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This not-so-frequently asked question is primarily for ASDF developers, but those who encounter an unexpected error in some test may be interested, too.
Here’s the procedure for experimenting with tests in a REPL:
;; BEWARE! Some tests expect you to be in the .../asdf/test directory ;; If your REPL is not there yet, change your current directory: ;; under SLIME, you may: ,change-directory ~/common-lisp/asdf/test/ ;; otherwise you may evaluate something like: (require "asdf") (asdf:upgrade-asdf) ;load UIOP & update asdf.lisp (uiop:chdir (asdf:system-relative-pathname :asdf "test/")) (setf *default-pathname-defaults* (uiop:getcwd)) ;; Load the test script support. (load "script-support.lisp") ;; Initialize the script support. ;; This will also change your *package* to asdf-test. ;; NB: this function is also available from package cl-user, ;; and also available with the shorter name da in both packages. (asdf-test::debug-asdf) ;; In case you modified ASDF since you last tested it, ;; you need to update asdf.lisp itself by evaluating 'make' in a shell, ;; or (require "asdf") (asdf:load-system :asdf) in another CL REPL, ;; if not done in this REPL above. ;; *Then*, in this REPL, you need to evaluate: ;(asdf-test::compile-load-asdf) ;; Now, you may experiment with test code from a .script file. ;; See the instructions given at the end of your failing test ;; to identify which form is needed, e.g. (frob-packages) (asdf::with-asdf-cache () (load "test-utilities.script"))