[plt-scheme] compiling PLT from source and ~/.plt-scheme

From: Eli Barzilay (eli at barzilay.org)
Date: Fri May 15 12:09:22 EDT 2009

On May 15, Tom Schouten wrote:
> On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 10:03:53AM -0400, Eli Barzilay wrote:
> > 
> > Use `make plain-install' to avoid running setup-plt, and then run it
> > manually with
> > 
> >   .../mzscheme -l- setup -U
> 
> Thanks.  This made me find the relevant line in Makefile.in:
> 
> SETUP_ARGS = -X "$(DESTDIR)$(collectsdir)" -l setup
> 
> Is there a reason why the "-U" option is omitted by default?

Yes, when you build your own code, you'd want to compile stuff in your
own directory, or you'll get errors when loading it later.

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