[cl-prevalence-devel] Re: Asdf-install cl-prevalence

[Sven Van Caekenberghe]

Giles,

On 08 Mar 2006, at 20:37, Giles Roberts wrote:

> Dear Sven,
>
> I'm wondering if you could help me with your libraries.
>
> I'm trying unsuccessfully to asdf-install cl-prevalence.
>
> My OS is WinXP Pro sp 2.  My compiler is LispWorks Personal Edition
> 4.4.6.
>
> The command I'm using is:
>
> (asdf-install:install :cl-prevalence)
>
> Asdf seems to do the download and some of the compiling ok.  When it
> gets to compiling debug-prevalence.lisp, I get the following error
> message:
>
>  Compiling file
> c:\lisp\asdf-install\site\cl-prevalence\src\debug-prevalence.lisp ...
> ;;; Safety = 3, Speed = 1, Space = 1, Float = 1, Interruptible = 0
> ;;; Compilation speed = 1, Debug = 2, Fixnum safety = 3
> ;;; Source level debugging is on
> ;;; Source file recording is  on
> ;;; Cross referencing is on
> ; (TOP-LEVEL-FORM 1)
> ; (TOP-LEVEL-FORM 2)
>
> Error: S-XML:ECHO-XML does not exist at all.
>   1 (continue) Create symbol.
>   2 Try reading the next form.
>   3 Try compiling
> c:\lisp\asdf-install\site\cl-prevalence\src\debug-prevalence.lisp
> again.
>   4 Skip compiling
> c:\lisp\asdf-install\site\cl-prevalence\src\debug-prevalence.lisp.
>   5 Retry performing #<ASDF:COMPILE-OP NIL 219DBF44> on
>     #<ASDF:CL-SOURCE-FILE "debug-prevalence" 219818DC>.
>   6 Continue, treating #<ASDF:COMPILE-OP NIL 219DBF44>
>     on
>     #<ASDF:CL-SOURCE-FILE "debug-prevalence" 219818DC>
>     as having been successful.
>   7 Retry installation
>   8 (abort) Return to level 0.
>   9 Return to top loop level 0.
>
> Type :b for backtrace, :c <option number> to proceed,  or :? for other
> options
>
> This error message appears to be correct.  When I check in
> debug-prevalence.lisp there's a call to s-xml:echo-xml in the defun of
> print-transaction-log.  I think the package s-xml is defined by the  
> files in
>
> the asdf directory s-xml/src/.  There is no reference to echo-xml in
> these files.
>
> I've separately downloaded s-xml.tgz from commonlisp.net and asdf- 
> installed
> that successfully from a local file.  On downloading cl- 
> prevalence.tgz and
> asdf-installing I get the same error message as above.
>
> Checking
> http://common-lisp.net/project/cl-containers/asdf-status/website/ 
> output/ for
> the status of these packages indicates both as installing  
> correctly.  It
> doesn't list LispWorks on Windows as one of the tested  
> installations.  Is
> there some incompatibility with my OS / compiler or am I doing  
> something
> wrong?
>
> As I'm new to lisp I don't want to start hacking these files to fix  
> the
> problem.  Are there newer versions of either of these asdfs?  If so,
> how do I get them?

I thought I fixed that problem - and I did, but only in CVS HEAD, not  
in the released tarball.
I made a new release and tested ASDF-INSTALL and it seems fine now.
Sorry for the inconvenience.

Regards,

Sven