[asdf-devel] Dependency does not trigger recompilation

[Robert Goldman]

On 10/12/11 Oct 12 -11:34 AM, Andreas Fuchs wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 09:06, Juan Jose Garcia-Ripoll
> <juanjose.garciaripoll at googlemail.com> wrote:
>> I apologize in advance for the stupid newbie question that follows.
>> I have the two systems below. When I change a file in cl-farm, it recompiles
>> it, but when I demand loading of cl-farm-test again, ASDF does not recompile
>> it, even though its dependency has changed. Why? Is this expected.
> 
> It is normal behavior for ASDF: Recompilation will only ever be
> triggered for components in the same module. (I'm not saying it's a
> good thing!)

That's actually not correct.  ASDF fixed part of this problem.
Cross-module changes DO trigger recompilation in ASDF 2.  But cross
SYSTEM changes do not.

> 
> There are a few architectural reasons for this (I have only a vague
> recollection about them, but they're there )-:). I believe there's not
> much that can be done about it, save rewriting your systems
> (asdf-dependency-grovel was made in part for this reason - to merge
> systems/modules into one), or rewriting asdf.
> 

You don't need to do this rewriting any more.

best,
r