>>> On Mac OS X, when I try to upgrade my ASDF using the logical pathnames >>> "home:lisp;asdf;" and "home:lisp;asdf;uiop;" I get this error: >>> >>> *** - While searching for system "asdf": "home:lisp;asdf;uiop;" >>> evaluated to "home:lisp;asdf;uiop;" which is not an absolute directory. >> Weird. It looks like an absolute directory to me indeed. >> Was it parsed properly? Did you forget to use #p"...", > > I didn't use #p when setting ASDF:*CENTRAL-REGISTRY*, but I don't use it on > SBCL or ACL, either. The central registry has always accepted namestrings for > me, with this one exception... > I suppose sysdef-central-registry-search and/or probe-asd could ensure that defaults is parsed as a pathname, using (pathname ...) or some invocation of (ensure-pathname ...). I leave that to you.
—♯ƒ • François-René ÐVB Rideau •Reflection&Cybernethics• http://fare.tunes.org If you were plowing a field, which would you rather use? Two strong oxen or 1024 chickens? — Seymour Cray
