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- From: raman@cs.cornell.edu (T. V. Raman)
- Subject: Re: Defsystem: Is this is a feature or a bug?
- Message-ID: <1992Aug27.161401.6984@cs.cornell.edu>
- Organization: Cornell Univ. CS Dept, Ithaca NY 14853
- References: <1992Aug23.130346.22483@cs.cornell.edu> <1992Aug26.163927.16225@puma.ATL.GE.COM>
- Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 16:14:01 GMT
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- sjameson@atl.ge.com (Stephen M Jameson) writes:
-
- >[***]
- >>With the above setup if I do:
- >>(load-system 'main)
- >>
- >>I get the following error:
- >>package sub1 is not valid: supply a new package.
- >>
- >[***]
- >>All explanations/tips welcome, maybe there is a good reason why
- >>defsystem does the above.
- >>
- >>--Raman
- >>--
-
- >You do not indicate what Lisp you are using. If you are using a Symbolics, I
- >would guess that the problem is that the file sub1.system (or whatever the
- >system declaration file is) has ";;; -*- ... Package: SUB1" in the header
- >line, and as soon as it tries to read the file, it complains about the lack of
- >this package. As someone else has pointed out (probably barmar), all system
- >and package declaration files should be created and read in the USER package.
- >If you are not using a Lispm, I would need more information.
-
- I am using lucid common lisp 4.1 on a sparc station with the defsystem
- available from cmu in the lisp-utilities directory.
-
- Thanks,
- >Good luck.
-
- >--
- >Steve Jameson General Electric Aerospace
- >sjameson@atl.ge.com Advanced Technology Laboratories
- > Moorestown, New Jersey
- >****************************************************************************
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