Hi, all The ASDF shipped with latest Quicklisp-client doesn't work on Allegro CL 8.1 correctly. So I fixed it and made an ugly patch for it. I'm so sorry I don't know whether this is the right place to discuss this problem, so I will then add this issus to the quicklisp-bootstrap project. The problem and patch can also be found here: https://github.com/nakrakiiya/acl-patches/commit/86236e11d89765a15fe44c0ede4...

FIX: `Illegal keyword given: :EXTERNAL-FORMAT.' while executing `(quicklisp-quickstart:install)'.

Details:

CL-USER> (quicklisp-quickstart:install) ; Loading D:\Documents and Settings\nakra\quicklisp\setup.lisp

Illegal keyword given: :EXTERNAL-FORMAT. [Condition of type PROGRAM-ERROR]

Restarts: 0: [RETRY] Retry compiling #<CL-SOURCE-FILE "quicklisp" "package">. 1: [ACCEPT] Continue, treating compiling #<CL-SOURCE-FILE "quicklisp" "package"> as having been successful. 2: [RETRY] retry the load of D:\Documents and Settings\nakra\quicklisp\setup.lisp 3: [SKIP] skip loading D:\Documents and Settings\nakra\quicklisp\setup.lisp 4: [RECOMPILE-DUE-TO-INCOMPATIBLE-FASL] recompile D:\Documents and Settings\nakra\quicklisp\setup.lisp 5: [RETRY] Retry SLIME REPL evaluation request. --more--

Backtrace: 0: (ERROR PROGRAM-ERROR :FORMAT-CONTROL "Illegal keyword given: ~s." :FORMAT-ARGUMENTS (:EXTERNAL-FORMAT)) 1: (COMPILE-FILE-PATHNAME "x.lisp" ..) 2: (ASDF:COMPILE-FILE-PATHNAME* #P"D:\Documents and Settings\nakra\quicklisp\quicklisp\package.lisp" :OUTPUT-FILE ..) 3: (ASDF:COMPILE-FILE* #P"D:\Documents and Settings\nakra\quicklisp\quicklisp\package.lisp" :OUTPUT-FILE ..) 4: ((:INTERNAL (METHOD ASDF:PERFORM (ASDF:COMPILE-OP ASDF:CL-SOURCE-FILE)) 0)) 5: ((METHOD ASDF::CALL-WITH-AROUND-COMPILE-HOOK (ASDF:COMPONENT T)) #<ASDF:CL-SOURCE-FILE "quicklisp" "package"> #<Closure (:INTERNAL (METHOD ASDF:PERFORM #) 0) @ #x2143fc7a>) 6: ((METHOD ASDF:PERFORM (ASDF:COMPILE-OP ASDF:CL-SOURCE-FILE)) #<ASDF:COMPILE-OP (:VERBOSE NIL) @ #x213d60c2> #<ASDF:CL-SOURCE-FILE "quicklisp" "package">) 7: ((:INTERNAL (:EFFECTIVE-METHOD 2 NIL NIL NIL NIL) 0) #<ASDF:COMPILE-OP (:VERBOSE NIL) @ #x213d60c2> #<ASDF:CL-SOURCE-FILE "quicklisp" "package">) 8: ((METHOD ASDF::PERFORM-WITH-RESTARTS (T T)) #<ASDF:COMPILE-OP (:VERBOSE NIL) @ #x213d60c2> #<ASDF:CL-SOURCE-FILE "quicklisp" "package">) 9: ((METHOD ASDF::PERFORM-WITH-RESTARTS :AROUND (T T)) #<ASDF:COMPILE-OP (:VERBOSE NIL) @ #x213d60c2> #<ASDF:CL-SOURCE-FILE "quicklisp" "package">) 10: ((:INTERNAL (:EFFECTIVE-METHOD 2 NIL NIL T T) 0) #<ASDF:COMPILE-OP (:VERBOSE NIL) @ #x213d60c2> #<ASDF:CL-SOURCE-FILE "quicklisp" "package">) 11: ((FLET (METHOD ASDF::PERFORM-PLAN (LIST)) EXCL::CONTINUATION)) 12: ((METHOD ASDF::PERFORM-PLAN (LIST)) ..) 13: ((:INTERNAL (:EFFECTIVE-METHOD 1 T T NIL NIL) 0) ..) 14: ((:INTERNAL (METHOD ASDF:OPERATE (T T)) 0)) 15: (ASDF::CALL-WITH-SYSTEM-DEFINITIONS #<Closure (:INTERNAL (METHOD ASDF:OPERATE #) 0) [LOAD-OP] @ #x213d36da>) 16: ((METHOD ASDF:OPERATE (T T)) ASDF:LOAD-OP "quicklisp" :VERBOSE NIL) 17: ((:INTERNAL (:EFFECTIVE-METHOD 2 T NIL NIL NIL) 0) ASDF:LOAD-OP "quicklisp" . 1) 18: (ASDF:OOS ASDF:LOAD-OP "quicklisp" :VERBOSE NIL) 19: (LET ((*COMPILE-PRINT* NIL) (*COMPILE-VERBOSE* NIL) (*LOAD-VERBOSE* NIL) (*LOAD-PRINT* NIL)) (ASDF:OOS 'ASDF:LOAD-OP "quicklisp" :VERBOSE NIL)) --more--

The diff from the origin asdf.lisp file:

$ git diff 6d465f92b240fe5ded55447f9a000a1e54a7a22a 86236e11d89765a15fe44c0ede40119ed4958c3c diff --git a/8.1/quicklisp-client-2012112500/asdf.lisp b/8.1/quicklisp-client-2012112500/asdf.lisp index 283ad86..2f9b98a 100644 --- a/8.1/quicklisp-client-2012112500/asdf.lisp +++ b/8.1/quicklisp-client-2012112500/asdf.lisp @@ -2478,7 +2478,10 @@ recursive calls to traverse.") c #'(lambda (&rest flags) (apply *compile-op-compile-file-function* source-file :output-file output-file - :external-format (component-external-format c) + #+(or (and allegro (version>= 8 2)) + (not allegro)) :external-format + #+(or (and allegro (version>= 8 2)) + (not allegro)) (component-external-format c) (append flags (compile-op-flags operation))))) (unless output (error 'compile-error :component c :operation operation))

Best regards, Xiaofeng Yang