<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">I am now struggling with learning asdf and asdf-install. (I confess that I am still pretty much stuck at the beginner level with CL, so be kind....)<div><br></div><div>Anyway, on the page <a href="http://trac.clozure.com/ccl/wiki/HintsForAsdfAndOpenmcl">http://trac.clozure.com/ccl/wiki/HintsForAsdfAndOpenmcl</a> it suggests this code for ccl-init.lisp (macports version):</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, 'Bitstream Vera Sans', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><pre class="wiki" style="background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: rgb(247, 247, 247); border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(215, 215, 215); border-right-color: rgb(215, 215, 215); border-bottom-color: rgb(215, 215, 215); border-left-color: rgb(215, 215, 215); margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 1.75em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1.75em; padding-top: 0.25em; padding-right: 0.25em; padding-bottom: 0.25em; padding-left: 0.25em; overflow-x: auto; overflow-y: auto; ">(pushnew "<span class="searchword0" style="background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 153); ">ccl</span>:tools;<span class="searchword1" style="background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: rgb(204, 255, 204); ">asdf-install</span>;site-systems;"
asdf:*central-registry* :test #'string-equal)</pre></span><div>Shouldn't :test be #'equal instead of #'string-equal?</div><div><br></div><div>When I use #'string-equal I get errors test against asdf:*central-registry* because it's a pathname, if I understand correctly. Little bumps in the road like this throw me off more than they should, perhaps.</div><div><br></div><div>I see that asdf and asdf-install are much criticized by lots of lispers on the web. Are there better options?</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div><br></div><div>- Phil -</div></div></body></html>