[patch] elephant 1.0a won't build after upgrade ASDF 3.1.5 -> 3.3.1; other issues

[Faré]

Dear Akater,

I fear that elephant might be currently unmaintained. If you want to
work with it, you might want to declare yourself new maintainer pro
tempore, and clone the source on github (is the latest available at
https://github.com/gonzojive/elephant ?) then apply a patch yourself.

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On Fri, Mar 16, 2018 at 4:49 PM, Akater <nuclearspace at gmail.com> wrote:
> This is a re-post. The original email was sent when I was not
> subscribed, so it is still in moderation. Meanwhile, this might be
> useful to somebody:
>
> With ASDF 3.3.1, elephant fails to build. Here's the trivial fix,
> as recommended by ASDF:
>
> --- /elephant.asd       2018-03-13 05:06:40.056298013 +0000
> +++ /elephant.asd       2018-03-13 05:29:08.851258161 +0000
> @@ -271,7 +271,7 @@
>         (or (uffi-funcall :load-foreign-library file :module module)
>             (error "Could not load ~A into ~A" file module)))))
>    ;; Load the compiled libraries
> -  (dolist (file (output-files (make-instance 'compile-op) c))
> +  (dolist (file (output-files (make-operation 'compile-op) c))
>      (format t "Attempting to load ~A...~%" (file-namestring file))
>      (if (and (probe-file file)
>              (not (get-config-option :prebuilt-libraries c)))
>
> My environment: 64-bit SBCL 1.4.5, Linux 4.9.x
>
> ASDF complains about other things too. I might fix them in the following
> weeks but it's far from certain.
>
> 1. use uiop:run-program instead of asdf:run-shell-command
>
> For your convenience,
>
> ------------------------------
> excerpt from
> asdf/build/asdf.lisp:
>
> defun run-shell-command (control-string &rest args)
>     "PLEASE DO NOT USE. This function is not just DEPRECATED, but also dysfunctional.
> Please use UIOP:RUN-PROGRAM instead."
> ------------------------------
> excerpt from
> uiop/run-program.lisp:
>
> defun run-program (command &rest keys
>                        &key ignore-error-status (force-shell nil force-shell-suppliedp)
>                          input (if-input-does-not-exist :error)
>                          output (if-output-exists :supersede)
>                          error-output (if-error-output-exists :supersede)
>                          (element-type #-clozure *default-stream-element-type* #+clozure 'character)
>                          (external-format *utf-8-external-format*)
>                        &allow-other-keys)
>     "Run program specified by COMMAND,
> either a list of strings specifying a program and list of arguments,
> or a string specifying a shell command (/bin/sh on Unix, CMD.EXE on Windows);
> _synchronously_ process its output as specified and return the processing results
> when the program and its output processing are complete.
>
> […]
>
> RUN-PROGRAM returns 3 values:
> 0- the result of the OUTPUT slurping if any, or NIL
> 1- the result of the ERROR-OUTPUT slurping if any, or NIL
> 2- either 0 if the subprocess exited with success status,
> or an indication of failure via the EXIT-CODE of the process"
> ------------------------------
>
> 2. other warnings
> WARNING: UIOP/VERSION:PARSE-VERSION: "1.0a1" doesn't follow asdf version numbering convention
> WARNING: Invalid :version specifier "1.0a1" for component "elephant" from file #P"/home/akater/common-lisp/elephant/elephant.asd", using NIL instead
> WARNING: Invalid :version specifier "1.0a1" for component "elephant" from file #P"/home/akater/common-lisp/elephant/elephant.asd", using NIL instead