;;; -*- Mode:Lisp; Readtable:ZL; Package:USER; Base:8; Patch-File:T -*- ;;; Patch file for System version 123.247 ;;; Reason: ;;; ZWEI:READ-SYSTEM-NAME was returning a system instance instead of a string ;;; when user takes the default ( returning a null string). ;;; This causes lossage with corruption in *zmacs-tag-table-alist* ;;; such that later, selecting the corresponding tag table -- e.g. ;;; 'sel tag tab' -- aborts with STRING-LENGTH error. ;;; Written 28-Apr-88 18:42:00 by keith at site Gigamos Cambridge ;;; while running on Azathoth from band 3 ;;; with Experimental System 123.246, Experimental Local-File 73.4, Experimental FILE-Server 22.2, Experimental Unix-Interface 11.0, Experimental KERMIT 34.3, Experimental ZMail 71.0, Experimental Lambda-Diag 15.0, Experimental Tape 22.2, Experimental Serial-IP 1.0, Experimental Tiger 27.1, microcode 1756, SDU Boot Tape 3.14, SDU ROM 8, the old ones. ; From modified file DJ: L.ZWEI; SECTIO.LISP#288 at 28-Apr-88 18:42:01 #8R ZWEI#: (COMPILER-LET ((*PACKAGE* (PKG-FIND-PACKAGE "ZWEI"))) (COMPILER::PATCH-SOURCE-FILE "SYS: ZWEI; SECTIO  " (DEFUN READ-SYSTEM-NAME (PROMPT &OPTIONAL (DEFAULT (SYSTEM-OF-PATHNAME (BUFFER-GENERIC-PATHNAME *INTERVAL*) T))) "Read a system name in the mini buffer, defaulting to DEFAULT. Prompts with PROMPT (which should end with a colon and not mention the default). DEFAULT defaults to a guess based on the current buffer." (LET ((SYSTEM-NAME (COMPLETING-READ-FROM-MINI-BUFFER (IF DEFAULT (FORMAT NIL "~A (Default ~A)" PROMPT (SI:SYSTEM-NAME DEFAULT)) PROMPT) (SI:ALL-SYSTEMS-NAME-ALIST) T))) (COND ((CONSP SYSTEM-NAME) (SETQ SYSTEM-NAME (CAR SYSTEM-NAME))) ((STRING-EQUAL SYSTEM-NAME "") (OR (SETQ SYSTEM-NAME (si:system-name DEFAULT)) (BARF))) ((STRINGP SYSTEM-NAME) (CONDITION-CASE (SYSTEM) (SI:FIND-SYSTEM-NAMED SYSTEM-NAME NIL NIL) (ERROR (BARF "~A" SYSTEM)) (:NO-ERROR (SETQ SYSTEM-NAME (SI:SYSTEM-NAME SYSTEM)))))) SYSTEM-NAME)) ))