Re: net/unison: document workaround for incompatible OCaml versions

On Sun, 22 Sep 2019 18:26:54 +0100
Laurence Tratt <laurie@tratt.net> wrote:

> On Sun, Sep 22, 2019 at 04:10:23PM +0200, Christopher Zimmermann
> wrote:
>
> Hello Christopher,
>
> > +doas pkg_add opam
> > +opam init --no-setup --root ~/opam_unison \
> > + --compiler ocaml-base-compiler.4.09.0
> > +opam install unison lablgtk # To build without the gui, remove
> > lablgtk +$(opam var bin)/unison
>
> This doesn't quite work for me on stable. I had to do:
>
> opam init --no-setup --root ~/opam_unison \
> --compiler ocaml-base-compiler.4.02.03
>
> i.e. an older version of the compiler (4.09.0 doesn't seem to build on
> stable, although I don't understand the error message). And then:
>
> opam install --root ~/opam_unison unison
> $(opam var --root=~/opam_unison bin)/unison
>
> I wonder if you had the OPAM_ROOT variable set which is why it worked
> for you?

Indeed. You will neep OPAM_ROOT set or add another --root option. I'll
add that.

>
> Laurie
>



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