ugliest hack possible

[alexr_rwx]

(while running sml, working on the Compilers project, on my local gentoo box...)


- CM.make();
[starting dependency analysis]
[scanning sources.cm]
[checking CM/x86-unix/sources.cm.stable ... not usable]
[/var/tmp/portage/smlnj-110.0.7/work/bin/ml-lex tiger.lex]
sh: line 1: /var/tmp/portage/smlnj-110.0.7/work/bin/ml-lex: No such file or directory

!* CM error: ML-Lex failed: /var/tmp/portage/smlnj-110.0.7/work/bin/ml-lex tiger.lex

elrond root # cd /var/tmp/portage/smlnj-110.0.7/
elrond smlnj-110.0.7 # which ml-lex
/usr/bin/ml-lex
elrond smlnj-110.0.7 # ls
temp
elrond smlnj-110.0.7 # mkdir work
elrond smlnj-110.0.7 # cd work/
elrond work # ln -s /usr/bin bin



... and did it work? Oh yes. Yes it did.

Comments

It's not ugly at all...

[reality-calls.livejournal.com]

...just unorthodox.  Personally I think it represents the true beauty of what can occur when the freedom of a linux box meets a brilliant and innovative CS major.  This is computing the way it was meant to be!

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