Re: [Chicken-hackers] sudo-install

[felix winkelmann]

On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 2:48 PM, Ivan Raikov <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>    I have added two options to chicken-setup: -build-prefix and
>  -download-dir. build-prefix is where chicken-setup creates a temporary
>  directory, unpacks the egg and then compiles it. download-dir is the
>  directory where downloaded egg files are saved. build-prefix defaults
>  to the value of the environment variable TMP, if set, otherwise
>  $HOME/chicken-build. If some other behavior is desired, I can easily
>  make changes.

I would propose the following changes:

- also check TMPDIR and TEMPDIR (I have none of those T... variables
  set in my env, BTW)
- use "/tmp/chicken-setup-$USER" (or similar) instead of $HOME/chicken-build
  (the latter is too generic and might conflict with existing directories)


cheers,
felix