Any idea when / how nibbles will be getting updated ? I too am having this problem - I'd like to investigate MCCLIM . My backtrace, from sbcl-2.1.6, on x86_64 linux, under SLIME 2.26 : CL-USER> (ql:quickload "mcclim") ... [package 3bz]................. failed AVER: (NOT (EQUAL SB-X86-64-ASM::SIZES '(:DWORD :QWORD))) This is probably a bug in SBCL itself. (Alternatively, SBCL might have been corrupted by bad user code, e.g. by an undefined Lisp operation like (FMAKUNBOUND 'COMPILE), or by stray pointers from alien code or from unsafe Lisp code; or there might be a bug in the OS or hardware that SBCL is running on.) If it seems to be a bug in SBCL itself, the maintainers would like to know about it. Bug reports are welcome on the SBCL mailing lists, which you can find at . [Condition of type SB-INT:BUG] Restarts: 0: [RETRY] Retry compiling #. 1: [ACCEPT] Continue, treating compiling # as having been successful. 2: [RETRY] Retry ASDF operation. 3: [CLEAR-CONFIGURATION-AND-RETRY] Retry ASDF operation after resetting the configuration. 4: [RETRY] Retry ASDF operation. 5: [CLEAR-CONFIGURATION-AND-RETRY] Retry ASDF operation after resetting the configuration. --more-- Backtrace: 0: ("MOVZX" # (:DWORD :QWORD) RCX # index=# disp=1>) 1: (SB-ASSEM::%ASSEMBLE # (# . #)) 2: (SB-ASSEM:ASSEMBLE-SECTIONS #S(SB-ASSEM::ASMSTREAM :DATA-SECTION (# . #) :CODE-SECTION (#1=#.. 3: (SB-C::GENERATE-CODE #) 4: (SB-C::%COMPILE-COMPONENT #) 5: (SB-C::COMPILE-COMPONENT #) 6: (SB-C::%COMPILE (SB-INT:NAMED-LAMBDA 3BZ::DECOMPRESS-DEFLATE/VECTOR (3BZ::READ-CONTEXT 3BZ::STATE) (DECLARE (SB-C::TOP-LEVEL-FORM)) (BLOCK 3BZ::DECOMPRESS-DEFLATE/VECTOR (3BZ::WITH-VECTOR-CONTEXT # #).. 7: (SB-C::FOPCOMPILE-FUNCTION # # SB-C::INPUT-ERROR-IN-COMP.. 19: ((FLET "LAMBDA0" :IN "SYS:SRC;COMPILER;MAIN.LISP")) 20: ((FLET SB-C::WITH-IT :IN SB-C::%WITH-COMPILATION-UNIT)) 21: (SB-C::SUB-COMPILE-FILE # NIL) 22: (COMPILE-FILE #P"/usr/share/common-lisp/quicklisp/dists/quicklisp/software/3bz-20201220-git/deflate.lisp" :OUTPUT-FILE #P"/usr/share/common-lisp/sbcl-2.1.6-1.fc34-linux-x64/usr/share/common-lisp/quick.. 23: (UIOP/UTILITY:CALL-WITH-MUFFLED-CONDITIONS # NIL) 24: (UIOP/PATHNAME:CALL-WITH-ENOUGH-PATHNAME #P"/usr/share/common-lisp/quicklisp/dists/quicklisp/software/3bz-20201220-git/deflate.lisp" NIL # #) 27: ((SB-PCL::EMF ASDF/ACTION:PERFORM) # # # #) 28: ((LAMBDA NIL :IN ASDF/ACTION:CALL-WHILE-VISITING-ACTION)) 29: ((:METHOD ASDF/ACTION:PERFORM-WITH-RESTARTS :AROUND (T T)) # #) [fast-method] 30: ((:METHOD ASDF/PLAN:PERFORM-PLAN (T)) #) [fast-method] 31: ((FLET SB-C::WITH-IT :IN SB-C::%WITH-COMPILATION-UNIT)) 32: ((:METHOD ASDF/PLAN:PERFORM-PLAN :AROUND (T)) #) [fast-method] 33: ((:METHOD ASDF/OPERATE:OPERATE (ASDF/OPERATION:OPERATION ASDF/COMPONENT:COMPONENT)) # # :PLAN-CLASS NIL :PLAN-OPTIONS NIL) [fast-method] 34: ((SB-PCL::EMF ASDF/OPERATE:OPERATE) # # # # :VERBOSE NIL) 35: ((LAMBDA NIL :IN ASDF/OPERATE:OPERATE)) 36: ((:METHOD ASDF/OPERATE:OPERATE :AROUND (T T)) # # :VERBOSE NIL) [fast-method] 37: ((SB-PCL::EMF ASDF/OPERATE:OPERATE) # # ASDF/LISP-ACTION:LOAD-OP "mcclim" :VERBOSE NIL) 38: ((LAMBDA NIL :IN ASDF/OPERATE:OPERATE)) 39: ((:METHOD ASDF/OPERATE:OPERATE :AROUND (T T)) ASDF/LISP-ACTION:LOAD-OP "mcclim" :VERBOSE NIL) [fast-method] 40: (ASDF/SESSION:CALL-WITH-ASDF-SESSION # :OVERRIDE T :KEY NIL :OVERRIDE-CACHE T :OVERRIDE-FORCING NIL) 41: ((LAMBDA NIL :IN ASDF/OPERATE:OPERATE)) 42: (ASDF/SESSION:CALL-WITH-ASDF-SESSION # :OVERRIDE NIL :KEY NIL :OVERRIDE-CACHE NIL :OVERRIDE-FORCING NIL) 43: ((:METHOD ASDF/OPERATE:OPERATE :AROUND (T T)) ASDF/LISP-ACTION:LOAD-OP "mcclim" :VERBOSE NIL) [fast-method] 44: (ASDF/OPERATE:LOAD-SYSTEM "mcclim" :VERBOSE NIL) 45: (QUICKLISP-CLIENT::CALL-WITH-MACROEXPAND-PROGRESS #) 46: (QUICKLISP-CLIENT::AUTOLOAD-SYSTEM-AND-DEPENDENCIES "mcclim" :PROMPT NIL) 47: ((:METHOD QL-IMPL-UTIL::%CALL-WITH-QUIET-COMPILATION (T T)) # #) [fast-method] 48: ((:METHOD QL-IMPL-UTIL::%CALL-WITH-QUIET-COMPILATION :AROUND (QL-IMPL:SBCL T)) # #) [fast-m.. 49: ((:METHOD QUICKLISP-CLIENT:QUICKLOAD (T)) "mcclim" :PROMPT NIL :SILENT NIL :VERBOSE NIL) [fast-method] 50: (QL-DIST::CALL-WITH-CONSISTENT-DISTS #) 51: (SB-INT:SIMPLE-EVAL-IN-LEXENV (QUICKLISP-CLIENT:QUICKLOAD "mcclim") #) 52: (EVAL (QUICKLISP-CLIENT:QUICKLOAD "mcclim")) 53: (SWANK::EVAL-REGION "(ql:quickload \"mcclim\") ..) 54: ((LAMBDA NIL :IN SWANK-REPL::REPL-EVAL)) 55: (SWANK-REPL::TRACK-PACKAGE #) 56: (SWANK::CALL-WITH-RETRY-RESTART "Retry SLIME REPL evaluation request." #) 57: (SWANK::CALL-WITH-BUFFER-SYNTAX NIL #) 58: (SWANK-REPL::REPL-EVAL "(ql:quickload \"mcclim\") ..) 59: (SB-INT:SIMPLE-EVAL-IN-LEXENV (SWANK-REPL:LISTENER-EVAL "(ql:quickload \"mcclim\") ..) 60: (EVAL (SWANK-REPL:LISTENER-EVAL "(ql:quickload \"mcclim\") ..) 61: (SWANK:EVAL-FOR-EMACS (SWANK-REPL:LISTENER-EVAL "(ql:quickload \"mcclim\") ..) 62: (SWANK::PROCESS-REQUESTS NIL) 63: ((LAMBDA NIL :IN SWANK::HANDLE-REQUESTS)) 64: ((LAMBDA NIL :IN SWANK::HANDLE-REQUESTS)) 65: (SWANK/SBCL::CALL-WITH-BREAK-HOOK # #) 66: ((FLET SWANK/BACKEND:CALL-WITH-DEBUGGER-HOOK :IN "/usr/share/common-lisp/quicklisp/dists/quicklisp/software/slime-v2.26.1/swank/sbcl.lisp") # #)) #) 68: (SWANK::HANDLE-REQUESTS # NIL) 69: ((FLET SB-UNIX::BODY :IN SB-THREAD::RUN)) 70: ((FLET "WITHOUT-INTERRUPTS-BODY-11" :IN SB-THREAD::RUN)) 71: ((FLET SB-UNIX::BODY :IN SB-THREAD::RUN)) 72: ((FLET "WITHOUT-INTERRUPTS-BODY-4" :IN SB-THREAD::RUN)) 73: (SB-THREAD::RUN) 74: ("foreign function: call_into_lisp") 75: ("foreign function: funcall1")