diff --git a/asdf.asd b/asdf.asd
index 00a197c7e9e8cb0ba9a4e40c378ef1a405dbeece..44a1f259cad901cbe971a883554eaa47801a4b88 100644
--- a/asdf.asd
+++ b/asdf.asd
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
   :licence "MIT"
   :description "Another System Definition Facility"
   :long-description "ASDF builds Common Lisp software organized into defined systems."
-  :version "2.26.89" ;; to be automatically updated by bin/bump-revision
+  :version "2.26.90" ;; to be automatically updated by bin/bump-revision
   :depends-on ()
   :components ((:module "build" :components ((:file "asdf"))))
   :in-order-to (#+asdf2.27 (compile-op (monolithic-load-concatenated-source-op generate-asdf))))
diff --git a/header.lisp b/header.lisp
index 9a1cd8da9af1f5a272fe1dfff5b4bd547b2dfb4c..9e2b37055579c51f64f7174f0ad502676b3a966f 100644
--- a/header.lisp
+++ b/header.lisp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ;; -*- mode: Common-Lisp; Base: 10 ; Syntax: ANSI-Common-Lisp ; coding: utf-8 -*-
-;;; This is ASDF 2.26.89: Another System Definition Facility.
+;;; This is ASDF 2.26.90: Another System Definition Facility.
 ;;;
 ;;; Feedback, bug reports, and patches are all welcome:
 ;;; please mail to <asdf-devel@common-lisp.net>.
diff --git a/lisp-build.lisp b/lisp-build.lisp
index 6d4c3463ad926c5e7bb977ce23ff4b292c5b47ea..2c4b3fe759738c6a83f01d7eb38bb520ae4f2b9b 100644
--- a/lisp-build.lisp
+++ b/lisp-build.lisp
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
 
 (asdf/package:define-package :asdf/lisp-build
   (:recycle :asdf/interface :asdf :asdf/lisp-build)
-  (:use :common-lisp :asdf/compatibility :asdf/utility :asdf/pathname :asdf/stream :asdf/os :asdf/image)
+  (:use :common-lisp :asdf/package :asdf/compatibility :asdf/utility
+        :asdf/pathname :asdf/stream :asdf/os :asdf/image)
   (:export
    ;; Variables
    #:*compile-file-warnings-behaviour* #:*compile-file-failure-behaviour*
diff --git a/pathname.lisp b/pathname.lisp
index 98535a0479ae560b3bee01d0decb5246b72e5c2c..726d1dc5d0e5e093fe8f220019165d37de433144 100644
--- a/pathname.lisp
+++ b/pathname.lisp
@@ -119,6 +119,9 @@ Defaults to T.")
 (defun* make-pathname* (&rest keys &key (directory nil directoryp)
                               host (device () devicep) name type version defaults
                               #+scl &allow-other-keys)
+  "Takes arguments like CL:MAKE-PATHNAME in the CLHS, and
+   tries hard to make a pathname that will actually behave as documented,
+   despite the peculiarities of each implementation"
   (declare (ignorable host device devicep name type version defaults))
   (apply 'make-pathname
          (append
@@ -688,7 +691,7 @@ Host, device and version components are taken from DEFAULTS."
 (defun* native-namestring (x)
   "From a CL pathname, a namestring suitable for use by the OS shell"
   (let ((p (pathname x)))
-    #+clozure (let ((*default-pathname-defaults* #p"")) (ccl:native-translated-namestring p)) ; see ccl bug 978
+    #+clozure (with-pathname-defaults () (ccl:native-translated-namestring p)) ; see ccl bug 978
     #+(or cmu scl) (ext:unix-namestring p nil)
     #+sbcl (sb-ext:native-namestring p)
     #-(or clozure cmu sbcl scl) (namestring p)))
diff --git a/upgrade.lisp b/upgrade.lisp
index 1d3a8daa367fb846b3c46b8b6f91bde0bbf6f01a..a61d4a444e1a93ca3dc982a5e99bb132039cc9e2 100644
--- a/upgrade.lisp
+++ b/upgrade.lisp
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
          ;; "2.345.6" would be a development version in the official upstream
          ;; "2.345.0.7" would be your seventh local modification of official release 2.345
          ;; "2.345.6.7" would be your seventh local modification of development version 2.345.6
-         (asdf-version "2.26.89")
+         (asdf-version "2.26.90")
          (existing-asdf (find-class (find-symbol* :component :asdf nil) nil))
          (existing-version *asdf-version*)
          (already-there (equal asdf-version existing-version)))
diff --git a/version.lisp-expr b/version.lisp-expr
index f50f7677574960b4fb977ad13671a4ea3510b3f0..b9a516079154e59e3dc2fdb73b30068890a38139 100644
--- a/version.lisp-expr
+++ b/version.lisp-expr
@@ -1 +1 @@
-"2.26.89"
+"2.26.90"