Bootstrap mode disables the use of a compiled form of "info.rkt",
in case the compiled form is broken. It also attaches `info'-language
modules from the `setup/getinfo' namespace to the "info.rkt"-loading
namespace.
Formerly, `raco setup' relied on capturing the bytecode-compilation
bootstrap context used for `raco setup' itself when loading info
files. But when `raco pkg install' used `raco setup', it didn't have
the same bootstrapping context in place, so it could get confused
(e.g., if you unlink a package from one Racket version and install it
as a link in a different Racket version). Now, both `raco setup' and
`raco pkg' use `#:bootstrap?' mode for `get-info/full'.
These comparisons are useful for sorting while avoiding the overhead
of conversions to bytes or strings.
Having `path<' reduces the cost of sorting in `directory-list'.
Consistently sorting shouldn't cost much relative to the
cost of `directory-list' (except for the path->bytes conversion?),
and it makes directory traversals (including archive packaging)
more deterministic across runs and platforms.
(Eli suggested this a long time ago.)
A launcher can have a ".desktop" file (found like other files: as the
same name as the main launcher file, but with a ".desktop" suffix),
where the "Exec" and "Icon" fields are added automatically. A ".png"
or ".ico" file can be supplied for the icon (where the ".ico" file
is already used for Windows launchers).
Closes PR 13953
Fix various problems with Unix-style install from an installer.
Also, add an ugly icon for the Racket Package Manager, with the hope
that it will provoke someone to create a nicer one.
The issue is that gcc and the Sun linker do not cooperate
correctly to implement thread-local variables on x86_64.
Since gcc is normally configured to use the Sun linker by
default, enabling places and futures is asking for trouble.
