[Axiom-developer] Re: Axiom breakage when installing OpenAxiom

[Alfredo Portes]

Maybe it is my fault. :-(

Reading now the script in OpenAxiom, I see that it sets
the AXIOM variable like Gaby explained. However, this
script cannot run in Windows.

In both installers, I use the AXIOMsys executable, following
the previous installer method.

If anybody has a suggestion of how I can handle this,
please let me know.

I apologize for any new friction I had introduced with this.

Regards,

Alfredo

On 9/30/07, root <address@hidden> wrote:
> Alfredo,
>
> >| Ah, Gaby, while I've got your attention....
> >|
> >| It appears that installing OpenAxiom interferes with an already
> >| installed Axiom.
> >
> >OpenAxiom installs its binaries in a directory distinct from
> >any other Axiom flavors.  It sets its internal variable AXIOM *within*
> >its own script and does not depend on external setting of it.
> >The fact that Axiom seems to need external setting of the AXIOM
> >environment variable sounds to be like a bug that should be fixed in Axiom.
>
> We observed that installing OpenAxiom breaks an existing Axiom install.
> According to the above it appears that the AXIOM shell variable collision
> is not the problem. Can you try it again and see if you can figure out
> where the collision occurs? There is no technical reason why the two
> projects cannot coexist on the same machine.
>
> Tim
>
>