Oh, wow: update-all-dists *does* update all dists. Yes, big hammer. Not sure I get the naming here: (ql:update-dist "quicklisp").
Could that be update-current-dist, taking no params? What values other than "quicklisp" make sense. Meanwhile, I (again belatedly) looked at http://cliki.net/Quicklisp%20tutorial. I imagine (ql:update-client) does more than I realized? Mebbe not. Anyway, back to work... -kt On Wed, Dec 27, 2017 at 10:30 AM, Zach Beane <x...@xach.com> wrote: > I don't recommend using update-all-dists as the default. I prefer to > recommend (ql:update-dist "quicklisp"), which updates all projects in the > quicklsp dist. > > There can be multiple dists installed, and update-all-dists calls > update-dist on all of them. > > See blog.quicklisp.org for news about what is updated each month. > > Zach > > On Wed, Dec 27, 2017 at 10:27 AM, Ken Tilton <kentil...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Thanks, Luis! I noticed update-all-dists too late, not sure how I missed >> it. I bravely attempted (ql:update :cffi) but of course no luck, I guess >> because you are saying: >> >> A >>> dist is, among other things, a list of URLs pointing to project >>> snapshots that are known to work well with each other. >> >> >> But then the name "update-all-dists" seems off (checking my >> understanding). Does it not update-all-*projects* in the one current dist? >> Trying to answer my own question on The Google, I found this gem of a >> thread: >> >> http://blog.quicklisp.org/2011/08/going-back-in-dist-time.html >> >> ...and the extensive :ql-dist package. >> >> I guess I should not have skipped the instruction to contact Xach if I >> had any questions. :) >> >> Thanks again, hk >> >> >> On Wed, Dec 27, 2017 at 5:53 AM, Luís Oliveira <luis...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> On Tue, Dec 26, 2017 at 7:43 PM, Ken Tilton <kentil...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> > But I am curious, I will first try to see why uninstall did not work. >>> >>> When you first install Quicklisp, it will download the latest dist. A >>> dist is, among other things, a list of URLs pointing to project >>> snapshots that are known to work well with each other. (This is one of >>> the key features of Quicklisp!) Uninstalling a project then >>> reinstalling it doesn't achieve much since Quicklisp will again grab >>> the very same project version, as determined by the dist. >>> >>> To update to the latest dist, you can use ql:update-all-dists. They're >>> released monthly. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> -- >>> Luís Oliveira >>> http://kerno.org/~luis/ >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Kenneth Tilton >> http://tiltontec.com/ >> > > -- Kenneth Tilton http://tiltontec.com/