[cl-debian] Bug#384697: cl-launch: need to modify script variables without touching the script

Faré fahree at gmail.com
Tue Aug 29 23:38:30 UTC 2006


Due to popular request, I am working on an optional /etc/cl-launchrc
feature for cl-launch.
Because I allow a --no-rc option (that is enabled by default for me,
you can use --rc by default), the contents of these file will be read
*after* the option processing.

A cl-launchrc file may contain statements such as:
system_preferred_lisps stumpwm cmucl sbcl clisp
system_preferred_lisps exscribe clisp cmucl

Then remains the question of whether or not the statements should
override a user-specified --lisps option. My current feeling is "yes,
but issue a warning on stderr".

Also, the preferrence happens at script-creation time. At runtime, the
variable $LISP is still all that matters -- should it not?

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