[cl-debian] Bug#357238: cl-asdf: Package errors on system reload

[Christian Lynbech]

Package: cl-asdf
Version: 1.89-1
Severity: normal

I am having some problems with ASDF, that hits both CMUCL and SBCL.

The symptom is that the first I load and compiles a system, for
instance with `clc-require', it works as expected. However, on
subsequent starts of lisp, the load of the (now compiled) system
fails. The full error log is below, but the error encountered is:

    The name "ASDF1073" does not designate any package.

The system being loaded in this example is the :regex system of the
"cl-regex" package (in version 1-1).

The cause of the problem is not entirely clear to me, but I suspect
the code for `find-system' in /usr/share/common-lisp/source/asdf/asdf.lisp.
It contains the following:

      (let ((*package* (make-package (gensym #.(package-name *package*))
				     :use '(:cl :asdf))))

which will generate a new unique package at each run. However, that
package is not likely to exist in another run of lisp. Even if a new
package is generated in the new session, in all probability it will
have a different name.

How that interferes with reloading of systems is unclear, but I am
guessing that systems that contains files without an explicit
`in-package' will get a fasl file that contains a reference to this
temporary package, but without code to make sure that it exists. At
least the packages.lisp file of the cl-regex package is an example of
such an file.

Trace of the error encountered:

    The name "ASDF1073" does not designate any package.
       [Condition of type SB-KERNEL:SIMPLE-PACKAGE-ERROR]

    Restarts:
      0: [RETRY] Retry performing #<ASDF:LOAD-OP NIL {A922DE9}> on #<ASDF:CL-SOURCE-FILE "packages" {A8B3781}>.
      1: [ACCEPT] Continue, treating #<ASDF:LOAD-OP NIL {A922DE9}> on #<ASDF:CL-SOURCE-FILE "packages" {A8B3781}> as having been successful.
      2: [ABORT] Abort SLIME compilation.
      3: [ABORT-REQUEST] Abort handling SLIME request.
      4: [TERMINATE-THREAD] Terminate this thread (#<THREAD "repl-thread" {AFC2571}>)

    Backtrace:
      0: (SB-INT:%FIND-PACKAGE-OR-LOSE "ASDF1073")
      1: (SB-INT:FIND-UNDELETED-PACKAGE-OR-LOSE "ASDF1073")
      2: (SB-FASL::FOP-PACKAGE)
      3: (SB-FASL::LOAD-FASL-GROUP #<SB-SYS:FD-STREAM for "file /var/cache/common-lisp-controller/usr/local/home/tedchly/sbcl/regex/packages.fasl" {A940189}>)
      4: (SB-FASL::LOAD-AS-FASL #<SB-SYS:FD-STREAM for "file /var/cache/common-lisp-controller/usr/local/home/tedchly/sbcl/regex/packages.fasl" {A940189}> NIL #<unavailable argument>)
      5: (SB-FASL::INTERNAL-LOAD #P"/var/cache/common-lisp-controller/usr/local/home/tedchly/sbcl/regex/packages.fasl" #P"/var/cache/common-lisp-controller/usr/local/home/tedchly/sbcl/regex/packages.fasl" :ERROR NIL NIL :BINARY NIL)
      6: (SB-FASL::INTERNAL-LOAD #P"/var/cache/common-lisp-controller/usr/local/home/tedchly/sbcl/regex/packages.fasl" #P"/var/cache/common-lisp-controller/usr/local/home/tedchly/sbcl/regex/packages.fasl" :ERROR NIL NIL NIL :DEFAULT)
      7: (LOAD #P"/var/cache/common-lisp-controller/usr/local/home/tedchly/sbcl/regex/packages.fasl")
      8: ((SB-PCL::FAST-METHOD ASDF:PERFORM (ASDF:LOAD-OP ASDF:CL-SOURCE-FILE)) #<unavailable argument> #<unavailable argument> #<ASDF:LOAD-OP NIL {A922DE9}> #<ASDF:CL-SOURCE-FILE "packages" {A8B3781}>)
      9: ((LAMBDA (SB-PCL::.PV-CELL. SB-PCL::.NEXT-METHOD-CALL. SB-PCL::.ARG0. SB-PCL::.ARG1.)) #<unavailable argument> #<unavailable argument> #<ASDF:LOAD-OP NIL {A922DE9}> #<ASDF:CL-SOURCE-FILE "packages" {A8B3781}>)
     10: ((LAMBDA NIL))
     11: (SB-C::%WITH-COMPILATION-UNIT #<CLOSURE (LAMBDA NIL) {A939D65}>)
     12: (ASDF:OPERATE ASDF:LOAD-OP :LEXER)
     13: (COMMON-LISP-CONTROLLER::REQUIRE-ASDF :LEXER)
     14: (SB-INT:EVAL-IN-LEXENV (COMMON-LISP-CONTROLLER:CLC-REQUIRE :LEXER) #<NULL-LEXENV>)
     15: (SB-FASL::LOAD-AS-SOURCE #<SB-SYS:FD-STREAM for "file /usr/local/home/tedchly/Tools/cl-ted/etoc/etoc.asd" {B1AAE21}> NIL NIL)
     16: (SB-FASL::INTERNAL-LOAD #P"/usr/local/home/tedchly/.sbcl/systems/etoc.asd" #P"/usr/local/home/tedchly/Tools/cl-ted/etoc/etoc.asd" :ERROR NIL NIL :SOURCE :DEFAULT)
     17: (SB-FASL::INTERNAL-LOAD #P"/usr/local/home/tedchly/.sbcl/systems/etoc.asd" #P"/usr/local/home/tedchly/Tools/cl-ted/etoc/etoc.asd" :ERROR NIL NIL NIL :DEFAULT)
     18: (LOAD #P"/usr/local/home/tedchly/.sbcl/systems/etoc.asd")
     19: (ASDF:FIND-SYSTEM "etoc" T)
     --more--




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Debian Release: testing/unstable
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cl-asdf depends on no packages.

Versions of packages cl-asdf recommends:
ii  cmucl [lisp-compi 19c-release-20051115-1 The CMUCL lisp compiler and develo
ii  common-lisp-contr 4.27                   This is a Common Lisp source and c
ii  sbcl [lisp-compil 1:0.9.9.0-2            A Common Lisp compiler and develop

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