On Friday 03 February 2006 07:03 am, Larry Wall wrote: > On Thu, Feb 02, 2006 at 08:18:14PM -1000, Beau E. Cox wrote: > : Hi - > : > : When making pugs, I know that the following env must be > : setup to imbed parrot: > : > : ... > : export PUGS_EMBED="perl5 parrot" > : export PARROT_PATH="/the/parrot/built/source/tree" > : ... > : > : Is the parrot source tree only needed for the pugs make? > > Once pugs is made, I believe it only needs libparrot.so for the > embedded parrot. However, if that libparrot.so is only in the parrot > source directory, you're hosed if you remove it, so you need to be > sure to install it. > > : Can I get rid of it after pugs is sucessfully installed? > > Probably. Several caveats: 1) You have to make sure libparrot.so (or > .dll) is somewhere where it'll link in. 2) I haven't tried removing > the parrot source tree myself, because 3) I find I want to recompile > parrot and pugs pretty much every day just to see what's new. > > : Is this question stupid? > > Not at all. Though it seems like it would be easier to just test > it than to ask. You don't actually have to remove the parrot source > tree to hide it from pugs, after all. In fact, it's probably easier > to test than the effort I've put in answering here. Fortunately for > you, I am 1) just waiting for my coffee to brew and 2) able to type > in my sleep. :-)
You are correct - it was easier to test than to ask. And...the asnswer is... Yes, the tree may be removed as long as parrot is installed. Thanks. > > Larry -- Aloha => Beau;
