Re: [Chicken-users] .meta needs on a per platform basis

[felix winkelmann]

On 1/7/07, Kon Lovett <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Got a problem w/ the .meta file needs entry. I think some logic there
> to state the platform would be useful. Ex: z3, pty, & rlimit cannot
> compile w/ Windows (assuming no Interex/Cygwin), but an egg that
> "needs" one or more of these for unix could still work w/ windows -
> just w/ reduced features. Am I missing something?

Would an extension of the needs clause like this be sufficient:

needs = (needs EXTENSION-ID ...)
           | (needs ((FEATURE-ID EXTENSION-ID ...) ...)

i.e. like the body of a `cond-expand' form?


cheers,
felix