[PD-dev] [declare -stdpath]: does it work?

[Martin Peach]

Roman Haefeli wrote:
> hi all
> 
> i have [tcpserver] from mrpeach installed in:
> 
> /usr/local/lib/pd/extra/mrpeach/tcpserver.pd_linux
> 
> and i have a patch with:
> 
> [declare -stdpath extra/mrpeach]
> 
> [tcpserver]
> 
> 
> however, [tcpserver] doesn't instantiate. as verbose output i get:
> 
> tried /home/roman/extra/mrpeach/tcpserver.l_i386 and failed
> tried /home/roman/tcpserver.l_i386 and failed
> tried /usr/local/lib/pd/extra/tcpserver.l_i386 and failed
> tried /home/roman/extra/mrpeach/tcpserver.pd_linux and failed
> tried /home/roman/tcpserver.pd_linux and failed
> tried /usr/local/lib/pd/extra/tcpserver.pd_linux and failed
> tried /home/roman/extra/mrpeach/tcpserver/tcpserver.l_i386 and failed
> tried /home/roman/tcpserver/tcpserver.l_i386 and failed
> tried /usr/local/lib/pd/extra/tcpserver/tcpserver.l_i386 and failed
> tried /home/roman/extra/mrpeach/tcpserver/tcpserver.pd_linux and failed
> tried /home/roman/tcpserver/tcpserver.pd_linux and failed
> tried /usr/local/lib/pd/extra/tcpserver/tcpserver.pd_linux and failed
> tried /home/roman/extra/mrpeach/tcpserver.pd and failed
> tried /home/roman/tcpserver.pd and failed
> tried /usr/local/lib/pd/extra/tcpserver.pd and failed
> tried /home/roman/extra/mrpeach/tcpserver.pat and failed
> tried /home/roman/tcpserver.pat and failed
> tried /usr/local/lib/pd/extra/tcpserver.pat and failed
>  tcpserver
> .... couldn't create
> 
> 
> it seems, that [declare -stdpath] is completely ignored. do i oversee
> something or is [declare -stdpath] broken? 
> this is with pd-vanilla 0.41 on ubuntu hardy (without any ~/.pdrc nor
> any other preference file)
> 
> i'll post a bug report, if someone can confirm it, but i would like
> someone else to confirm it first, since i am a bit cautious with
> bugreports about declare, since there's lots that someone can (me) do
> wrong when testing it.
> 
>  
>

Yes it never works for me either on pd-extended; you have to do 
[mrpeach/tcpserver], or take tcpserver.pd_linux out of mrpeach and put 
it into /usr/local/lib/pd/extra.


Martin