bug#56334: Should asdf-build-system/sbcl use load-system instead of compile-system?

[Pierre Neidhardt]

While trying to package

    https://github.com/s-expressionists/Cleavir

I hit a strange issue in which it would fail to compile, while calling
`asdf:load-system' locally worked.

Then I realized that our asdf-build-system/sbcl uses
`asdf:compile-system' instead of `asdf:load-system'.

From the ASDF doc:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
This will make sure all the files in the system are compiled, but not
necessarily load any of them in the current image; on most systems, it
will _not_ load all compiled files in the current image.  This function
exists for symmetry with 'load-system' but is not recommended unless you
are writing build scripts and know what you're doing.
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

So should we really use it?

By the way this _may_ be related to the issue we've got with loading the
tests of some packages, like sbcl-jonathan:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
      ;; Tests fail with: Component JONATHAN-ASD::JONATHAN-TEST not found,
      ;; required by #<SYSTEM "jonathan">. Why?
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

Recipe to reproduce:

- git clone https://github.com/s-expressionists/Cleavir
- cd Cleavir
- guix shell sbcl sbcl-acclimation sbcl-concrete-syntax-tree sbcl-closer-mop -- 
sbcl
- (asdf:initialize-source-registry `(:source-registry (:tree ,(uiop:getcwd)) 
:inherit-configuration))
- (asdf:compile-system :cleavir-abstract-interpreter)

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
debugger invoked on a SB-PCL:CLASS-NOT-FOUND-ERROR in thread
#<THREAD "main thread" RUNNING {100B598173}>:
  There is no class named CLEAVIR-ABSTRACT-INTERPRETER:STRATEGY.

Type HELP for debugger help, or (SB-EXT:EXIT) to exit from SBCL.

restarts (invokable by number or by possibly-abbreviated name):
  0: [TRY-RECOMPILING              ] Recompile control and try loading it again
  1: [RETRY                        ] Retry
                                     loading FASL for #<CL-SOURCE-FILE 
"cleavir-abstract-interpreter" "control">.
  2: [ACCEPT                       ] Continue, treating
                                     loading FASL for #<CL-SOURCE-FILE 
"cleavir-abstract-interpreter" "control">
                                     as having been successful.
  3:                                 Retry ASDF operation.
  4: [CLEAR-CONFIGURATION-AND-RETRY] Retry ASDF operation after resetting the
                                     configuration.
  5:                                 Retry ASDF operation.
  6:                                 Retry ASDF operation after resetting the
                                     configuration.
  7: [ABORT                        ] Exit debugger, returning to top level.
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

And then

- (asdf:load-system :cleavir-abstract-interpreter)

works like a charm!

Thoughts?

Pierre

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