search

Macaulay2 / M2

The primary source code repository for Macaulay2, a system for computing in commutative algebra, algebraic geometry and related fields.
https://macaulay2.com
347 stars 231 forks source link

checking a package that needs a new package or a new version of a package #800

Closed DanGrayson closed 3 years ago

DanGrayson commented 6 years ago

When Macaulay2 runs examples for a package or checks a package, it does it in a temporary directory, so even though "./" is on the path, it does not find any files that were in the directory where the "check" command was issued.

One workaround is to add a temporary line to the top of the package that prepends the absolute path to the directory where the needed files can be found.

In the long term, we may consider doing that automatically for the user.

DanGrayson commented 6 years ago

Maybe we don't have to do anything, see the replies to https://github.com/Macaulay2/Workshop-2018-Leipzig/issues/10

mahrud commented 3 years ago

Why not just install the new package, then check the package that depends on the new package?

DanGrayson commented 3 years ago

Yes, that's a work-around, closing.