Matthew Flatt writes: > At Thu, 05 Nov 2020 13:01:36 -0500, Christopher Lemmer Webber wrote: >> I'm guessing it's probably due to these error messages: >> >> $ raco pkg update --scope user --clone scribble-lib >> Inferred package name from given `--clone' path >> package: scribble-lib >> given path: scribble-lib >> raco pkg update: package installed in a different scope >> package: scribble-lib >> current scope: user >> installed in scope: installation > > The right way to avoid this message in you case is likely to specify > the same scope as the starting "scribble" copy, which is installation > scope, via `-i`. > >> I see that I can make it happen using the following steps: >> >> cwebber@twig:~/devel/scribble/scribble-lib$ raco pkg install --force >> [...] >> >> I know you've warned me I don't want to do install --force though. :) >> >> Though... now I've done it for all of the Scribble sub-packages, and >> things seem to work now... >> >> Might I ask why I shouldn't do the thing I've just done then? > > Your installation is now in a state where some packages that depend on > "scribble" are built against the installation-wide copy, while others > are (or will become as you run `raco setup` or more package commands) > built with your user-specific copy. > > As long as your work as the same user, and as long as you don't run > anything that constraints effects to installation scope, then it might > all work... until it doesn't. Fundamentally, `raco setup` is not > designed to support dependencies that go backward from installation > scope to user scope, and so it doesn't make that work reliably. > > Most likely, the installation is really all your own, and not > multi-user. In that case, you should just work at the level of the > installation to avoid a mismatch. > > > Matthew
I see. That's a good explaination. Also all the more motivation to support Guix-based Racket development... :) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Racket Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/racket-users/87o8kb4mpz.fsf%40dustycloud.org.
