[asdf-devel] 1.636

[Mark Evenson]

On 3/16/10 12:10 AM, james anderson wrote:
>
> most everything now has equivalent results.[1]
> abcl now loads asdf, but the test fails anomalously. looking...
>
>
> abcl fails in connection with a make-pathname operation of the sort
>
>      (make-pathname :directory '(:relative) :name
> "file" :type :unspecific :host nil :device nil)

I just fixed the failure of that form in [abcl trunk in r122549][1].

[1]: http://trac.common-lisp.net/armedbear/changeset/12549

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> abcl has a distinct dislike for :unspecific pathname components.
>
> if the 1.636 code for merge-pathnames* is patched for abcl to always
> use #'ununspecific, abcl constructs all systems and succeeds with the
> same 1280/2080 directory/file matches as most of the other
> implementations.

I'll try to fix what I can in ABCL's implementation of :UNSPECIFC to get 
ASDF running.

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