CL packages installed with apt and using common-lisp-controller not working in clisp

[Mike]

CL packages installed through apt and using common-lisp-controller are not available in clisp.

STR:
1. Install clisp through apt-get
2. install a cl package such as cl-ppcre through apt-get.
3. start a repl
4. type the following for cl-ppcre. (require :cl-ppcre)

I've also tried some variations on the above including (load ...) (require 'cl-ppcre) etc. Because common-lisp-controller uses asdf it should be loadable using (require :cl-ppcre). I've tried manually loading asdf but I am unable to get asdf-install to load do to a missing component. The version of clisp is 2.38.

[jlouis (jesper-louis-andersen)]

Confirmed on edgy:

succubus% clisp
[1]> (require :cl-ppcre)

*** - LOAD: A file with name CL-PPCRE does not exist
The following restarts are available:
ABORT :R1 ABORT
Break 1 [2]>

Works like a charm in sbcl though.

[jlouis (jesper-louis-andersen)]

I was too fast. I this actually a bug?

The man-page common-lisp-controller(3) mentions that packages installed with it should be loaded by the use of CLC:CLC-REQUIRE. Well, this works in clisp:

[1]> (clc:clc-require :cl-ppcre)
;; Loading file /usr/share/common-lisp/systems/cl-ppcre.asd ...
;; Loaded file /usr/share/common-lisp/systems/cl-ppcre.asd
...
;; Loaded file /var/cache/common-lisp-controller/1000/clisp/cl-ppcre/api.fas
0 errors, 0 warnings
T
[2]> (cl-ppcre::parse-string "^CLC works!$")
(:SEQUENCE :START-ANCHOR "CLC works!" :END-ANCHOR)

And I have access. I will guess that an ASDF op or ASDF-INSTALL works as well.

[Daniel T Chen (crimsun)]

As per the man page, the behaviour is intentional.