pathname option to DEFSYSTEM doesn't seem to establish a relative pathname

[Robert P. Goldman]

I would expect the following system definition to look for its components in the tests/ subdirectory of the .asd file's directory:

(defsystem test-plan-mods
  :depends-on (plan-mods nst)
  :pathname "tests/"
  :components ((:file "package")
               (:file "tests" :depends-on ("package"))))

However, when I try to load this system, ASDF looks for tests in the parent directory. This happens even though the ASDF system object "knows" about the pathname argument:

CL-USER> (describe (asdf:find-system :test-plan-mods)
                   )
#<ASDF:SYSTEM "test-plan-mods"> is an instance of
    #<STANDARD-CLASS ASDF:SYSTEM>:
 The following slots have :INSTANCE allocation:
  NAME "test-plan-mods"
  VERSION <unbound>
  LOAD-DEPENDENCIES (OBTW.PLAN-MODS-ASD::PLAN-MODS
                             OBTW.PLAN-MODS-ASD::NST)
  IN-ORDER-TO ((ASDF:LOAD-OP
                              (ASDF:LOAD-OP OBTW.PLAN-MODS-ASD::NST
                               OBTW.PLAN-MODS-ASD::PLAN-MODS))
                             (ASDF:COMPILE-OP
                              (ASDF:COMPILE-OP OBTW.PLAN-MODS-ASD::NST
                               OBTW.PLAN-MODS-ASD::PLAN-MODS)))
  DO-FIRST ((ASDF:COMPILE-OP
                              (ASDF:LOAD-OP
                               OBTW.PLAN-MODS-ASD::PLAN-MODS
                               OBTW.PLAN-MODS-ASD::NST)))
  INLINE-METHODS NIL
  PARENT NIL
  RELATIVE-PATHNAME #P"/Users/rpg/obtw/obtw-trunk/code/plan-mods/tests/"
  ABSOLUTE-PATHNAME #P"/Users/rpg/obtw/obtw-trunk/code/plan-mods/tests"
  OPERATION-TIMES #<EQL hash-table with 0 entries @
                              #x10012576e2>
  PROPERTIES NIL
  COMPONENTS (#<ASDF:CL-SOURCE-FILE
                               "test-plan-mods" "package">
                             #<ASDF:CL-SOURCE-FILE
                               "test-plan-mods" "tests">)
  COMPONENTS-BY-NAME #<EQUAL hash-table with 2 entries @
                              #x1003450ca2>
  IF-COMPONENT-DEP-FAILS :FAIL
  DEFAULT-COMPONENT-CLASS NIL
  DESCRIPTION <unbound>
  LONG-DESCRIPTION <unbound>
  AUTHOR <unbound>
  MAINTAINER <unbound>
  LICENCE <unbound>
  SOURCE-FILE #P"/Users/rpg/obtw/obtw-trunk/code/plan-mods/plan-mods.asd"
  DEFSYSTEM-DEPENDS-ON <unbound>
; No value

But the pathname doesn't get passed down to the subdirectory, probably because the value in the absolute pathname slot (unlike the relative-pathname slot) is not terminated with a "/"
CL-USER> (asdf:component-pathname (asdf:find-component (asdf:find-system :test-plan-mods) "tests"))
#P"/Users/rpg/obtw/obtw-trunk/code/plan-mods/tests.lisp"

This has only been tested on ACL 8.2, with ASDF "2.010.5"

Will see if it proves out on other versions.

[Faré (fahree)]

Can't reproduce on 2.012.6 on sbcl-1.0.44.29-linux-amd64

Does what I committed as 2.012.7 help?

[Faré (fahree)]

I believe this was fixed in 2.012.7 and released in 2.013.