 2008 17:23:07 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost.localdomain (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by a-sasl-fastnet.sasl.smtp.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 377A862E30; Thu, 18 Sep 2008 17:23:05 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from unquote (177.Red-83-34-179.dynamicIP.rima-tde.net [83.34.179.177]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by a-sasl-fastnet.sasl.smtp.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3368462E2D; Thu, 18 Sep 2008 17:23:02 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <18730150.2888471221770986002.JavaMail.root@cdptpa-web08-z02> (dsmich@roadrunner.com's message of "Thu, 18 Sep 2008 16:49:45 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-Pobox-Relay-ID: FB4D9216-85C7-11DD-BAD7-D0CFFE4BC1C1-02397024!a-sasl-fastnet.pobox.com X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 10 (beta) X-BeenThere: guile-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Developers list for Guile, the GNU extensibility library" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: guile-devel-bounces+guile-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: guile-devel-bounces+guile-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.lisp.guile.devel:7728 Archived-At: Heya Dale, On Thu 18 Sep 2008 22:49, writes: > I'm pretty sure the case of not using the already installed system .scm > files while building is handled now. It is, but only because the uninstalled dirs are before the installed dirs. I committed a patch to the vm branch to remove the installed dirs from guile's load path when running as pre-inst-guile: http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=guile.git;a=commitdiff;h=02b84691b274155f4528f99e90fbe39c77ed546d NB, relative to master, that patch depends on this one: http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=guile.git;a=commitdiff;h=be52b55a3213c8f683d1007a542771daa3f9a06b > I'm thinking more along the lines > of some user wanted to override a system file for some reason. This > issue came up for me when I wanted to use a newer gnus than what came > with the system supplied emacs. At that time I didn't have admin privs > so I just installed gnus somewhere under my home dir and made sure that > the emacs load path searched there first. Can this situation ever come > up in Guile? Maybe. Sure it can. Hopefully you could get through it via the newer-than check... but I do see your point. > As Neil mentioned, emacs is a good example to follow. That's why I'm > suggesting this. I did look at its docs for quite some time before implementing it the way that I did. That said, your solution may be the better one in the long term. Does anyone else have an opinion? Cheers, Andy -- http://wingolog.org/