Re: asdf-install installs more than you ask for

> The correct patch would be to add a list of precedences about which  
> type of system to add (which could be overridden by passing a  
> keyword parameter).  This happens only for libraries which provide  
> different kinds of defsystems.

Hi Marco,

I'm not sure I understand. To make this more concrete, suppose I have

* packaged up LIFT so that it contains two system definitions  
(lift.asd and lift-test.asd),
* packaged up MOPTILITIES so that it containers two system  
definitions (moptilites.asd and moptilities-test.asd)
* lift.asd depends on moptilities.asd.

Then suppose I start fresh and ASDF-Install lift. Currently,

1. the LIFT package is downloaded
2. LIFT tries to find moptilities.asd and fails so it is also downloaded
3. moptiliites is compiled and loaded
4. moptilities-test is compiled and loaded
5. lift is compiled and loaded
6. lift-test is compiled and loaded

I think that steps 4 and 6 should not be done. The person didn't want  
to install lift-tests or moptilities-tests. If a system builder wants  
to make sure that tests get run, then I think that both of the main  
system definers are flexible enough to support that.

-- 
Gary Warren King
metabang.com
http://www.metabang.com/




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