Attempt at ABCL build.lisp to call ABCL-JAR:PACKAGE from Ant

build.lisp

(eval-when (:execute)
  (format t "EVAL-WHEN: :execute~%"))

;; Copied from my .abclrc
(let ((quicklisp-init (merge-pathnames "quicklisp/setup.lisp" (user-homedir-pathname))))
  (when (probe-file quicklisp-init)
    (format t "Loading ~A~%" quicklisp-init)
    (load quicklisp-init)))

(format t "Requiring~%")
(require 'asdf)
(require 'abcl-contrib)
(require 'asdf-jar)

(in-package :cl-user)

(defparameter *self* nil)
(defparameter *project* nil)

(defun get-property (name)
  (let ((value (jcall "getProperty" *project* name)))
    (format t "get-property: ~A = '~A'.~%" name value)
    value))

(eval-when (:execute)
  (setq *self*    self
	*project* (jcall "getProject" self))

  (format t "ASDF package = ~A, ASDF-JAR package = ~A, QUICKLISP package = ~A~%"
	  (find-package "ASDF") (find-package "ASDF-JAR") (find-package "QUICKLISP"))
  
  (format t "ASDF:LOAD-SYSTEM~%")
  ;;(ql:quickload "gabacle")
  (asdf:load-system "gabacle" :verbose t)
  (format t "ASDF-JAR:PACKAGE~%")
  #+nil (asdf-jar:package "gabacle"
		    :out (get-property "dist.dir")
		    :verbose t))

;; Output:
;; john@yuyi:~/src/synchromesh/gabacle$ ant make.lisp.jar
;; Buildfile: /Volumes/SoftRAID/Users/john/src/synchromesh/gabacle/build.xml

;; init.dist:

;; make.lisp.jar:
;;    [script] EVAL-WHEN: :execute
;;    [script] Loading /Volumes/SoftRAID/Users/john/quicklisp/setup.lisp
;;    [script] Requiring
;;    [script] Failed to require  ABCL-CONTRIB because 'Java exception 'java.lang.NoSuchMethodException: No applicable method named getURLs found in java.lang.ClassLoader or org.apache.tools.ant.loader.AntClassLoader5'.'

;; BUILD FAILED
;; /Volumes/SoftRAID/Users/john/src/synchromesh/gabacle/build.xml:110: org.armedbear.lisp.Interpreter$UnhandledCondition: Unhandled lisp condition: Don't know how to REQUIRE ABCL-CONTRIB.
;; 	at org.armedbear.lisp.Interpreter$1.execute(Interpreter.java:569)
;; 	at org.armedbear.lisp.LispThread.execute(LispThread.java:832)
;; etc.

My build.xml contains (amongst other things):

  <property name="abcl.home"
            location="/opt/local/share/java/abcl"/>

  <path id="abcl.jars">
      <fileset dir="${abcl.home}">
          <include name="abcl.jar"/>
          <include name="abcl-contrib.jar"/>
      </fileset>
  </path>

   <target name="make.lisp.jar"
          depends="init.dist">
      <script language="ABCL"
              classpathref="abcl.jars" 
              src="${lisp.src.dir}/build.lisp"/>
  </target>

Mark Evenson said that there's an issue with the Ant classloader that is stopping REQUIRE 'ABCL-CONTRIB from working. The workaround is to use the <java fork="true"/> Ant task instead of the <script/> task.

He also suggested dropping JSS etc. as an ASDF dependency in my DEFSYSTEM form and just using REQUIRE 'JSS where necessary. And this fixed the "nested JAR" problem I ran into next! Thanks Mark!