Hello, I'm cc:ing the original bug submitter and re-opening the bug, the solution is even worse. On Mon, 25 Sep 2006 15:49:41 +0200, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote:
In order for CLC to store fasls in /var/cache, it adds a method to `asdf:output-files' with some dire effects on the user environment. [...] More seriously, it means that some packages will fail to build. If one downloads the latest mcclim snapshot and tries to build the Listener application, it fails due to the inability to find some xpm files:
IIRC this is the same problem with the vanilla slime [1].
Changes: common-lisp-controller (6.3) unstable; urgency=low [...] * Introduce the *redirect-fasl-files-to-cache* variable. If the value of this variable is true we redirect fasl files to the /var/cache directory. By default we will only redirect when compiling as the result of a clc-require call. (Closes: #384457)
This now cause the following problem: ===== luca@gismo:~$ sbcl This is SBCL 0.9.17, an implementation of ANSI Common Lisp. More information about SBCL is available at <http://www.sbcl.org/>. SBCL is free software, provided as is, with absolutely no warranty. It is mostly in the public domain; some portions are provided under BSD-style licenses. See the CREDITS and COPYING files in the distribution for more information. * (asdf:oos 'asdf:load-op 'cl-fad) ; loading system definition from /usr/share/common-lisp/systems/cl-fad.asd into ; #<PACKAGE "ASDF0"> ; registering #<SYSTEM #:CL-FAD {A97E7E1}> as CL-FAD ; registering #<SYSTEM #:CL-FAD-TESTS {AAA5861}> as CL-FAD-TESTS debugger invoked on a SB-INT:SIMPLE-FILE-ERROR in thread #<THREAD "initial thread" {A8264A1}>: error opening #P"/usr/share/common-lisp/source/cl-fad/packages.fasl": Permission denied Type HELP for debugger help, or (SB-EXT:QUIT) to exit from SBCL. restarts (invokable by number or by possibly-abbreviated name): 0: [RETRY ] Retry performing #<ASDF:COMPILE-OP NIL {AAFF879}> on #<ASDF:CL-SOURCE-FILE "packages" {A994C51}>. 1: [ACCEPT] Continue, treating #<ASDF:COMPILE-OP NIL {AAFF879}> on #<ASDF:CL-SOURCE-FILE "packages" {A994C51}> as having been successful. 2: [ABORT ] Exit debugger, returning to top level. (SB-IMPL::SIMPLE-FILE-PERROR "error opening ~S" #P"/usr/share/common-lisp/source/cl-fad/packages.fasl" 13) 0] 2 ; compilation aborted after 0:00:02 ; ; compilation unit aborted ; caught 1 fatal ERROR condition * (quit) luca@gismo:~$ ===== Obviously, setting *redirect-fasl-files-to-cache* to t solves the problem, but IMHO it should at least the contrary, i.e. t by default. We cannot assume that the end user read the changelog or dig in the BTS (and AFAIK there's no other documentation for that variable). Thx, bye, Gismo / Luca Footnotes: [1] Message-Id: 87zmjqzm6i.fsf@gismo.pca.it http://common-lisp.net/pipermail/slime-devel/2006-March/004664.html http://article.gmane.org/gmane.lisp.slime.devel/4712