[racket-dev] Planet require gone wild

p.s. Anyway I do realize now there wasn't a bug per se. It sounds like
I've been so lucky with Planet requires in the past, that when (as
Ryan put it) I suddenly hit all the weak points at once, it caught me
off guard. To the extent there's even a "usability" issue, it's
already being addressed by the move to the new package system.

On Fri, Aug 2, 2013 at 4:19 PM, Greg Hendershott
<greghendershott at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 2, 2013 at 1:25 PM, Matthew Flatt <mflatt at cs.utah.edu> wrote:
>> At Thu, 1 Aug 2013 21:55:37 -0400, Greg Hendershott wrote:
>>> I'm running HEAD = c126a8a from about 1 week ago.
>>>
>>> I wanted to try the PEG Planet 1 package.
>>>
>>> My source file was simply this:
>>>
>>>     #lang racket
>>>     (require (planet kazzmir/peg:2:0/peg))
>>>
>>> 1. Using command-line Racket, I got:
>>>
>>> Welcome to Racket v5.90.0.3.
>>> ; uncaught exception:
>>> '#&"/Users/greg/src/scheme/collects/markdown/markdown/peg.rkt"
>>>
>>> Huh.
>>
>> I haven't been able to replicate this. It looks like you're using
>> `xrepl', but maybe I'm missing something else about your setup. Can you
>> tell me more about how you ran the program?
>
> Well that's a very perceptive question. I ran it using a Racket mode
> for Emacs that I cobbled together back when ,en and enter! were having
> trouble reloading modules, and when Quack had an issue with Emacs 24.
> One thing led to another and I ended up with an Emacs mode, which I've
> simply kept using out of inertia. It's on GitHub (not that I've been
> seeking for anyone else to use it, just so I can access it):
>
> https://github.com/greghendershott/racket-mode
>
> The part you're asking about is this:
>
> https://github.com/greghendershott/racket-mode/blob/master/sandbox.rkt
>
> I'll wait while you and e.g. Eli wince so hard that you sprain a
> muscle ... go ahead. This is probably wrong on multiple levels. Sorry!
> Anyway, taking that out of the picture:
>
>>> I had the bright idea of trying this again, in DrRacket 5.90.0.3.
>>>
>>> 2. Right away, I got a red message:
>>>
>>> make-directory: forbidden (write) access to
>>> /Users/greg/Library/Racket/planet/300/5.90.0.3
>>>
>>> Strange...
>>
>> That looks like the background syntax colorer complaining that it's not
>> allowed to install PLaneT packages. It's not a nice error message, but
>> it reflects something working right (and, of course, the new package
>> system doesn't provoke the same sort of error).
>
> Granted, I don't require Planet 1 packages frequently, and the last
> time was many months ago. But I'm pretty sure I don't recall seeing an
> error, much less one about a write permission (which seems wrong, I'm
> pretty sure it's write-able). This message is largely what made me
> think something was wonky with 5.90.0.3.