I made that repair in response to your report, but since I wasn't able to provoke the error, I thought I was probably on the wrong track.
At Fri, 4 Jul 2014 12:19:57 -0700, Matthew Butterick wrote: > 1) I've changed my dependency to 'base'. (I don't need a nice error, I just > need to block v5 users from installing the package.) > > > 2) As for the earlier problem, I'm pretty sure it had to do with the "racket" > mapping being null: > > https://github.com/plt/racket/commit/50715f7bda4bf9b745a47c4b3853ee48cc247198 > > Because the installer was throwing an error about getting a null argument > when > it expected a list, like this: > > > raco setup: --- checking package dependencies --- > > car: contract violation > > expected: pair? > > given: '() > > context...: > > /Users/MB/git/racket/racket/collects/setup/private/pkg-deps.rkt:283:2: > check-mod! > > ... > > > And the error was coming from the same file, pkg-deps.rkt. > > > I just rebuilt from git, and reinstalled my updated package, and things seem > back to normal. > > > > > > > > On Jul 3, 2014, at 9:15 PM, Matthew Flatt <mfl...@cs.utah.edu> wrote: > > > That should work, although it's better to declare a dependency on > > "base" instead of "racket": > > > > (define deps '(("base" #:version "6.0") ... ) > > > > You should generally declare a dependency on "base", anyway. > > > > > > At least, that's the right way for v6.0 and later. If the goal is to > > get a nice error message from v5.3.x, then you have to > > > > * use the old format without `#:version`: > > > > (define deps '(("base" "6.0") ... ) > > > > * use `#lang setup/infotab` instead of `#lang info` > > for the "info.rkt" file, and > > > > * declare the dependency on "racket", after all, since "base" didn't > > exist as a package in v5.3.x: > > > > (define deps '(("racket" "6.0") ... ) > > > > > > For a while in v6.0.x, there were some problems with dependency > > checking in `raco setup` when a package declares a dependency on > > "racket". Otherwise, even though declaring a versioned dependency on > > "base" is better, declaring a dependency on "racket" should work. Can > > you say more about how it went wrong? > > > > > > At Thu, 3 Jul 2014 16:22:56 -0700, Matthew Butterick wrote: > >> On closer inspection, it seems possible that my recent install problems > >> were > a > >> side effect of Racket being installed as a package dependency by my Pollen > >> package, where the info.rkt contains this line: > >> > >> (define deps '(("racket" #:version "6.0") ... ) > >> > >> Is this the wrong way to declare this kind of dependency? Basically I just > want > >> to signal that the package will not work with Racket 5.x.x. > >> ____________________ > >> Racket Users list: > >> http://lists.racket-lang.org/users > > ____________________ > Racket Users list: > http://lists.racket-lang.org/users ____________________ Racket Users list: http://lists.racket-lang.org/users
