[asdf-devel] MCL issue

[Chun Tian (binghe)]

I found a workaround for myself:

(in-package :asdf)

(defun user-homedir ()
  #P"Macintosh HD:Users:binghe:")

with above code loaded as a ASDF patch, I can load other packages well.

--binghe

在 2011-5-18，13:05， Chun Tian (binghe) 写道：

> Hi, ASDF developers
> 
> Some time ago I can use ASDF with Macintosh Common Lisp, but recently I can't any more.
> 
> I updated to latest ASDF 2 and compile/load it into MCL (my current version is 6.0, but 5.2.1 has the same problem):
> 
> ? (pushnew #P"Macintosh HD:Users:binghe:Lisp:usocket:branches:0.5.x:"
>         asdf:*central-registry* :test 'equal)
> (#P"Macintosh HD:Users:binghe:Lisp:usocket:branches:0.5.x:")
> ? (asdf:load-system :usocket)
>> Error: Not an absolute pathname: #4P"home:"
>> While executing: ASDF::RESOLVE-ABSOLUTE-LOCATION-COMPONENT
>> Type Command-. to abort.
> See the Restarts… menu item for further choices.
> 1 > 
> 
> 
> I don't know what does ASDF::RESOLVE-ABSOLUTE-LOCATION-COMPONENT try to do, but I see a fact that MCL's standard function USER-HOMEDIR-PATHNAME can only return the MCL installation directory but current Mac user's home directory:
> 
> ? (user-homedir-pathname)
> #4P"home:"
> ? (truename *)
> #P"Macintosh HD:Users:binghe:Lisp:MCL 6.0:"
> 
> I think above function should return #P"Macintosh HD:Users:binghe:" instead.  And I see ASDF depend on USER-HOMEDIR-PATHNAME, so that there's no way to store compiled fasls into "~/.cache/common-lisp" ...
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Chun Tian (binghe)
>