[asdf-install-devel] Problem Report + Patch: Extraneous 0x0A byte at beginning of downloaded file stream [clisp 2.44, netbsd -current amd64]

[Gary King]

Hi Taylor,

Thanks for pointing this out and for the patch; I'll try to get this  
into the main body sometime later this week.

Am I write that you are using CLISP?


On Jul 9, 2008, at 1:46 PM, Taylor Venable wrote:

> I've read about this in a few places on the internet but I haven't
> seen a solution yet.  When I try to (asdf-install:install :cl-ppcre)
> the temporary file that is downloaded into my home directory contains
> an extra 0x0A byte at the beginning.  I'm thinking that perhaps
> URL-CONNECTION accidentally leaves the \n part of the line-terminator
> from the previous line in the stream after parsing out the headers of
> the HTTP response.  Removing the first byte of the stream before
> writing its contents to the file fixes the problem.
>
> Here's a (hackish, but works for me) patch for port.lisp:
>
> @@ -331,12 +331,14 @@
>                     url
>                     file-name)
>       (force-output)
> -      #+:clisp (setf (stream-element-type stream)
> -                    '(unsigned-byte 8))
> +      #+:clisp (progn
> +                 (setf (stream-element-type stream)
> +                       '(unsigned-byte 8))
> +                 (read-byte stream))
>       (let ((ok? nil) (o nil))
>        (unwind-protect
>             (progn
>
> -- 
> Taylor Venable
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