diff --git a/asdf.texinfo b/asdf.texinfo index ecf7fe987a1f2bdf159e8040f3f0000e64aa5d51..855434f0b0a5e04e1b21c2902c1bd50fa6a0cf3e 100644 --- a/asdf.texinfo +++ b/asdf.texinfo @@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ and how to extend ASDF. @comment node-name, next, previous, up @chapter Using ASDF @vindex *central-registry* +@cindex link farm @findex load-system @findex compile-system @findex test-system @@ -221,6 +222,11 @@ $ cd /home/me/cl/systems/ $ ln -s ~/src/foo/foo.asd . @end example +Previous versions of the ASDF manual suggested that users create a +directory in their @code{*central-registry*} that would act as a ``link +farm.'' However, this method may cause problems if you work on multiple +lisp projects that contain different mixes of ASDF libraries. + The variable @code{asdf:*central-registry*} is a list of ``system directory designators''@footnote{When we say ``directory'' here, we mean ``designator for a pathname with a supplied DIRECTORY