[asdf-devel] question about relative pathname to point to parent directory

[Robert Goldman]

On 5/25/10 May 25 -11:11 AM, Faré wrote:
> I'm not sure what you want, but try "" for current directory, ".." for up, etc.
> ".." is actually not recognized by ASDF but passed to the
> implementation, and from it to the OS.

I added a test that verifies that "" works as a pathname component.  I
wasn't sure that it would work for ACL, and wanted to verify for my
satisfaction.

I'd like to push the new test (no change to asdf.lisp).  Is that OK with
you?

thanks,
r

> 
> Paths are relative to the parent's pathname's directory.
> 
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> 
> 
> 
> On 25 May 2010 11:24, Robert Goldman <rpgoldman at sift.info> wrote:
>> What's the right syntax for specifying a relative pathname for a module
>> whose files should live in the parent directory instead of in a
>> subdirectory?
>>
>> E.g., if I have
>>
>> (:module foo
>>  :components ((:file "bar") (:file "baz"))
>>  :pathname ????
>> )
>>
>> what goes in there if I do NOT want the files to live in foo/, but with
>> all the other files?
>>
>> I could put a FAQ about this in the manual...
>>
>> best,
>> r
>>
>>