cannot load file "asdf.lisp" in clisp

[Ryan]

When I try to load the file "asdf.lisp" in order to install the newest version in CLISP I get an error that there is no function <POSIX:uid>.

For me changing line 704 under the conditionalization for CLISP which reads:
#+clisp (defun get-uid () (posix:uid))

To
#+clisp (defun get-uid () (unix:uid))

solved the problem for me. I'm running CLISP version:
"2.44.1 (2008-02-23) (built 3476024635) (memory 3481617962)"
as per the output from the REPL.

[Ryan (lilbill39)]

The new line should read:
#+clisp (defun get-uid () (unix:getuid))

not:
#+clisp (defun get-uid () (unix:uid))

sorry for the typo!

[Faré (fahree)]

Can you upgrade CLISP to 2.48? Does that solve the issue?

[Ryan (lilbill39)]

Yep it works fine in 2.48. Sorry about the version in the Ubuntu repos is 2.44, I didn't realize this when I submitted this.

Best,
Ryan

[Faré (fahree)]

For reference, the CLISP discussion is here:
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=101355&aid=2959335&group_id=1355

A Google search for "windows xp environment variables list" finds the below:
http://vlaurie.com/computers2/Articles/environment.htm
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/ntcmds_shelloverview.mspx

They suggest that for the purposes of asdf, we could use (getenv "USERNAME")

[Faré (fahree)]

Marking as won't fix for now.
But maybe we need to change things significantly in the future.