Re: [Chicken-hackers] [PATCH] Prevent running applications from crashing when reinstalling

[Christian Kellermann]

* Mario Domenech Goulart <address@hidden> [121003 03:44]:
> Unfortunately I had to revert that patch, since it risks removing
> directories when the second argument (`to') is a directory.  For
> example, eggs that depend on setup-helper trash `(chicken-home)', since
> setup-helper runs
>
>  (when (setup-install-mode) (copy-file "setup-helper.scm" (chicken-home))
>
> at some point.
>
> Thanks to Peter Bex to help investigating and pointing out what was
> causing the problem.
>
> I've reopened #929.

Oh for goodness' sake! I hope you did not loose any essential data
here! I misread the code in that part as being called with filenames
only.

I will correct the patch accordingly.

Kind regards,

Christian


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