Hi Daniel, that worked, thank you!

-John

On Oct 4, 2017, at 23:29, Daniel Kochmański daniel@turtleware.eu wrote:

Hey,

here is a patch which will probably work for you (not tested):

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diff --git a/src/lsp/helpfile.lsp b/src/lsp/helpfile.lsp index 09c7cb32..62e6985a 100644 --- a/src/lsp/helpfile.lsp +++ b/src/lsp/helpfile.lsp @@ -18,18 +18,18 @@ ;;;; Documentation system ;;;;

-#+ecl-min +;#+ecl-min (progn (*make-special '*documentation-pool*) (setq *documentation-pool* nil) (*make-special '*keep-documentation*) (setq *keep-documentation* t)) -#-ecl-min -(progn

• (setq *documentation-pool*

•    (list (make-hash-table :test #'equal :size 128)
  

•          "SYS:help.doc"))
  

• (defparameter *keep-documentation* t))

+;; #-ecl-min +;; (progn +;; (setq *documentation-pool* +;; (list (make-hash-table :test #'equal :size 128) +;; "SYS:help.doc")) +;; (defparameter *keep-documentation* t))

(defun new-documentation-pool (&optional (size 1024)) "Args: (&optional hash-size)

--cut here--

regards,

Daniel

On 05.10.2017 05:29, John Mercouris wrote:

...

Hello everyone, I’m running ECL + EQL 16.1.3, Mac OS High Sierra

I can produce a binary with ECL, but I have an issue, when I try to run it on anybody’s computer: I get the following:

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Condition of type: FILE-ERROR Filesystem error with pathname “SYS:help.doc”. Either

1. the file does not exist, or
2. we are not allowed to access the file, or
3. the pathname points to a broken symbolic link.

No restarts available.

Top level in: #<process TOP-LEVEL>.

I’ve determined that the cause of this error is a file missing at: /usr/local/lib/ecl-16.1.3/help.doc

I’ve been able to get binary files to work on other people’s machines by copying the help.doc file to the appropriate dir. Unfortunately this is not a practical solution for distribution.

Is there any way to tell ECL to not attempt to load this file? Any patch I can apply to the source? Thanks,

-John