[clbuild-devel] Optional parameter for 'clbuild {prebuild, lisp}'

[Albert Krewinkel]

David Lichteblau <david at lichteblau.com> writes:

> Hi,
>
> Quoting Albert Krewinkel (krewinkel at gmx.net):
>> this is supposed to catch errors like the one you describe.  What
>> happens when you type
>> $ [ -x sbcl ] || echo "dammit"
>> 
>> into your shell?
>
> it prints nothing, because I'm starting clbuild from my home directory,
> and there is a directory ~/sbcl/ with SBCL sources in it, which has the
> execute bit (i.e., search bit) set.
>
>
> d.

D'OH, never thought of this.  Changing the test to 
   [ -d "$lisp_command" -o ! -x "$lisp_command" ]
fixes this.  I'm going to upload that in a second.

Nevertheless, the whole thing remains rather buggy.  Let's see if I can
clean it up over the holidays.

cheers,
 Albert