Lisp file and/or ASDF dependency analysis; trying to load asdf-dependency-grovel

[Robert Dodier]

Hi, I'm interested in analyzing dependencies among a collection of
Lisp files, or analyzing dependencies stated in a .asd file, or both.

(1) Towards the goal of analyzing dependencies among Lisp files, I'm
trying to load asdf-dependency-grovel, and I'm not having any luck. I
obtained a tar.gz of the current version from Gitlab, from the project
https://gitlab.common-lisp.net/xcvb/asdf-dependency-grovel. I found it
necessary to patch tests/run-tests.sh to get anywhere (patch below)
and I get the following error at this point:

------------------------------------------------
$ sh tests/run-tests.sh
This is SBCL 2.1.6, an implementation of ANSI Common Lisp.

WARNING: redefining UIOP/UTILITY:PARSE-BODY in DEFUN
WARNING:
   Deprecated recursive use of (ASDF/OPERATE:OPERATE 'ASDF/LISP-ACTION:LOAD-OP
   '("test-serial-system")) while visiting
   (ASDF-DEPENDENCY-GROVEL:DEPENDENCY-OP "test-serial"
    "asdf-dependency-grovel-test/serial")
   - please use proper dependencies instead

debugger invoked on a SIMPLE-ERROR in thread
#<THREAD "main thread" RUNNING {988AB081}>:
  Just performed compiling #<INSTRUMENTED-CL-SOURCE-FILE
"test-serial-system" "package"> but failed to mark it done
------------------------------------------------

Can anyone offer any advice about the "failed to mark it done" error?
or the bit about "deprecated recursive use"?

(2) About looking at dependencies stated in a .asd file, I have a .asd
file which ASDF is refusing to load because it has a circular
dependency. Is there a way to get ASDF to tell me what that circular
dependency is? Failing that, can someone suggest any tools to extract
a directed graph from a .asd file? I suppose it wouldn't be too hard
to do it myself but no need to reinvent the wheel.

I'm thinking I could find a graph analysis library to extract any
cycles, if I had a directed graph in hand. I don't suppose someone has
already automated looking for cycles in .asd files?

Thanks in advance for any advice, I appreciate your help.

best,

Robert Dodier

PS. Here's my patch for asdf-dependency-grovel.

$ diff -u tests/run-tests.sh-original tests/run-tests.sh
--- tests/run-tests.sh-original 2022-12-13 22:39:50.174826971 -0800
+++ tests/run-tests.sh 2022-12-13 22:43:41.675974917 -0800
@@ -5,7 +5,10 @@

 ADG_TEST_DIR="$(dirname $0)"

-$LISP --load ${ADG_TEST_DIR}/grovel-tests.lisp --eval '(uiop:quit
(asdf-dependency-grovel-tester:test-result))'
+$LISP --eval '(require (quote asdf))'\
+ --eval '(push
"/home/robert/by-others/asdf-dependency-grovel-master/"
asdf:*central-registry*)'\
+ --eval '(push
"/home/robert/by-others/asdf-dependency-grovel-master/tests/"
asdf:*central-registry*)'\
+ --load ${ADG_TEST_DIR}/grovel-tests.lisp --eval '(uiop:quit
(asdf-dependency-grovel-tester:test-result))'
 STATUS=$?
 rm -rf asdf-dependency-grovel-tmp-*
 #$LISP --load ${ADG_TEST_DIR}/grovel-tests.lisp --eval
'(asdf-dependency-grovel-tester:check-base-deps)' --eval '(uiop:quit)'