[asdf-install-devel] Ugh. CLISP, files, pathnames.

[Gary King]

Hi Dan,

> DELETE-DIRECTORY-AND-FILES and its supporting methods are onerous to
> get working with CLISP because of its bizarrely strict interpretation
> of PROBE-FILE and DELETE-FILE, its limited support of :WILD-INFERIORS,
> and its frequent intolerance of :UNSPECIFIC.

bummer.

> I would have thought that CL-FAD had already dealt with most of
> this. Did you have problems with it?

No, I didn't have problems. Though there were a few slight design  
issues I didn't like, it worked fine. I removed it because it seemed  
like "just one more thing". If you want to restore it, that would be  
fine. I'm happy to do this too (and hope to have a few hours this  
weekend to look at it and your other patches) so if you'd rather wait,  
that's fine too (just let me know <smile>).

thanks for your continuing efforts, this cleanup work is _great_ and  
will let us move into 2008 with the hope for more features!
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