Setup problem for plt-scheme package

[Warren Togami]

Gérard Milmeister wrote:
> I am the maintainer of the plt-scheme package, and recently noticed a
> problem with how the package is set up. As part of the rpm building
> process, after the files have been installed in $RPM_BUILD_ROOT,
> setup-plt is executed, which compiles the library scheme files. If this
> is not done, drscheme starts up very slowly. The problem is that the
> compiled files have dependencies that contain the $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
> prefix. Thus the installed rpm does not work correctly, as some library
> files fail to load. A solution is to omit the setup-plt step, and let
> the user perform it (as root) after installing the package. Or it can be
> done as part of the post-install script. However the compilation takes
> quite a long time. What would be the best way?

What is the file format of the library scheme files?  Can string 
substitution simply remove the $RPM_BUILD_ROOT paths safely?

Warren Togami
wtogami at redhat.com