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From: andrewt@watsnew.waterloo.edu (Andrew Thomas)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp
Subject: CLX with KCL.  How do I load TCP?
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Date: 28 Oct 88 02:32:18 GMT
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I am trying (again) to run CLX with KCL.  When I start to load clx, it
tries to load tcpinit.lsp.  The code here consists only of:

(in-package "TCP" :use '("LISP"))
(si:faslink "tcp/tcp.o" "tcp/kcltcp.o tcp/socket.o -lc")

This immediately generates an error of the form:
error: cannot find the external symbol FASLINK in the #<"SYSTEM" package>

So, I tried (apropos 'faslink):
	system::faslink
	faslink
was the response.  Ok, so it must be an internal symbol.  I tried
(si::faslink ...)

error: the function SYSTEM::FASLINK is undefined

so I said (describe 'si::faslink)
	SYSTEM::FASLINK -- internal symbol in SYSTEM package

Well, now what?   I checked the KCL source code to see if there was
any documentation where faslink was defined, and to my surprise, there
was no mention of faslink in ANY of the source.  None.  Not a spot.
Being very inexpert in common lisp, I am now at a complete loss.  Has
anybody out there been through all this and remembers what they went
through to get CLX running?  Should I just give up on this until I can
get the (inferred missing) sources out there?  Am I being really
stupid?

Andrew Thomas