Re: asdf-install installs more than you ask for

You mentioned the different types of defsystem and I responded about a 
problem that may arise.

Your problem is different, and I do not think it can be solved at 
ASDF-INSTALL level, unless you go the way of assuming that the 
directory where a library is unpacked contains a system file with the 
same name (or something along these lines -- incidentally MK:DEFSYSTEM 
does TRT in this case, thus avoiding the issues with symlinks et 
similia)

Cheers
--
Marco




On Feb 2, 2006, at 9:07 PM, Gary King wrote:

>> 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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