I'm having a weird issue with asdf-install.
* (require :asdf-install)
("ASDF-INSTALL")
* (asdf-install:install :split-sequence)
...
Installing /Users/zcai/.sbcl/SPLIT-SEQUENCE.asdf-install-tmp in /Users/zcai/.sbcl/site/,/Users/zcai/.sbcl/systems/
split-sequence/README.cCLan-install
split-sequence/split-sequence.asd
split-sequence/split-sequence.lisp
debugger invoked on a ASDF:MISSING-COMPONENT:
Component "split-sequence" not found
Type HELP for debugger help, or (SB-EXT:QUIT) to exit from SBCL.
restarts (invokable by number or by possibly-abbreviated name):
0: [RETRY] Retry installation
1: [ABORT] Exit debugger, returning to top level.
((LAMBDA ()))
0]
The problem is that whatever package I'm trying to install, asdf-install will complain component with that package name is missing.
I'm not sure if this is a configuration problem or something else. I'm running 1.0.49 sbcl on OS X 10.6.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thank you.
UPDATE
I tried on a Ubuntu machine running sbcl 1.0.40. It does not have the same issue, maybe it's a bug of asdf that comes with sbcl 1.0.49?
UPDATE 2
I did a
(asdf-install:install :asdf-install)
Then it was able to install many packages without the earlier problem. But when I try to install :cffi, a dependency called "rf" case the same problem. Then I had to restart slime, and the installation will finish without a problem. Looks like it is something wrong with asdf-install then.
1- do NOT use ASDF-INSTALL. ASDF-INSTALL is obsolete and unmaintained.
2- Use Quicklisp.