Jason Miller wrote: >> On 09:48 Mon 29 Aug , Kevin Layer wrote: >> > I've avoided getting into this discussion, but I feel I need to ask: >> > why use *load-truename* instead of *load-pathname*? >> > >> > *load-truename* goes through symbolic links (even though the ANS says >> > nothing about it, this is the behavior of implementations I know of) >> > and that is almost always the wrong thing. GNU make doesn't do it, I >> > don't see why ASDF should do it. A build system should never itself >> > follow symlinks, because it defeats systems that have been in place >> > for 30+ years: linked directories of binary files linking to a single >> > source directory. >> Somewhat off-topic, but I'll bite: >> >> This is because *load-pathname* is likely to be a relative >> pathname, ..
This is certainly not true in Allegro. In lisps where it is true, it's easily fixable with (merge-pathnames *load-pathname*).
