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[Chicken-users] Re: getopt, getopt_long?


From: Aleksej Saushev
Subject: [Chicken-users] Re: getopt, getopt_long?
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 10:01:56 +0400
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William Xu <address@hidden> writes:

> "felix winkelmann" <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> I think chicken-setup should NOT duplicate functionality that
>> modern packaging tools provide. Dpkg and portage will always
>> do a better job at that, and it would be more worthwhile to push
>> for adoption of eggs into these packaging systems (which, IIRC,
>> Ivan already does with debianizing several eggs).
>
> I don't know if i understand correctly.  If that means making each egg a
> debian package, oh Jesus!! That'll spawn many debian eggs.  And
> considering there are that many linux distributions, it's a big burden..
> not to mention non-linux platforms.  

It is a big burden anyway, since it violates hierarchy: installation
under PREFIX is managed, and Chicken interferes with it, the easiest
way to resolve conflict is to provide build-time configurational
parameter to make eggs install under separate directory.


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CE3OH...





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