Thread:Extension talk:Scribunto/Additional binaries installation

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terminology
i found the term “Additional binaries” confusing. it seems to me that it would be more appropriate to name that section of the instructions, “Alternative binaries” since pointing the lua path to the alternative binaries looks like it replaces the ones that come with Scribunto’s LuaStandalone.


 * 1) what is the motivation for using “Additional binaries”?

binary source
http://luabinaries.sourceforge.net/ has LuaBinaries 5.1.4 - Release 2 and LuaBinaries 5.2.1 - Release 1, yet the version i see in Scribunto/engines/LuaStandalone/binaries is 5.1.5 and the 5.2.1 binaries yield a Script error.


 * 1) is there a good reason to use the 5.1.4 Release 2 version from sourceforge instead of the one that comes with Scribunto’ LuaStandalone?
 * 2) are there other compatible binaries that would be better to use?

LuaBinaries 5.1.4 - Release 2

 * 1) contains
 * 2) bin2c5.1
 * 3) lua5.1
 * 4) luac5.1
 * 5) if i point the lua path to /path/to/binaries/lua5.1, are the other binary files in that directory pulled in automatically or do i need to alter a configuration?

which binaries to use

 * 1) how can i tell which binaries are necessary for certain templates and thus which ones to use?