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[PATCH] asdf-build-system improvements.

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From: Andy Patterson <ajpatter <at> uwaterloo.ca>
To: 26346 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: Andy Patterson <ajpatter <at> uwaterloo.ca>
Subject: [PATCH 02/17] gnu: cl-slynk: Explain some naming choices.
Date: Mon,  3 Apr 2017 09:01:19 -0400

* gnu/packages/lisp.scm (sbcl-slynk-boot0): Add comments explaining its
purpose and the reason its package-name must differ from its name.
---
 gnu/packages/lisp.scm | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/gnu/packages/lisp.scm b/gnu/packages/lisp.scm
index 260b7c9c9..e27cc7b11 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/lisp.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/lisp.scm
@@ -902,11 +902,15 @@ productive, customizable lisp based systems.")
       (outputs '("out"))
       (arguments '()))))
 
+;; The slynk that users expect to install includes all of slynk's contrib
+;; modules.  Therefore, we build the base module and all contribs first; then
+;; we expose the union of these as `sbcl-slynk'.  The following variable
+;; describes the base module.
 (define sbcl-slynk-boot0
   (let ((revision "1")
         (commit "5706cd45d484a4f25795abe8e643509d31968aa2"))
     (package
-      (name "sbcl-slynk")
+      (name "sbcl-slynk") ; name must refer to the system name for now
       (version (string-append "1.0.0-beta-" revision "." (string-take commit 7)))
       (source
        (origin
-- 
2.11.1

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