[Ecls-list] ASDF, filesystem error

[Thibault Langlois]

On 6/21/07, Thibault Langlois <tl at di.fc.ul.pt> wrote:
> Hello,
> I am a new ECl user, I've just compiled the cvs version on 64Bits Ubuntu Linux.
>
> Now, I get a strange error when loading asdf systems:
>
> ECL (Embeddable Common-Lisp) 0.9i
> Copyright (C) 1984 Taiichi Yuasa and Masami Hagiya
> Copyright (C) 1993 Giuseppe Attardi
> Copyright (C) 2000 Juan J. Garcia-Ripoll
> ECL is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
> under certain conditions; see file 'Copyright' for details.
> Type :h for Help.  Top level.
> > (loadsys 'memoization)
> ; loading system definition from /home/tl/Projects/Systems/memoization.asd into
> ; #<ASDF52 package>
> ;;; Loading "/home/tl/Projects/Systems/memoization.asd"
> ; registering #<SYSTEM MEMOIZATION 13805056> as MEMOIZATION
> (DEFSYSTEM MEMOIZATION
>            :COMPONENTS
>            ((:FILE "Load-Memoization") (:FILE "Memoization")
>             (:FILE "Save-Memo-Table" :DEPENDS-ON ("Load-Memoization"))))
> ;;; Loading "/home/tl/Projects/Systems/memoization.asd"
> Filesystem error with pathname #P"SYS:home;tl;root;lisp;cmp.NEWEST".
> Either
>  1) the file does not exist, or
>  2) we are not allow to access the file, or
>  3) the pathname points to a broken symbolic link.
> Broken at EVAL.No restarts available.
> Broken at ASDF:OPERATE.
>
> CL-USER> *default-pathname-defaults*
> #P"/home/tl/root/lisp/"
>
> For every system I try to load I get the same error with the same
> pathname. I do not have any file any cmp file.
>
> Any ideas ?
>

I found that I have to set *default-pathname-defaults* to
(make-pathname :directory nil :name nil :type nil)



-- 
Thibault Langlois
FCUL / DI