Re: [Chicken-users] svn head - buid problem on debian

[Mario Domenech Goulart]

Hi Jörg.

On Tue, 09 Dec 2008 12:54:42 +0100 Jörg "F. Wittenberger" <address@hidden> 
wrote:

> my standard debian build method fails like this:
>
> /home/jfw/build/Scheme/chicken/debian/tmp/usr/bin/chicken-install
> -update-db
> generating database
>
>   cp -r /tmp/setup-15c.tmp/modules.db /var/lib/chicken/3/modules.db
> cp: cannot create regular file `/var/lib/chicken/3/modules.db':
> Permission denied
> Error: shell invocation failed with non-zero return status
> "cp -r /tmp/setup-15c.tmp/modules.db /var/lib/chicken/3/modules.db"
> 256
>
> I'd fix it, if I knew how this should be done.

I'd guess you have no permission to write in /var/lib.


> But a) I can't find the "cp -r" command (about which I doubt the -r is
> required, but it won't hurt).  Worse is b: which Makefile variable is
> the prefix I should use and how do I pass it to chicken-install?

>From chicken-install.scm I see:

a)

  (define (init-repository dir)
    (let ((src (repository-path))
          (copy (if (or (feature? 'mingw32) (feature? 'msvc))
                    "copy"
                    "cp -r")))
    ...


b)

  (define *program-path*
    (or (and-let* ((p (getenv "CHICKEN_PREFIX")))
          (make-pathname p "bin") )
        (foreign-value "C_INSTALL_BIN_HOME" c-string) ) )


Hope it helps.

Best wishes.
Mario