On Feb 1, 2014, at 10:43, Mark Evenson <evenson@panix.com> wrote:

Unfortunately, the [new implementation of :RESOLVE-SYMLINKS has broken the use of :WILD-INFERIOR components to DIRECTORY][ticket-344].

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[ticket-344]: http://abcl.org/trac/ticket/344

[r14624][] fixes this problem, so you may now resume Quicklisping on abcl-1.3.0-dev.

This commit now fills in nil DEVICE components with :UNSPECIFIC for CL:DIRECTORY results on non-Windows. See the end of [design notes on pathname defaults][2] for more of an explanation.

[r14624]: http://abcl.org/trac/changeset/14624

[1]: http://abcl.org/trac/browser/trunk/abcl/doc/design/pathnames/merging-defaults.markdown

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