[armedbear-devel] [PATCH] build-from-lisp.sh

[Mark Evenson]

Erik Huelsmann wrote:
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>> I'm a little reluctant to patch 'build-abcl.lisp' in this way, as it
>> mutates the behavior of the "BUILD-ABCL" ASDF definition contained in
>> "abcl.asd" to always begin executing the build process at 'ASDF:LOAD-OP
>> time.  Couldn't we either a) evaluate a (BUILD-ABCL) form after the load
>> or b) create another Lisp file (like "do-build-abcl.lisp") that loads
>> "build-abcl.lisp" and then evaluates the top-level load?
> 
> It's possible to give 2 options to ABCL at the command line:
> 
> --load <some file>
> --eval "<some form>"
> 
> Although I didn't look at the patch, I guess this is what you're after?
> 

Right, but its a little more involved, as one has to have the correct 
syntax for every Lisp that the shell scripts wishes to invoke, which 
takes some hunting around.  I don't have access to all the Lisp 
implementations that Tobias has put in here.


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