[asdf-devel] MCL issue

[Robert Goldman]

On 5/18/11 May 18 -12:26 AM, Chun Tian (binghe) wrote:
> 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.

As I read this, it's simply a bug in MCL --- they just aren't
implementing user-homedir-pathname properly.

Isn't that right?

> 
> --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)
>>
> 
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