util.paths: Added the function 'complement_lua_path'
authorJoão Duarte <jvsDuarte08@gmail.com>
Thu, 01 Aug 2019 09:12:28 -0700
changeset 10201 91085371cfc5
parent 10200 5e1012f2f2b7
child 10202 83541f0ff14f
util.paths: Added the function 'complement_lua_path'
util/paths.lua
--- a/util/paths.lua	Thu Aug 01 08:28:24 2019 -0700
+++ b/util/paths.lua	Thu Aug 01 09:12:28 2019 -0700
@@ -41,4 +41,20 @@
 	return t_concat({...}, path_sep);
 end
 
+function path_util.complement_lua_path(installer_plugin_path)
+	-- Checking for duplicates
+	-- The commands using luarocks need the path to the directory that has the /share and /lib folders.
+	local lua_version = _VERSION:match(" (.+)$");
+	local path_sep = package.config:sub(3,3);
+	local dir_sep = package.config:sub(1,1);
+	local sub_path = dir_sep.."lua"..dir_sep..lua_version..dir_sep;
+	if not string.match(package.path, installer_plugin_path) then
+		package.path = package.path..path_sep..installer_plugin_path..dir_sep.."share"..sub_path.."?.lua";
+		package.path = package.path..path_sep..installer_plugin_path..dir_sep.."share"..sub_path.."?"..dir_sep.."init.lua";
+	end
+	if not string.match(package.path, installer_plugin_path) then
+		package.cpath = package.cpath..path_sep..installer_plugin_path..dir_sep.."lib"..sub_path.."?.lua";
+	end
+end
+
 return path_util;