[cclan-list] ASDF on MSWin

[Daniel H. <dhe...@te...>]

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ASDF support on MSWin is patchy.  While CLisp treats MS shortcut files as 
symlinks, many other lisps do not.  Since shortcuts don't work, some 
people end up adding sysdef-subdir-search to 
*system-definition-search-functions* (see cliki).


In 2007, there was a patch for .lnk files; but it was never committed.
https://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=87ir98pisj.fsf%40cantab.net&forum_name=cclan-list

The patch (against 1.102) is still available at
http://www.lichteblau.com/blubba/shortcut/

It seems to apply cleanly to current ASDF; but my MSWin box isn't 
available for testing at the moment.

Is there any chance of getting this vetted and into mainline ASDF?

Thanks,
Daniel