default-source-registry depends on *DEFAULT-PATHNAME-DEFAULTS*
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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ASDF |
Fix Released
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Low
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Robert P. Goldman |
Bug Description
The function default-
A better approach would be to only provide a default :directory entry using feature expressions, like the entry for SBCL. Alternatively, maybe the user-homedir would be the appropriate default. Regardless, defaulting to the TRUENAME of *DEFAULT-
~ Tom
Changed in asdf: | |
status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
*default- pathname- defaults* is the legacy behavior, from way back when Dan Barlow wrote ASDF. I don't feel strongly about this issue, but certainly, nothing should be changed before taking up the discussion on the asdf-devel mailing-list. If/when such discussion happens, I will apply any patch that reaches consensus. But I'm not willing to hack this thing myself, unless the behavior results in an error rather than just a useless result.