Re: Finding and loading Lua files

[Mike Pall <mikelu-0504@...>]

Hi,

Asko Kauppi wrote:
> Having "lua/5.1" in LUA_LDIR means any system scripts will remain valid 
> only until the user upgrades to a new X.X Lua version.  Say, you have 
> Lua 5.1, Lumikki and Hamster installed.  You "apt-get upgrade", 
> bringing Lua to 5.2.  Poof, the scripts won't be found.

Perl and Python have done it that way for years.

Considering the Lua release cycle (1-2 years between minor versions)
this is a non-issue. You won't find a universal mechanism that
covers anticipated future (non-)compatibility, anyway. How do you
know that all your installed scripts will be compatible with
a hypothetical Lua 5.2?

In fact I have both Lua 5.0 and Lua 5.1 installed and I certainly
don't want to mix up the installed modules. In fact they are
not compatible (neither the C modules, nor the Lua modules).

BTW: Asko, could you please configure your mail client to a sane
     posting mode? Attaching the whole posting you are replying to
     at the bottom is neither helpful nor readable. Thank you.
       http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html
     (written for Usenet, but applies to mailing lists as well)

Bye,
     Mike