This is a simple workaround for the CLISP out-of-source
build problem.
By using "abs_srcdir" instead of "srcdir".
BTW, the "PARSE-NAMESTRING: Illegal :DIRECTORY argument"
error could be mitigated by "ignore-errors".
- Qian
diff --git a/src/etc/Makefile.in b/src/etc/Makefile.in
index b5dc8295..0f87a447 100644
--- a/src/etc/Makefile.in
+++ b/src/etc/Makefile.in
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
$(fricas_target_libdir)/command.list: $(srcdir)/gen-cpl.lisp \
stamp-databases
- echo ")read $(srcdir)/gen-cpl.lisp" > gen-cpl.in
+ echo ")read $(abs_srcdir)/gen-cpl.lisp" > gen-cpl.in
echo ')lisp (do_command_list "'$@'")' >> gen-cpl.in
(DD=$(fricas_targetdir); \
if test -d ${PREGENERATED}/target/algebra ; then \
On 10/23/24 6:36 PM, Qian Yun wrote:
> Actually it does not happen at "make", it happen at "make install",
> when doing out-of-source build on Linux or macOS.
>
> It complains about missing of "target/x86_64-linux-gnu/lib/command.list".
>
> When doing "make" in src/etc, there's this error:
>
> (1) ->
> >> System error:
>
> PARSE-NAMESTRING: Illegal :DIRECTORY argument (:ABSOLUTE :UP
> "fricas-1.3.11" "src" "etc")
>
>
> This error happens because fricas tries to do this:
> ")read ../../../fricas-1.3.11/src/etc/gen-cpl.lisp".
>
> But ")read" implemented in fricas will try to search this file
> in home directory: see in function "|get_directory_list|".
>
> So "/home/username/../../../fricas-1.3.11/src/etc/gen-cpl.lisp"
> is passed to CLISP and causes error.
>
> The problem with CLISP is that, it does not support path like
> "/../" (parent of root directory):
>
> [1]> (truename "/../")
>
> *** - PARSE-NAMESTRING: Illegal :DIRECTORY argument (:ABSOLUTE :UP)
>
>
> Clearly this is a deficiency in CLISP, and hard to workaround it.
>
> BUT, it is also very questionable for fricas that, when ")read"
> files, it will try to search at home directory (and other fricas
> install directory). There is chance of file name collision.
>
> So I'd like to change fricas semantics of ")read".
>
> - Qian
>
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