Hi,
I wonder if it possible that you would accept this change which allows
finding of a system by a symbolicly linked ".asd" file. I've been running
with this patch for about 10 years without issue. I'm sorry for not having
test cases and documentation, but it seems time passing won't help that. I
know this is probably a pointless change for everyone besides me, being the
only user of my software, so I quite understand if you don't want to add
it. Anyway, many thanks for your years of work on perhaps the most used CL
software ever.
diff --git a/find-system.lisp b/find-system.lisp
index 0980a2cc..1a226aba 100644
--- a/find-system.lisp
+++ b/find-system.lisp
@@ -263,11 +263,16 @@ PREVIOUS-PRIMARY when not null is the primary system
for the PREVIOUS system."
(locate-system name)
(assert (eq foundp (and (or found-system pathname previous) t))))
(let ((previous-pathname (system-source-file previous))
- (system (or previous found-system)))
+ (system (or previous found-system))
+ real-name)
(when (and found-system (not previous))
(register-system found-system))
(when (and system pathname)
(setf (system-source-file system) pathname))
+ (when (and pathname
+ (setf real-name (pathname-name pathname))
+ (not (equal real-name name)))
+ (setf name real-name))
(if-let ((stamp (get-file-stamp pathname)))
(let ((up-to-date-p
(and previous previous-primary
