What ASDF version are you using? If you are not using the latest one, can
you try with that?

In any case, this looks like an ASDF bug.

On Tue, May 31, 2016, 20:15 Alexey Veretennikov <
<email address hidden>> wrote:

> Public bug reported:
>
> Unable to build cffi-toolchain on LW7 OSX
> (ql:system-apropos "cffi-toolchain")
> #<QL-DIST:SYSTEM cffi-toolchain / cffi_0.17.1 / quicklisp 2016-05-31>
>
> Running (ql:quickload "cffi-toolchain" :verbose t) gives the following
> output:
> > (ql:quickload "cffi-toolchain" :verbose t)
> To load "cffi-toolchain":
>   Load 1 ASDF system:
>     cffi-toolchain
> ; Loading "cffi-toolchain"
> ;;; Compiling file
> /Users/alexeyv/.quicklisp/dists/quicklisp/software/cffi_0.17.1/toolchain/asdf-compat.lisp
> ...
> ;;; Safety = 3, Speed = 1, Space = 1, Float = 1, Interruptible = 1
> ;;; Compilation speed = 1, Debug = 2, Fixnum safety = 3
> ;;; Source level debugging is on
> ;;; Source file recording is  on
> ;;; Cross referencing is on
> ; (LISPWORKS:TOP-LEVEL-FORM 0)
> ; (LISPWORKS:TOP-LEVEL-FORM 1)
>
> **++++ Error in ASDF/BUNDLE:BUNDLE-PATHNAME-TYPE:
>   Illegal car #1=(OS-UNIX-P) in compound form (#1# "o").
> ; (DEFCLASS ASDF/BUNDLE::GATHER-OP)
> ; (DEFCLASS ASDF/BUNDLE:BASIC-COMPILE-BUNDLE-OP)
> ; (DEFCLASS ASDF/BUNDLE:LIB-OP)
> ; (DEFCLASS ASDF/BUNDLE:COMPILE-BUNDLE-OP)
> ; (DEFCLASS ASDF/BUNDLE:LOAD-BUNDLE-OP)
> ; (DEFCLASS ASDF/BUNDLE:DLL-OP)
> ; (DEFCLASS ASDF/BUNDLE:DELIVER-ASD-OP)
> ; (DEFCLASS ASDF/BUNDLE:MONOLITHIC-COMPILE-BUNDLE-OP)
> ; (DEFCLASS ASDF/BUNDLE:MONOLITHIC-LIB-OP)
> ; (DEFCLASS ASDF/BUNDLE:MONOLITHIC-DLL-OP)
> ; (DEFCLASS ASDF/BUNDLE:IMAGE-OP)
> ; ASDF/BUNDLE::PATHNAME-TYPE-EQUAL-FUNCTION
> ; (METHOD ASDF/ACTION:INPUT-FILES (ASDF/BUNDLE::GATHER-OP
> ASDF/SYSTEM:SYSTEM))
> ; ASDF/BUNDLE::BUNDLE-OUTPUT-FILES
> ; ASDF/BUNDLE::UIOP-LIBRARY-PATHNAME
> ; ASDF/BUNDLE::ASDF-LIBRARY-PATHNAME
> ; ASDF/BUNDLE::COMPILER-LIBRARY-PATHNAME
> ; (METHOD ASDF/ACTION:COMPONENT-DEPENDS-ON :AROUND (ASDF/BUNDLE:IMAGE-OP
> ASDF/SYSTEM:SYSTEM))
> ; (LISPWORKS:TOP-LEVEL-FORM 21)
> ; ASDF/LISP-ACTION:PERFORM-LISP-COMPILATION
> ;; Processing Cross Reference Information
> ; *** 1 error detected, no fasl file produced.
>
> Error: COMPILE-FILE-ERROR while compiling
>    #<ASDF/LISP-ACTION:CL-SOURCE-FILE "cffi-toolchain" "toolchain"
> "asdf-compat">
>   1 (continue) Retry compiling
>    #<ASDF/LISP-ACTION:CL-SOURCE-FILE "cffi-toolchain" "toolchain"
> "asdf-compat">.
>   2 Continue, treating compiling
>    #<ASDF/LISP-ACTION:CL-SOURCE-FILE "cffi-toolchain" "toolchain"
> "asdf-compat">
>     as having been successful.
>   3 Retry ASDF operation.
>   4 Retry ASDF operation after resetting the configuration.
>   5 (abort) Give up on "cffi-toolchain"
>   6 Return to level 0.
>   7 Return to top loop level 0.
>
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>
> ** Affects: cffi
>      Importance: Undecided
>          Status: New
>
>
> ** Tags: lispworks
>
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