[fetter-devel] Trying to get started (problems with require)

[Andras Simon]

On Fri, 11 Nov 2005, rif wrote:

>
> I'm trying to follow the instructions at
> http://common-lisp.net/project/fetter/getting-started.html using CMUCL
> 19A.  I'm using the CVS versions of verrazano and CFFI (downloaded
> today 11 Nov 2005, cffi-luis branch).
>
> Eventually, I figured out I needed to asdf-install :parse-number and
> :s-xml (this should probably be added to the getting started page).
> At this point, I can run generate the demos with the appropriate
> generate.lisp file, but when I try to actually run one, I get an
> error.  In my .cmucl-init file, I am loading CFFI (by pushing the
> directory onto my asdf:*central-registry* and then asdf:load-op'ing
> it), but the command
>
> (require 'cffi)
>
> is failing with
>
> Error in function REQUIRE:  Don't know how to load CFFI.
>
> What am I doing wrong?

REQUIRE doesn't know about asdf:*central-registry*, so this is to be
expected. But why are you REQUIREing cffi when it's loaded already by asdf?

Andras