[opam-devel] shared directory

[Louis Gesbert]

Updating a symlink whenever you do `opam switch` wouldn't be too much of a problem indeed. What I am concerned about is that people may start using it from opam, which would break when the OPAMROOT and --root opam options are used.

But perhaps I am being too cautious ? I'm myself using a ~/opam link pointing to ~/.opam/4.01.0 ...

Best,
Louis

Le lundi 18 novembre 2013 10:17:56 Sean McLaughlin a écrit :
> 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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