Re: [asdf-devel] Changes to ASDF for LW6

No, I take a stock LW6 system and want to load up the ASDF package as soon as possible, so that I can then use ASDF to load in systems. When I take a look at the PACKAGE-USE-LIST of CL-USER, it shows COMMON-LISP, HARLEQUIN-COMMON-LISP, and LISPWORKS.

Have a look at the very front of the asdf.lisp file --- it places itself into package :CL-USER. So we are screwed up from the get go.

All I did was conditionalilze exports of two symbols that were already exported from another package and which performed identical functionality, and then I added a section to the rather elaborate package construction kit for ASDF to permit the declaration of some shadowed symbols. Simple. Effective. It works.

- DM

On Feb 26, 2010, at 07:31 AM, Faré wrote:

I don't understand. Do you mean that there is a problem when you (load "asdf") itself, or are you trying to (use-package :asdf) from cl-user? The latter is probably a bad idea, and wasn't supported so far (so far I know).

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2010/2/26 David McClain dbm@refined-audiometrics.com:

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... rather, in package :CL-USER, not :LW-USER. But apparently, LISPWORKS is automatically being used in CL-USER...

• DM

On Feb 26, 2010, at 01:13 AM, Chun Tian (binghe) wrote:

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Hi, David

I don't think it's necessary to make ASDF and LISPWORKS two packages live together. What you met can only happen when you try to defined a package which use above two packages at the same time:

(defpackage xxx (:use :cl :asdf :lispworks))

I don't think you have any good reason to use such a package.

Regards,

Chun Tian (binghe)

在 2010-2-26，15:44， David McClain 写道：

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Hi,

I just installed the latest available source for ASDF and had to make a few minor changes to the way the ASDF Package was being defined, for compatibility with Lispworks 6.0: (changes highlighted in red -- if you can see them)

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      (ensure-shadow (package symbols)
        (shadow symbols package))

      (ensure-package (name &key nicknames use export unintern shadow)
        (let* ((p (ensure-exists name nicknames)))
          (ensure-use p use)
          (ensure-unintern p unintern)

          (ensure-shadow p shadow)

          (ensure-export p export)
          p)))

(ensure-package ':asdf-utilities :nicknames '(#:asdf-extensions) :use '(#:common-lisp) :export '(#:absolute-pathname-p #:aif

  #-:LISPWORKS #:appendf

  #:asdf-message
  #:coerce-name
  #:directory-pathname-p
  #:ends-with
  #:ensure-directory-pathname

  #-:LISPWORKS #:getenv

  #:get-uid
  #:length=n-p
  #:make-collector
  #:pathname-directory-pathname
  #:pathname-sans-name+type ;; deprecated. Use pathname-directory-pathname
  #:read-file-forms
  #:remove-keys
  #:remove-keyword
  #:resolve-symlinks
  #:split
  #:component-name-to-pathname-components
  #:system-registered-p
  #:truenamize))

(ensure-package ':asdf :use '(:common-lisp :asdf-utilities) :unintern '(#:*asdf-revision*)

:shadow #+:LISPWORKS '(#:load-system
                       #:compile-system
                       #:defsystem)
#-:LISPWORKS '()

:export
'(#:defsystem #:oos #:operate #:find-system #:run-shell-command
  #:system-definition-pathname #:find-component ; miscellaneous
  #:compile-system #:load-system #:test-system
  #:compile-op #:load-op #:load-source-op

Dr. David McClain dbm@refined-audiometrics.com