Setup problem for plt-scheme package

Gérard Milmeister gemi at bluewin.ch
Tue Aug 16 17:31:58 UTC 2005


I am the maintainer of the plt-scheme package, and recently noticed a
problem with how the package is set up. As part of the rpm building
process, after the files have been installed in $RPM_BUILD_ROOT,
setup-plt is executed, which compiles the library scheme files. If this
is not done, drscheme starts up very slowly. The problem is that the
compiled files have dependencies that contain the $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
prefix. Thus the installed rpm does not work correctly, as some library
files fail to load. A solution is to omit the setup-plt step, and let
the user perform it (as root) after installing the package. Or it can be
done as part of the post-install script. However the compilation takes
quite a long time. What would be the best way?
-- 
Gérard Milmeister
Langackerstrasse 49
CH-8057 Zürich




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