Re: asdf-install installs more than you ask for

Hi again,

To make sure I'm understanding you, are you positing the case where a  
Lisp package comes with two or more different defsystems for the same  
Lisp code and where it may be ambiguous as to which one to use? In  
this case, I agree that having the (override-able) precedences would  
be a reasonable solution.

On Feb 2, 2006, at 9:16 PM, Marco Antoniotti wrote:

> 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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