On Sun, May 08, 2011 at 12:52:36PM +0200, Felix wrote: > > > > I'm not crazy at getting bleeding edge eggs.. However, I do like to upgrade > > `chicken' itself whenever a newer release comes out. Only realize that i > > have > > to find out and reinstall all eggs again. (Because at least all the eggs > > have to > > be recompiled using the new chicken?) > > Not always, only if some incompatibility has been introduced, particularly in > the C runtime system or header-files. > > I have added an option called "-reinstall" to chicken-install (see > experimental > branch). This will reinstall all installed eggs, using the same versions. Only > minimally tested, though.
I don't think this will help much. If there's an incompatibility, generally the ABI version is increased too (the 5 in /usr/lib/chicken/5/), so reinstall would reinstall all 0 eggs you have under the new directory :) Cheers, Peter -- http://sjamaan.ath.cx -- "The process of preparing programs for a digital computer is especially attractive, not only because it can be economically and scientifically rewarding, but also because it can be an aesthetic experience much like composing poetry or music." -- Donald Knuth _______________________________________________ Chicken-users mailing list Chicken-users@nongnu.org https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/chicken-users
