Package should depend on sbcl

[Michael Sheldon]

Stumpwm requires sbcl to run; the current package doesn't depend on this so when attempting to run it the error: "/usr/bin/stumpwm: 42: sbcl: not found" is displayed.

[Chet Gray (chetgray)]

StumpWM doesn't technically need sbcl. It needs an implementation of Common Lisp, and CLX (the Common Lisp X interface, basically Xlib for Common Lisp).

The stumpwm package Depends on common-lisp-controller, which helps with making sure there's a CL compiler, and cl-clx-sbcl | cmucl-source | clisp, which are the packages that contain CLX for three different CL implementations, sbcl, cmucl, and clisp, respectively.

However, common-lisp-controller just Suggests sbcl, and cl-clx-sbcl just Recommends sbcl, which is why your situation is happening.

Perhaps stumpwm should Depend on lisp-compiler, a virtual package Provided by sbcl, cmucl, and clisp.

[Chet Gray (chetgray)]

-------- /usr/bin/stumpwm contains: --------
load_lisp() {
    case "$1" in
        cmucl)
            lisp -eval "$EVAL_LOAD $EVAL_RUN"
            ;;
        sbcl)
            sbcl --eval "$EVAL_LOAD" --eval "$EVAL_RUN"
            ;;
        clisp)
            clisp -x "$EVAL_LOAD $EVAL_RUN"
            ;;
        *)
            echo "Unkown Common Lisp implementation."
            exit 1
            ;;
    esac
}
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As StumpWM only works with cmucl, sbcl, and clisp, it really shouldn't Depend on simply any package that Provides lisp-compiler, but on sbcl | cmucl | clisp. I'm confirming this.

[Chet Gray (chetgray)]

stumpwm should Depend on sbcl | cmucl | clisp