From fahree at gmail.com Mon Sep 6 04:17:00 2010 From: fahree at gmail.com (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Far=E9?=) Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2010 00:17:00 -0400 Subject: [asdf-install-devel] asdf and symlinks on windows In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On 20 June 2010 02:20, Aaron Lahman wrote: > The tutorial here (http://common-lisp.net/project/asdf-install/tutorial/setup.html) suggest not using symbolic links on windows, seeming to suggest windows doesn't have symbolic links. But it does (so long as your disk is NTFS). > > Is there any known limitation with using symlinks on windows? > The manual probably predates (decent) support for symlinks on Windows. These days, asdf-install is obsolete and minimally maintained if at all. clbuild is the current "in" thing, and the up-and-coming thingie is quicklisp. [ Fran?ois-Ren? ?VB Rideau | Reflection&Cybernethics | http://fare.tunes.org ] Computer Science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes. ? E. W. Dijkstra From fahree at gmail.com Mon Sep 6 04:18:46 2010 From: fahree at gmail.com (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Far=E9?=) Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2010 00:18:46 -0400 Subject: [asdf-install-devel] install-package confused by bsdtar on Mac OS X In-Reply-To: <4C23CE79.1070903@sprucehead.com> References: <4C23CE79.1070903@sprucehead.com> Message-ID: On 24 June 2010 17:30, Jack Holloway wrote: > The incompatibility with the version of tar on Mac OS has been noted > before. > The "tar" that comes installed on MacOS is "bsdtar" which prints an "x" > flag at > the beginning of lines. ?install-package gets the wrong string for the > package version. > > A suggested patch is [...] > Jack, are you interested in becoming asdf-install maintainer? Gary doesn't seem to have much time for it. On the other hand, the future seems to be quicklisp. [ Fran?ois-Ren? ?VB Rideau | Reflection&Cybernethics | http://fare.tunes.org ] "Ask not what the government can do for you. Ask what the government is doing to you." ? David Friedman, "The Machinery of Freedom", p. 21 From gwking at metabang.com Mon Sep 6 16:48:42 2010 From: gwking at metabang.com (Gary King) Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2010 12:48:42 -0400 Subject: [asdf-install-devel] asdf-install port.lisp and installer.lisp won't compile In-Reply-To: <4C4BB8ED.1040100@bookmtn.com> References: <4C4BB8ED.1040100@bookmtn.com> Message-ID: <12E0D50C-DDBD-478D-A190-7A2910D3C7B2@metabang.com> Hi Phil, Thanks for the information. As some of the other threads have mentioned, I'm hardly able to maintain ASDF-install right now (and though I once deluded myself that this was a temporary condition, it seems likely to stay that way (my apologies to all). If you're interested in maintaining it, please let me know. I'd also recommend checking out clbuild and QuickLisp. regards, On Jul 25, 2010, at 12:09 AM, Phil Mueller wrote: > > I pulled a copy of asdf-install_latest.tar.gz from > http://common-lisp.net/project/asdf-install today 24 July 2010 and tried > to compile it using clisp. > > port.list appears to have an extra ")" on line 23 - deleting this extra > ")" seemed to fix the problem. > > installer.lisp appears to be missing two ")" to end (defmethod > asdf:find-component - adding two ")" on line 684 fixed the compile > problem, but when trying to load a library, (cl-ppcre) clisp went into a > infinite loop printing the following with the last 6 lines repeated over > and over. > > ;;; ASDF-INSTALL: Downloading 157665 bytes from > http://weitz.de/files/cl-ppcre.tar.gz to > /home/mueller/asdf-install-0.asdf-install-tmp ... > ;;; ASDF-INSTALL: Downloading 186 bytes from > http://weitz.de/files/cl-ppcre.tar.gz.asc to > /home/mueller/asdf-install-1.asdf-install-tmp ... > ;;; ASDF-INSTALL: Installing > /home/mueller/asdf-install-0.asdf-install-tmp in > /home/mueller/.asdf-install-dir/site/, > /home/mueller/.asdf-install-dir/systems/ > "ln -s > \"/home/mueller/.asdf-install-dir/site/cl-ppcre-2.0.3/cl-ppcre.asd\" > \"/home/mueller/.asdf-install-dir/systems/cl-ppcre.asd\"" > "ln -s > \"/home/mueller/.asdf-install-dir/site/cl-ppcre-2.0.3/cl-ppcre-unicode.asd\" > \"/home/mueller/.asdf-install-dir/systems/cl-ppcre-unicode.asd\"" > ; loading system definition from > /home/mueller/.asdf-install-dir/site/cl-ppcre-2.0.3/cl-ppcre.asd into > # ; ASDF3972> > ;; Loading file > /home/mueller/.asdf-install-dir/site/cl-ppcre-2.0.3/cl-ppcre.asd ... > ; registering # as CL-PPCRE > ; registering # as CL-PPCRE-TEST > WARNING: The generic function # is being > modified, but has already been called. > ;; Loaded file > /home/mueller/.asdf-install-dir/site/cl-ppcre-2.0.3/cl-ppcre.asd > ;;; ASDF-INSTALL: Downloading 157665 bytes from > http://weitz.de/files/cl-ppcre.tar.gz to > /home/mueller/asdf-install-2.asdf-inst;;; ASDF-INSTALL: Downloading > 157665 bytes from http://weitz.de/files/cl-ppcre.tar.gz to > /home/mueller/asdf-install-0.asdf-install-tmp ... > ;;; ASDF-INSTALL: Downloading 186 bytes from > http://weitz.de/files/cl-ppcre.tar.gz.asc to > /home/mueller/asdf-install-1.asdf-install-tmp ... > ;;; ASDF-INSTALL: Installing > /home/mueller/asdf-install-0.asdf-install-tmp in > /home/mueller/.asdf-install-dir/site/, > /home/mueller/.asdf-install-dir/systems/ > "ln -s > \"/home/mueller/.asdf-install-dir/site/cl-ppcre-2.0.3/cl-ppcre.asd\" > \"/home/mueller/.asdf-install-dir/systems/cl-ppcre.asd\"" > "ln -s > \"/home/mueller/.asdf-install-dir/site/cl-ppcre-2.0.3/cl-ppcre-unicode.asd\" > \"/home/mueller/.asdf-install-dir/systems/cl-ppcre-unicode.asd\"" > ; loading system definition from > /home/mueller/.asdf-install-dir/site/cl-ppcre-2.0.3/cl-ppcre.asd into > # ; ASDF3972> > ;; Loading file > /home/mueller/.asdf-install-dir/site/cl-ppcre-2.0.3/cl-ppcre.asd ... > ; registering # as CL-PPCRE > ; registering # as CL-PPCRE-TEST > WARNING: The generic function # is being > modified, but has already been called. > ;; Loaded file > /home/mueller/.asdf-install-dir/site/cl-ppcre-2.0.3/cl-ppcre.asd > ;;; ASDF-INSTALL: Downloading 157665 bytes from > http://weitz.de/files/cl-ppcre.tar.gz to > /home/mueller/asdf-install-2.asdf-install-tmp ... > ;;; ASDF-INSTALL: Downloading 186 bytes from > http://weitz.de/files/cl-ppcre.tar.gz.asc to > /home/mueller/asdf-install-3.asdf-install-tmp ... > ;;; ASDF-INSTALL: Installing > /home/mueller/asdf-install-2.asdf-install-tmp in > /home/mueller/.asdf-install-dir/site/, > /home/mueller/.asdf-install-dir/systems/ > "ln -s > \"/home/mueller/.asdf-install-dir/site/cl-ppcre-2.0.3/cl-ppcre.asd\" > \"/home/mueller/.asdf-install-dir/systems/cl-ppcre.asd\"" > "ln -s > \"/home/mueller/.asdf-install-dir/site/cl-ppcre-2.0.3/cl-ppcre-unicode.asd\" > \"/home/mueller/.asdf-install-dir/systems/cl-ppcre-unicode.asd\"" > ;;; ASDF-INSTALL: Downloading 157665 bytes from > http://weitz.de/files/cl-ppcre.tar.gz to > /home/mueller/asdf-install-4.asdf-install-tmp ... > ;;; ASDF-INSTALL: Downloading 186 bytes from > http://weitz.de/files/cl-ppcre.tar.gz.asc to > /home/mueller/asdf-install-5.asdf-install-tmp ... > ;;; ASDF-INSTALL: Installing > /home/mueller/asdf-install-4.asdf-install-tmp in > /home/mueller/.asdf-install-dir/site/, > /home/mueller/.asdf-install-dir/systems/ > "ln -s > \"/home/mueller/.asdf-install-dir/site/cl-ppcre-2.0.3/cl-ppcre.asd\" > \"/home/mueller/.asdf-install-dir/systems/cl-ppcre.asd\"" > "ln -s > \"/home/mueller/.asdf-install-dir/site/cl-ppcre-2.0.3/cl-ppcre-unicode.asd\" > \"/home/mueller/.asdf-install-dir/systems/cl-ppcre-unicode.asd\"" > > > breaking it after a few iterations gives: > > ** - Continuable Error > PRINT: User break > If you continue (by typing 'continue'): Continue execution > The following restarts are also available: > IGNORE-SIGNATURE-FOR-THIS-PACKAGE :R1 Ignore signature file and install > anyway > RETRY :R2 Retry installation > RETRY :R3 Retry installation > RETRY :R4 Retry installation > ABORT :R5 Abort main loop > > I'm guessing that maybe something is missing from the end of the > defmethod besides the two ")", but don't know enough about what's going > on to say for sure. > > TIA for any help > > Phil > > > _______________________________________________ > asdf-install-devel mailing list > asdf-install-devel at common-lisp.net > http://common-lisp.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/asdf-install-devel -- Gary Warren King, metabang.com Cell: (413) 559 8738 Fax: (206) 338-4052 gwkkwg on Skype * garethsan on AIM * gwking on twitter From gwking at metabang.com Mon Sep 6 16:46:24 2010 From: gwking at metabang.com (Gary King) Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2010 12:46:24 -0400 Subject: [asdf-install-devel] asdf and symlinks on windows In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4F6E32B3-DE8B-4C47-B1D9-24A0B9643991@metabang.com> Hi Aaron, As Far? said, the manual and ASDF-install have diverged and I'm completely unable to keep up with anything other than that thing called life (my apologies to all). I'd also recommend checking out clbuild and QuickLisp. regards, On Sep 6, 2010, at 12:17 AM, Far? wrote: > On 20 June 2010 02:20, Aaron Lahman wrote: >> The tutorial here (http://common-lisp.net/project/asdf-install/tutorial/setup.html) suggest not using symbolic links on windows, seeming to suggest windows doesn't have symbolic links. But it does (so long as your disk is NTFS). >> >> Is there any known limitation with using symlinks on windows? >> > The manual probably predates (decent) support for symlinks on Windows. > > These days, asdf-install is obsolete and minimally maintained if at > all. clbuild is the current "in" thing, and the up-and-coming thingie > is quicklisp. > > [ Fran?ois-Ren? ?VB Rideau | Reflection&Cybernethics | http://fare.tunes.org ] > Computer Science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes. > ? E. W. Dijkstra > > _______________________________________________ > asdf-install-devel mailing list > asdf-install-devel at common-lisp.net > http://common-lisp.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/asdf-install-devel -- Gary Warren King, metabang.com Cell: (413) 559 8738 Fax: (206) 338-4052 gwkkwg on Skype * garethsan on AIM * gwking on twitter From gwking at metabang.com Mon Sep 6 16:47:59 2010 From: gwking at metabang.com (Gary King) Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2010 12:47:59 -0400 Subject: [asdf-install-devel] install-package confused by bsdtar on Mac OS X In-Reply-To: References: <4C23CE79.1070903@sprucehead.com> Message-ID: Hi Jack, Thanks for the patch. As Far? said, I'm hardly able to main ASDF-install right now (and though I once deluded myself that this was a temporary condition, it seems likely to stay that way (my apologies to all). If you're interested in maintaining it, please let me. I'd also recommend checking out clbuild and QuickLisp. regards, On Sep 6, 2010, at 12:18 AM, Far? wrote: > On 24 June 2010 17:30, Jack Holloway wrote: >> The incompatibility with the version of tar on Mac OS has been noted >> before. >> The "tar" that comes installed on MacOS is "bsdtar" which prints an "x" >> flag at >> the beginning of lines. install-package gets the wrong string for the >> package version. >> >> A suggested patch is [...] >> > Jack, are you interested in becoming asdf-install maintainer? Gary > doesn't seem to have much time for it. > > On the other hand, the future seems to be quicklisp. > > [ Fran?ois-Ren? ?VB Rideau | Reflection&Cybernethics | http://fare.tunes.org ] > "Ask not what the government can do for you. Ask what the government is doing > to you." ? David Friedman, "The Machinery of Freedom", p. 21 > > _______________________________________________ > asdf-install-devel mailing list > asdf-install-devel at common-lisp.net > http://common-lisp.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/asdf-install-devel -- Gary Warren King, metabang.com Cell: (413) 559 8738 Fax: (206) 338-4052 gwkkwg on Skype * garethsan on AIM * gwking on twitter From aaronla.android at gmail.com Tue Sep 7 00:50:39 2010 From: aaronla.android at gmail.com (Aaron Lahman) Date: Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:50:39 -0000 Subject: [asdf-install-devel] asdf and symlinks on windows In-Reply-To: <4F6E32B3-DE8B-4C47-B1D9-24A0B9643991@metabang.com> References: <4F6E32B3-DE8B-4C47-B1D9-24A0B9643991@metabang.com> Message-ID: Makes sense, thanks. On Sep 6, 2010 9:46 AM, "Gary King" wrote: Hi Aaron, As Far? said, the manual and ASDF-install have diverged and I'm completely unable to keep up with anything other than that thing called life (my apologies to all). 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URL: From forum at sprucehead.com Wed Sep 8 07:44:23 2010 From: forum at sprucehead.com (Jack Holloway) Date: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 07:44:23 -0000 Subject: [asdf-install-devel] install-package confused by bsdtar on Mac OS X In-Reply-To: References: <4C23CE79.1070903@sprucehead.com> Message-ID: <4C8737E3.6050106@sprucehead.com> Hi Gary, I appreciate the effort you have been able to donate to the open source effort, and would like to help out, but my situation doesn't allow me to take on the responsibility. Sorry, I'll just kibbitz. Jack P.S. thanks for the pointers On 9/6/2010 9:47 AM, Gary King wrote: > Hi Jack, > > Thanks for the patch. As Far? said, I'm hardly able to main ASDF-install right now (and though I once deluded myself that this was a temporary condition, it seems likely to stay that way (my apologies to all). > > If you're interested in maintaining it, please let me. > > I'd also recommend checking out clbuild and QuickLisp. > > regards, > > On Sep 6, 2010, at 12:18 AM, Far? wrote: > >> On 24 June 2010 17:30, Jack Holloway wrote: >>> The incompatibility with the version of tar on Mac OS has been noted >>> before. >>> The "tar" that comes installed on MacOS is "bsdtar" which prints an "x" >>> flag at >>> the beginning of lines. install-package gets the wrong string for the >>> package version. >>> >>> A suggested patch is [...] >>> >> Jack, are you interested in becoming asdf-install maintainer? Gary >> doesn't seem to have much time for it. >> >> On the other hand, the future seems to be quicklisp. >> >> [ Fran?ois-Ren? ?VB Rideau | Reflection&Cybernethics |http://fare.tunes.org ] >> "Ask not what the government can do for you. Ask what the government is doing >> to you." --- David Friedman, "The Machinery of Freedom", p. 21 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> asdf-install-devel mailing list >> asdf-install-devel at common-lisp.net >> http://common-lisp.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/asdf-install-devel > -- > Gary Warren King, metabang.com > Cell: (413) 559 8738 > Fax: (206) 338-4052 > gwkkwg on Skype * garethsan on AIM * gwking on twitter > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: