Introspecting test suite passing/failing

[Mark Evenson]

> On Jun 6, 2018, at 19:14, Robert Goldman <rpgoldman at sift.info> wrote:

[…]

> If you get a chance, can you eyeball [my example code to try to use FIVEAM-ASDF][2] to tell me if that looks like the correct usage?
> 
> [2]: https://github.com/emotiq/asdf-test-harness/blob/master/eg/fiveam-asdf-example.asd
> 
> Various versions of ASDF-3.1.x (SBCL, CCL, ABCL) are failing with problems about symbols:
> 
> Error while trying to load definition for system
> fiveam-asdf-example from pathname
> /Users/evenson/work/asdf-test-harness/eg/fiveam-asdf-example.asd:
> 
> EXPORT ASDF/INTERFACE::FIVEAM-TESTER-SYSTEM causes
> name-conflicts in #<PACKAGE "ASDF/USER"> between the
> following symbols:
> ASDF/INTERFACE::FIVEAM-TESTER-SYSTEM,
> ASDF/USER::FIVEAM-TESTER-SYSTEM
> [Condition of type ASDF/FIND-SYSTEM:LOAD-SYSTEM-DEFINITION-ERROR]
> 
> I had problems like this, too -- it's because of the fact that when the defsystem form is first read, before the :defsystem-depends-on is loaded, the symbol named "FIVEAM-TESTER-SYSTEM" gets interned in ASDF/USER and then when it's later exported from ASDF/INTERFACE (used by ASDF/USER) it collides with the earlier-read symbol.
> 
> I believe that the correct fix for this is to use any new symbols (like fiveam-tester-system) in the keyword package, so
> 
> :class :fiveam-tester-system
> 
> and then when the defsystem form is processed after the defsystem dependencies (in this case, fiveam-asdf), ASDF will look for keyword symbols in the current package.
> 
> Give that a try and see if it fixes your problem.

Unfortunately, it doesn’t help to specify a keyword, but one gets a new error:

Error while trying to load definition for system
asdf-test-harness-example from pathname
/Users/evenson/work/asdf-test-harness/eg/asdf-test-harness-example.asd:

   The following symbols need to be imported to #<Package "ASDF/INTERFACE"> before they can be exported 
 from that package:
(:HARNESS-TEST):

I think with some futzing around with EVAL-WHEN around EXPORT statements we can get this to work.

I’m coming to the end of my day with a Common Lisp Foundation board meeting, so I will probably get back to this tomorrow.  

best,
Mark

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