I'm not sure it is allowed to use defsystem in a .lisp file — maybe add :pathname nil so at least it doesn't try to associate the current-lisp-file-pathname's to it? Or else put it in its own .asd file?
—♯ƒ • François-René ÐVB Rideau •Reflection&Cybernethics• http://fare.tunes.org "I wish there was a knob on the TV to turn up the intelligence. There's a knob called `brightness', but it doesn't work." — Gallagher On Sun, Oct 8, 2017 at 12:08 AM, Raymond Toy <toy.raym...@gmail.com> wrote: > That's the entire defsystem. But it's inside the file > https://gitlab.common-lisp.net/cmucl/cmucl/blob/master/tests/pcl.lisp > > The entire error message (sorry for not including it earlier): > > Error while trying to load definition for system pcl-test from pathname > /Volumes/share2/src/clnet/cmucl/snapshot-2017-10/tests/pcl.lisp: Circular > dependency: ((#<ASDF/FIND-SYSTEM:DEFINE-OP> . #<ASDF/SYSTEM:SYSTEM > "pcl-test">) (#<ASDF/LISP-ACTION:LOAD-OP> . #<ASDF/SYSTEM:SYSTEM > "pcl-test">) (#<ASDF/LISP-ACTION:LOAD-OP> . > #<ASDF/LISP-ACTION:CL-SOURCE-FILE "pcl-test" "pkg">) > (#<ASDF/LISP-ACTION:PREPARE-OP> . #<ASDF/LISP-ACTION:CL-SOURCE-FILE > "pcl-test" "pkg">) (#<ASDF/LISP-ACTION:PREPARE-OP> . #<ASDF/SYSTEM:SYSTEM > "pcl-test">)) > Restarts: > 0: [CONTINUE ] Return NIL from load of > #P"/Volumes/share2/src/clnet/cmucl/snapshot-2017-10/tests/pcl.lisp". > 1: [RETRY ] Retry #<DEFINE-OP> on #<SYSTEM > "pcl-test">. > 2: [ACCEPT ] Continue, treating #<DEFINE-OP> on > #<SYSTEM "pcl-test"> as having been successful. > 3: Retry ASDF operation. > 4: [CLEAR-CONFIGURATION-AND-RETRY] Retry ASDF operation after resetting > the configuration. > 5: Retry ASDF operation. > 6: Retry ASDF operation after resetting > the configuration. > 7: Return NIL from load of > #P"/Volumes/share2/src/clnet/cmucl/snapshot-2017-10/tests/pcl.lisp". > 8: [ABORT ] Skip remaining initializations. > > The file gets loaded from tests/run-tests.lisp > > I guess maybe that defsystem should be in its own file that pcl.lisp loads? > I have a vague memory that you helped fix some similar issues with some asdf > defsystems that I had, that were working fine but stopped working after some > upgrade, maybe to 3.2.x. > > > On Sat, Oct 7, 2017 at 8:55 PM, Faré <fah...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Maybe the circularity is at a wider level. What is the complete error >> message? The complete set of .asd files? Are you using >> defsystem-depends-on anywhere? Or manually loading .asd's from other >> .asd's? How can I reproduce? >> >> —♯ƒ • François-René ÐVB Rideau •Reflection&Cybernethics• >> http://fare.tunes.org >> Passive hope is wishful thinking, a poison of the mind. >> Active hope is creative passion, the mover of the universe. >> >> >> On Sat, Oct 7, 2017 at 11:44 PM, Raymond Toy <toy.raym...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > The following defsystem worked in asdf 3.2.1 but no longer works in >> > 3.3.0. >> > The error message doesn't really help in figuring out what's circular. >> > And >> > I just can't see what's circular. >> > >> > The system: >> > >> > (asdf:defsystem :pcl-test >> > :pathname "pcl/" >> > :components >> > ((:file "pkg") >> > #+gerds-pcl >> > (:file "ctor" >> > :depends-on ("pkg")) >> > (:file "defclass" >> > :depends-on ("pkg")) >> > (:file "make-instance" >> > :depends-on ("pkg" #+gerds-pcl "ctor")) >> > (:file "reinitialize-instance" >> > :depends-on ("pkg" "make-instance")) >> > (:file "slot-value" >> > :depends-on ("pkg" "make-instance")) >> > (:file "slot-boundp" >> > :depends-on ("pkg" "make-instance")) >> > (:file "slot-missing" >> > :depends-on ("pkg" "make-instance")) >> > (:file "slot-accessors" >> > :depends-on ("pkg" "make-instance")) >> > (:file "slot-type" >> > :depends-on ("pkg" "slot-value")) >> > (:file "inline-access" >> > :depends-on ("pkg" "slot-type")) >> > (:file "method-combination" >> > :depends-on ("pkg")) >> > (:file "pv" >> > :depends-on ("pkg")) >> > (:file "defgeneric" >> > :depends-on ("pkg")) >> > (:file "defmethod" >> > :depends-on ("pkg")) >> > (:file "find-method" >> > :depends-on ("pkg")) >> > (:file "methods" >> > :depends-on ("pkg")))) >> > >> > -- >> > Ray > > > > > -- > Ray