[asdf-devel] Best place to put a new config file?

[Faré]

On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 21:04, Zach Beane <xach at xach.com> wrote:
> If I'd like to extend the source registry by writing a registry
> configuration file somewhere, what's the best place to write that file?
> Is there a way to query the running system to get the answer? Is that
> necessary or is there some directory that is always good to use?
>
Unhappily, it's a bit more complicated than it ought to be,
at least unless you upgrade to the latest ASDF 2.018.6. My bad.

Assuming ASDF 2.018.6, you may just put your files in either
  (asdf:merge-pathnames* asdf::*source-registry-directory*
    (first (asdf::user-configuration-directories)))
or if you want something system-wide,
  (asdf:merge-pathnames* asdf::*source-registry-directory*
    (first (asdf::system-configuration-directories)))
Note that you may have to (ensure-directories-exist ...) it into existence.

With an older ASDF, doing the right thing on both Unix and Windows
is quite complex, and basically requires reimplementing these functions
from ASDF 2.018.6 - including the helper subpathname if you're using
an ASDF older than 2.0.17.27.

However, if you're only concerned about Unix,
I don't believe that anyone on earth configured it to not be:
	~/.config/common-lisp/source-registry.cond.d/
and if anyone did, whoever it is, they are probably on their own.

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