variable mksafe not previously defined

[amavarick]

I used the following liq file:

#!/usr/bin/liquidsoap
# load a playlist file
stream = playlist("/home/music")
# output the playlist to icecast
source = output.icecast(%mp3, host="localhost", port=8000,
         mount="listen.m3u", password="mypassword")
mksafe(source(stream))

Then ran the check against the liq file:

liquidsoap --check ./radio.liq

and received the following output:

At line 9, char 7: the variable mksafe used here has not been previously defined.

Doing research it appears as though this link may provide some assistance:
https://sourceforge.net/p/savonet/mailman/savonet-users/thread/5087204C.6030409@queret.net/

Here are some comments from the link:
It is a function defined in utils.liq.

Make sure you include pervasives.liq, which will automatically include
utils.liq and all other necessary files.

[hairmare]

It looks like liquidsoap is looking for the liq files in the wrong directory.

  --no-pervasives 
      Do not load pervasives script libraries (i.e.,
      /usr/local/lib/liquidsoap/1.2.1/*.liq).

Somehow it still assumes to be a local build and checks below /usr/local. I think parts of this are derived from the actual binary location.

That the package does not install below /usr is something I'll change in the next build. I'll have to look into getting rid of the local part.

[hairmare]

I cleaned up the install by moving stuff to /usr and making the configure paths match with what was being installed in the end. As of liquidsoap-1.2.1-24.1 it searches for pervasives in /usr/lib/liquidsoap/1.2.1/*.liq where they are also installed.

Thanks for testing and reporting back if you have any more issues.

[makew0rld]

For anyone else who comes across this, here is what I did after installing liquidsoap through the Debian package repositories.

sudo mkdir /usr/share/liquidsoap/1.4.1
sudo ln -s /usr/share/liquidsoap/libs /usr/share/liquidsoap/1.4.1/

After this, mksafe worked, because liquidsoap looks for it in /usr/share/liquidsoap/<VERSION>/libs. Make sure to change 1.4.1 to your current version of liquidsoap.