On 6/7/06, I wrote: > > [2] For example, I think it's not so much the GNU tar and gz file formats > that are problematic, but rather that AFAIK there are no portable > Lisp implementations of those, hence asdf-install on Windows requires > cygwin or similar compatibilty layer. One can debate the technical > merits of various archive formats all day long, but the fact is that > tar.gz is an established precedent as far as asdf-install is concerned.
I have subsequently become less ignorant about what's available: http://common-lisp.net/project/zlib/ http://www.cs.rice.edu/~froydnj/lisp/tar.lisp I haven't investigated how complete either of those are; comments in the tar.lisp file indicates that it only works on SBCL at this point. -- Jack Unrue _______________________________________________ Gardeners mailing list [email protected] http://www.lispniks.com/mailman/listinfo/gardeners
