See also http://lists.racket-lang.org/users/archive/2010-January/037610.html
Like Eli, I remember that we've discussed this before, but I haven't been able to track down the earlier discussion, yet... At Mon, 3 Jan 2011 14:17:42 -0700, Matthew Flatt wrote: > Yes, unless you run `raco setup' later. > > At Mon, 3 Jan 2011 15:15:42 -0600, Robby Findler wrote: > > Would this mean that the handin server docs don't get built? > > > > Robby > > > > On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 3:11 PM, Matthew Flatt <mfl...@cs.utah.edu> wrote: > > > At Mon, 3 Jan 2011 14:55:05 -0500, Sam Tobin-Hochstadt wrote: > > >> On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 2:51 PM, Robby Findler > > >> <ro...@eecs.northwestern.edu> wrote: > > >> > > > >> > Or maybe there is another possible solution that involves changing how > > >> > the distribution and or the docs build works? > > >> > > >> I think the conventional solution is for `make install' to do much > > >> less work than it current does. In "normal" Make-built software, > > >> `make' does all of the compilation, and `make install' just does the > > >> copying. That way, `make install' wouldn't be doing things like > > >> reading preferences and creating the '.racket' directory. > > > > > > Well, moving work from `make install' to `make' does nothing in itself. > > > What you're suggesting is that we change what `make install' produces. > > > > > > In particular, I think you're suggesting that no user-specific actions > > > take place as a result of a build and install. That change sounds ok to > > > me, and it can be accomplished by passing `--no-user' to `raco setup' > > > during `make install'. > > > > > > Unless anyone objects, I'll push that change soon. > > > > > > > _________________________________________________ > For list-related administrative tasks: > http://lists.racket-lang.org/listinfo/dev _________________________________________________ For list-related administrative tasks: http://lists.racket-lang.org/listinfo/dev