[racket-dev] Fwd: GUI executables created with DrRacket fail

I added a test for `scribble/manual` (which was the part that went
wrong), but not specifically for `plot`.

At Wed, 12 Feb 2014 12:50:28 -0700, Doug Williams wrote:
> Neil,
> 
> Would it make sense to add a test that makes an executable and runs it. I'm
> not sure if that could be added to any automated test scripts though.
> 
> Doug
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Matthew Flatt <mflatt at cs.utah.edu>
> Date: Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 10:26 AM
> Subject: Re: [racket-dev] GUI executables created with DrRacket fail
> To: Doug Williams <m.douglas.williams at gmail.com>
> Cc: "dev at racket-lang.org" <dev at racket-lang.org>
> 
> 
> The problem was due to changes in `scribble/manual` that didn't
> preserve a delay on finding files in the "scribble" collection.
> Scribble is referenced by `plot` in a way that needs `scribble/manual`
> to work in an executable, and your program uses `plot`.
> 
> I've pushed a repair to Scribble.
> 
> At Sun, 2 Feb 2014 16:36:50 -0700, Doug Williams wrote:
> > The animation program I sent out a bit ago, and attached here, runs fine
> > under DrRacket but when I create an executable (using either raco or
> > DrRacket) and try to run it, it fails with the following:
> >
> > collection-file-path: collection not found
> >   collection: "scribble"
> >   in collection directories:
> >   context...:
> >    c:\program files\racket\collects\racket\private\pre-base.rkt:115:58:
> fail
> >    define-on-demand-bound-promise
> >    c:\program files\racket\collects\racket\private\promise.rkt:104:10
> >    c:\program files\racket\collects\racket\private\more-scheme.rkt:264:2:
> > call-w
> > ith-exception-handler
> >    c:\program files\racket\collects\racket\private\promise.rkt:96:0:
> > force/gener
> > ic
> >    define-on-demand-bound-promise
> >    c:\program files\racket\collects\racket\private\promise.rkt:104:10
> >    c:\program files\racket\collects\racket\private\more-scheme.rkt:264:2:
> > call-w
> > ith-exception-handler
> >    c:\program files\racket\collects\racket\private\promise.rkt:96:0:
> > force/gener
> > ic
> >    #%embedded:g4484:manual-scheme: [running body]
> >    #%embedded:g3956:manual: [traversing imports]
> >    #%embedded:g3927:defthing: [traversing imports]
> >    #%embedded:g3903:parameters: [traversing imports]
> >    #%embedded:g3891:parameters: [traversing imports]
> >    #%embedded:g3874:no-gui: [traversing imports]
> >    #%embedded:g3848:main: [traversing imports]...
> >
> > This happens under 5.92 and 5.93.
> >
> > Any ideas?
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