Fix Permission denied error when building installed packages #7
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Summary
This PR fixes a critical issue where Pkg.build() fails with a Permission denied error when the package is installed via Pkg.add() from a Git repository. The error occurs because the build script tries to write C_API.jl directly to the src/ directory, which is read-only in installed packages.
Problem
When installing the package from GitHub using:
The build process fails with:
This happens because generate_C_API.jl tries to write directly to src/C_API.jl, which is read-only in the installed package directory.
Solution
Added --output-dir option to generate_C_API.jl
Modified build.jl to use temporary directory
Added test script
Changes
Benefits
Testing