Re: ASDF: alternative system configurations

i'd be curious about this too. it's one of the things which impairs
translating my system descriptions to asdf.


Nikodemus Siivola wrote:
> 
> How should I deal with alternative system configurations with ASDF? My
> system can function both with or without CL-SDL, but the system is slightly
> different when it is not present:
> 
>  window.lisp <-- needs SDL
>  render.lisp <-- needs window.lisp if we have SDL
> 
> Currently I have solved this by having two alternative system definitions,
> detecting the presence of SDL before calling ASDF, and then loading the
> correct system. As far as solutions go it works, but is butt ugly.
> 
> Is there a way to handle this with a single system-definition?
> 
> Cheers,
> 
>   -- Nikodemus


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