It should be possible to use Quicklisp for build script dependencies (except for lisp-invocation - I don't see it in Quicklisp so we will need to provide it).
Even if new ASDF is somehow incompatible with Quicklisp, the build script is a separate program with may rely on old dependencies and ASDF coming with Quicklisp.
How to use the build tools? I have tried `cd asdf; make` but it fails: