[opam-devel] shared directory

[Sean McLaughlin]

Hi Louis,

What are the issues to using a symlink?  Couldn't opam switch just move it
around?

Best,

Sean


On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 3:30 AM, Louis Gesbert
<louis.gesbert at ocamlpro.com>wrote:

>  Le dimanche 17 novembre 2013 16:54:15 Sean McLaughlin a écrit :
>
> > I'm trying to package a library that installs files in share. When I had
>
> > only one compiler installed, the %{prefix}% argument sent them to
>
> > .opam/system/share. However, when I installed another compiler and made
> it
>
> > current, the files went into .opam/4.00.1/share. I am trying to tell the
>
> > user where to find the files. Is there a generic directory where I could
>
> > point the user? Perhaps you could make a symlink 'current' for the
>
> > current compiler?
>
>
>
> You should use $(opam config var prefix)/share, or even $(opam config var
> share). A symlink could be an option worth considering, but it has its own
> issues.
>
>
>
> Best,
>
> Louis
>
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