Failing to asdf-install cl-yacc in Windows

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yena
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Failing to asdf-install cl-yacc in Windows

Post by yena » Sat Jun 28, 2008 5:01 pm

I have an application using cl-yacc that works fine on Linux, but when I try to install cl-yacc in Windows (sbcl) I get errors. I use:

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  (require 'asdf)
  (require 'asdf-install)
  (asdf-install:install 'cl-yacc)
First I got an error that tar failed. I installed GNU tar, and added it to PATH. Now the system managed to download and unpack the package, but I get an error from asdf-install (non-empty buffer when EOF reached while reading from child...) and nothing appears in the site folder. How can I get this to work, preferably without having to install cygwin?

wm.annis
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Re: Failing to asdf-install cl-yacc in Windows

Post by wm.annis » Sat Jun 28, 2008 5:52 pm

The web site where cl-yacc lives has been missing for at least two days.
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yena
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Re: Failing to asdf-install cl-yacc in Windows

Post by yena » Sat Jun 28, 2008 6:56 pm

wm.annis wrote:The web site where cl-yacc lives has been missing for at least two days.
It worked last Thursday when I tried it, so the problem is not the download, but something goes wrong during the compilation/installation. Just wondered if this is a known issue, and if I'm doing anything obviously wrong. I'm trying to avoid Windows, but sometimes the customers are unwilling to see reason ;)

Flatlander
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Re: Failing to asdf-install cl-yacc in Windows

Post by Flatlander » Sat Jun 28, 2008 11:41 pm

You could always install the library manually. Or if it has lots of dependancies copy the whole systems directory from Linux (just be sure to remove the .fasls first)

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Re: Failing to asdf-install cl-yacc in Windows

Post by mmmk » Sun Jun 29, 2008 9:25 am

wm.annis wrote:The web site where cl-yacc lives has been missing for at least two days.
IMO, this is one of the big flaws in the ASDF-Install way of doing things (ie. dependency on the author's hosting choices).

gwking
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Re: Failing to asdf-install cl-yacc in Windows

Post by gwking » Mon Jun 30, 2008 8:11 am

Hi,

It looks like a (the) problem is that the cl-yacc system has its definition in the file yacc.asd. ASDF (and ASDF-Install) both assume (and, in fact, demand) that the system file have the same name as the system. I don't know if cl-yacc is maintained; if not, I'll put up a mirror with the correct system name. I've got to run right now but I'll try to track this down later today.

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