Re: [Chicken-hackers] Should we make a 4.12 release?

[felix . winkelmann]

> > I think it would. To truly test in a clean environment I would suggest to
> > use a fresh chicken installation for case 1 as well. Note that this can
> > be done by pure copying/hardlinking of files, assuming the user didn't
> > modify installed files.

I was talking nonsense here - of course simply copying file won't do, as
installation paths are compiled into the binaries.

> Case 1 does detect undeclared dependencies before authors check in
> their eggs. This has helped me in the past as I am known for missing
> those.

That can still be done, and seems to me independent of -prefix. by
using salmonella like any other egg.


felix