Re: [Chicken-hackers] [PATCH] A cache system for the build environment

[Michele La Monaca]

On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 4:55 AM, Jim Ursetto <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> This is how I do it.  This way you have unlimited variants, can
> recall any of them, and can optionally set a default.  Also
> it doesn't need a patch.
>
> echo 'make PREFIX=/tmp PLATFORM=macosx "$@"'       > make.test
> echo 'make PREFIX=/usr/local PLATFORM=macosx "$@"' > make.local
> chmod +x make.test make.local
> ln -s make.local make              # default make
>
> ./make.test
> ./make.test install
> ./make.test check
> ./make.test clean
> ./make uninstall
> ./make install
>
> Jim

Hi Jim,

smart approach, indeed. Thanks for sharing this. Anyway, my proposal
was mostly geared towards casual users or users which install chicken
for the first time and which are accustomed to the standard:

# [./configure]
# make
# make install

open source build process. I think that anything beyond that, any
extra step, any extra hassle, might alienate them.

Regards,
Michele