[Openmcl-devel] (require :cocoa) fails with ccl 1.2rc1 in write-protected directory

[Gary Byers]

You mean that you're supposed to read messages before replying to them ?

On Thu, 1 May 2008, Rudi Schlatte wrote:

> Hi Gary,
>
> Hmm, I'm quite sure that's not the explanation, but I nuked
> com.clozure.Clozure\ CL.plist just in case.  From what I can see, the
> call to ensure-directories-exist (frame 0 in the backtrace) is quite
> determined to write into the ccl directory, so (require :cocoa) is
> bound to fail when ccl is installed in a read-only directory.
>
> ~$ ccl64
> Welcome to Clozure Common Lisp Version 1.2-r9226-RC1  (DarwinX8664)!
> ? (require :cocoa)
>> Error: Can't create directory "/usr/local/lib/ccl/temp bundle.app/".
>> While executing: ENSURE-DIRECTORIES-EXIST, in process listener(1).
>> Type :POP to abort, :R for a list of available restarts.
>> Type :? for other options.
> 1 > (:b :count 5)
> (659FF8) : 0 (ENSURE-DIRECTORIES-EXIST #P"ccl:temp bundle.app;Contents;" [...]) 997
> (65A070) : 1 (RECURSIVE-COPY-DIRECTORY #P"ccl:cocoa-ide;ide-contents;" #P"ccl:temp bundle.app;Contents;" [...]) 837
> (65A0E8) : 2 (CREATE-IDE-BUNDLE "ccl:temp bundle.app;" [...]) 453
> (65A178) : 3 (CALL-CHECK-REGS 'CREATE-IDE-BUNDLE [...]) 229
> (65A1B0) : 4 (FUNCALL #'#<(:INTERNAL PROGN-IN-ENV CHEAP-EVAL-IN-ENVIRONMENT)> '(# # #) #<LEXICAL-ENVIRONMENT  #x300040E10A4D> #<LEXICAL-ENVIRONMENT  #x300040E2077D>) 229
> 1 >
>
> (I'm trying to get the cocoa mcclim backend to its former state of
> "only crashes after displaying a window, not before", but I'm a
> unix-head and like to install things under /usr/local ...)
>
> Cheers,
>
> Rudi
>
> Gary Byers <gb at clozure.com> writes:
>> See the small thread starting with:
>>
>> <http://clozure.com/pipermail/openmcl-devel/2008-April/008130.html>
>>
>> (It's picking up a stale "cclDirectory" preference from
>> ~/Library/Preferences/com.clozure.Clozure\ CL.plist", and getting
>> itself all confused.)
>>
>> On Thu, 1 May 2008, Rudi Schlatte wrote:
>>
>>> Greetings,
>>>
>>> I installed ccl under /usr/local/lib/ccl, with the appropriate shell
>>> script in /usr/local/bin.  Unfortunately, ccl sometimes wants to
>>> reside in a directory writable by the current user:
>>>
>>> ~$ ccl64
>>> Welcome to Clozure Common Lisp Version 1.2-r9226-RC1  (DarwinX8664)!
>>> ? (require :cocoa)
>>>> Error: Can't create directory "/usr/local/lib/ccl/temp bundle.app/".
>>>> While executing: ENSURE-DIRECTORIES-EXIST, in process listener(1).
>>>> Type :POP to abort, :R for a list of available restarts.
>>>> Type :? for other options.
>>> 1 >
>>>
>>> I'll work around that for now by installing below my home directory,
>>> adding to $PATH, etc., but I'd sure love to have something like a
>>> ccl-tmp: logical host pointing to /tmp that would be used by
>>> create-ide-bundle.  I'm also satisfied, of course, with the usual
>>> one-line answer that points out how it'll all work if I don't do
>>> $mistake.  :-)
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Rudi
>>>
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