[asdf-devel] ASDF2 cache control?

[Faré]

Oops, the website is out of date. We really ought to fix that.

I just added this FAQ to the manual (in doc/asdf.texinfo):

@subsection ``How can I wholly disable the compiler output cache?''

To permanently disable the compiler output cache
for all future runs of ASDF, you can:

@example
mkdir -p ~/.config/common-lisp/asdf-output-translations.conf.d/
echo ':disable-cache' >
~/.config/common-lisp/asdf-output-translations.conf.d/99-disable-cache.conf
@end example

This assumes that you didn't otherwise configure the ASDF files
(if you did, edit them again),
and don't somehow override the configuration at runtime
with a shell variable (see below) or some other runtime command
(e.g. some call to @code{asdf:initialize-output-translations}).

To disable the compiler output cache in Lisp processes
run by your current shell, try (assuming @code{bash} or @code{zsh}):

@example
export ASDF_OUTPUT_TRANSLATIONS=/:
@end example

To disable the compiler output cache just in the current Lisp process,
use (after loading ASDF but before using it):

@example
(asdf:initialize-output-translations "/:")
@end example

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On 3 April 2010 10:39, Jean-Claude Beaudoin
<jean.claude.beaudoin at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello ASDF developers,
>
> I just upgraded my version of ASDF to 1.661, more or less
> the latest and greatest.
>
> I would like to know how to turn off the compiler output cache
> that ASDF now uses.
>
> In the currently available manual (on the web site) there is
> a mention of variable *centralize-lisp-binaries* and a few
> other variables that would control that area of ASDF. But
> *centralize-lisp-binaries* is no where to be found in the
> current source code. The manual obviously lags significantly
> behind the evolution of the code...
>
> So how does one turn off the compiler output cache in this
> new version of ASDF?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jean-Claude Beaudoin