The way getNimLibPath was implemented (by me) worked for choosenim installs (windows or linux) or "native" nim installs on windows, but failed for "native" package manager installs of Nim on Linux, because nim is usually in /usr/bin while nimbase.h gets placed in /usr/lib/nim.
This PR implements elcritch's idea of using nim dump instead. I added some extra checks for robustness (check that what we're returning is actually a directory and that it contains a file named nimbase.h).
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Background: https://forum.nim-lang.org/t/9895
The way
getNimLibPathwas implemented (by me) worked for choosenim installs (windows or linux) or "native" nim installs on windows, but failed for "native" package manager installs of Nim on Linux, becausenimis usually in/usr/binwhilenimbase.hgets placed in/usr/lib/nim.This PR implements elcritch's idea of using
nim dumpinstead. I added some extra checks for robustness (check that what we're returning is actually a directory and that it contains a file named nimbase.h).