Test-multiple

[Faré]

test-multiple works for me with asdf 3.3.1.4, mkcl 1.1.10.19-2dbfa99
on Linux 4.14 x64.

This is all long gone from my mental cache. The test could be better
commented, but I suppose the purpose can be extracted by looking at
its history then looking at related commits, bugs, bug fix commits,
mailing-list messages, etc. A starting point:
git log --stat test/test-multiple.*

Apparently, it tests support for what is now considered misnamed
secondary systems, but was once a kind-of-supported feature, seen in
the wild, with nasty consequences sometimes (e.g. infinite loop with
quicklisp until relevant fix).

A variable not being rebound is a test that a file hasn't been reloaded.

I'd rather not add comments, but I'll review them gladly.

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On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 5:21 PM, Robert Goldman <rpgoldman at sift.info> wrote:
> Faré ---
>
> Would you please add some comments to test-multiple?  I got a failure on
> that with MKCL under jenkins on linux, but cannot replicate that failure
> running it myself.
>
> There's no comment saying what this is supposed to test, other than the
> name, which suggests that it's about testing where there are ... multiple
> systems defined (incorrectly) in one .asd file? the same systems defined in
> multiple .asd files?
>
> The test checks to make sure (I believe) that a variable is not rebound when
> we ask to reload a system, but not how this pertains to correct ASDF
> function.
>
> thanks!
> r
>