[racket-dev] `raco link', "links.rktd", "pkgs", and "config.rktd"

8 hours ago, Matthew Flatt wrote:
> The "config.rktd" file in "etc" can now specify a location for the
> installation-wide "links.rktd" file and "pkgs" installed-package
> directory (with its "pkgs.rktd").

On a clean build I get an empty "etc" directory -- explained by moving
the files that were in it -- but is it now a bug, or is it a
placeholder for an optional config file?  (Would there be anything
else there?)


> Furthermore, "config.rktd" can provide a list of additional
> files/directories to search. This allows the main "links.rktd" and
> "pkgs" to act like "/usr/lib" things, while additional directories
> can act like "/lib" things.

Can you explain this more?  I don't see the connection.

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