On 10/3/10 Oct 3 -6:17 PM, Dave Penton wrote:
Can asdf find a file containing a system definition in the current working directory?
(Yes, I have read ch.7 of the manual. It may start to make sense on the third reading, but so far not much joy :-)
I think a problem with this question is that the notion of "current working directory" isn't always to the point in Common Lisp. There seems to be a sense that *default-pathname-defaults* will be synchronized with the working directory of the lisp process (cf http://www.lispworks.com/documentation/HyperSpec/Body/v_defaul.htm "Initial Value: An implementation-dependent pathname, typically in the working directory that was current when Common Lisp was started up.") but it's really *default-pathname-defaults* you should be asking about and not CWD.
I have a vague memory that ASDF 1 provided a mechanism for putting *default-pathname-defaults* into your asdf:*central-registry*; I don't recall how this was done....
If you are not using Fare's new configuration language, you might just be able to do (push *default-pathname-defaults* asdf:*central-registry*).
The question is "why do you want to do this, instead of using Fare's language or configuring by setting asdf:*central-registry*?" If we had a better sense of the answer to that question, we could probably provide better assistance.
cheers, r