6.3 Controlling raco setup with "info.rkt" Files🔗ℹ

To compile a collection’s files to bytecode, raco setup uses the compile-collection-zos procedure. That procedure, in turn, consults the collection’s "info.rkt" file, if it exists, for specific instructions on compiling the collection. See compile-collection-zos for more information on the fields of "info.rkt" that it uses, and see "info.rkt" File Format for information on the format of an "info.rkt" file.

Additional fields are used by the Racket package manager and are documented in Package Metadata. The raco test command also recognizes additional fields, which are documented in Test Configuration by "info.rkt".

Optional "info.rkt" fields trigger additional actions by raco setup: