[plt-scheme] upgrading installed planet packages

From: Noel Welsh (noelwelsh at gmail.com)
Date: Fri Oct 17 08:35:56 EDT 2008

On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 10:10 PM, Jose A. Ortega Ruiz <jaortega at gmail.com> wrote:
> I track PLT using svn, re-building it from source every now and then,
> which is a rather painless procedure. I usually choose the in-place
> build/install, linking the binaries to somewhere in my PATH. But
> everytime the version number of PLT changes, all my downloaded planet
> packages (living in ~/.plt) are forgotten, because they live in
> version-specific folders. Is there away of automating their
> re-installation after an upgrade?

There is no way I know of, but it isn't an issue I've had.  Next time
I run my tests, which is usually the first thing I do when I start
developing, they all get downloaded and installed again.  *shrug*
Works for me.

N.


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