From: "trans.  (T. Onoma)" <transami@...>
Date: 2004-10-27T10:28:52+09:00
Subject: Re: Bug and one last suggestion for setup.rb

This Bug given below, was worse then I thought. It actually created all those 
lib directories!

T.

On Tuesday 26 October 2004 02:05 pm, trans.  (T. Onoma) wrote:
| Another issue, and one the even is more problematic to me, is that I must
| be IN the same directory as setup.rb to run it. If you try to run it from
| another directory, say the lib directory or the test directory (b/c you
| running tests) like so:
|
|   ruby ../setup.rb
|
| Then you get pretty infinite loop output like so :(
|
| <snip>
| b/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/l
|ib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/a
|bc/symbol --->
| lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib
|/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib
|/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib
|/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/abc/numeric <---
| lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib
|/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib
|/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib
|/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/abc/numeric --->
| lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib
|/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib
|/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib
|/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/abc/binding <---
| lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib
|/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib
|/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib
|/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/abc/binding --->
| lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib
|/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib
|/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib
|/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/abc/integer <---
| lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib
|/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib
|/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib
|/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/abc/integer <---
| lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib
|/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib
|/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib
|/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/abc --->
| lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib
|/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib
|/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/lib/ </snip>
|
| So I'd like to suggest that setup.rb be runnable from /usr/bin and need not
| be in the directory of the project, and instead it will look up the
| directory tree for a file called 'Setupfile' to know where the root is.
| This is how Rake works with Rakefile. The Setupfile could also be useful
| for setting parameters, including muti-package directories.
|
| Thanks,
| T.

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