Changeset 35564 in project

Timestamp:

06/02/18 13:06:36 (3 years ago)

Author:

felix winkelmann

Message:

Added note that CHICKEN_REPOSITORY_PATH and CHICKEN_INSTALL_REPOSITORY should be absolute

Location:

wiki/man/5

Files:

• Extension tools (modified) (2 diffs)
• faq (modified) (1 diff)

wiki/man/5/Extension tools

@@ -59 +59 @@
 repository directory, set the
 {{CHICKEN_INSTALL_REPOSITORY}} and/or {{CHICKEN_REPOSITORY_PATH}}
-environment variables and copy all files
+environment variables to the full path of the new reopsitory and copy all files
 from the default repository into the new one.
 
@@ -72 +72 @@
 is the place where eggs will be installed and which the egg-related
 tools like {{chicken-install}}, {{chicken-uninstall}} and
-{{chicken-status}} consult and update.
-
+{{chicken-status}} consult and update. Make sure the paths given in these 
+environment variables are absolute and not relative.
 
 === Static linking

wiki/man/5/faq

@@ -779 +779 @@
  $ chicken-install -p ~/eggs/ extensionname
 
-In order to make programs (including csi) see these eggs, you should set {{CHICKEN_REPOSITORY_PATH}} when you run them. See the [[Extensions#Changing repository location|Extensions/Changing repository location]] section of the manual for more information on that.
+In order to make programs (including csi) see these eggs, you should set {{CHICKEN_REPOSITORY_PATH}} when you run them. See the [[Extension tools#Changing repository location|Extension tools/Changing repository location]] section of the manual for more information on that.
 
 Alternatively, you can call the {{repository-path}} Scheme procedure before loading the eggs, as in: