Re: [Chicken-hackers] [PATCH 0/3] Fix #1505 and some double quotation issues after #1515

[felix . winkelmann]

> On 2018-09-09  9:28, address@hidden wrote:
> > I don't think this is a good idea or even worthwhile. I strongly object.
>
> Do you mind if I ask why?

No.

>
> If it's that you would prefer the build tools to use absolute pathnames
> in all cases, then I'm happy to find another approach. If it's that you
> think full paths should be included in trace information, then I
> disagree. Absolute pathnames cease to be useful as soon as the binary is
> relocated, the build directory goes away, a different user runs the
> program, etc. It's also incompatible with repeatable builds.

With eggs, the buil directory will remain, unless purged. Having an
absolute path allows me to jump directly to the offending file when I get a
backtrace. I don't see where binary relocation comes into this, different
users may be an issue, but a minor one. Regarding repeatable builds,
I'm not sure what you mean in the context of eggs, but perhaps you can
explain.


felix