NAME

ql-https — HTTPS support for Quicklisp via curl

SYNOPSIS

(asdf:load-system "ql-https")

DESCRIPTION

PREREQUISITES

• Quicklisp
• curl

AUTOMATIC INSTALLATION

The default implementation is sbcl, if you are using another then set the LISP environment variable, for example to use Clozure common lisp:

export LISP=ccl

now run the installer script:

curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rudolfochrist/ql-https/master/install.sh | bash

MANUAL INSTALLATION

1. mkdir ~/quicklisp and cd ~/quicklisp
2. Go to https://beta.quicklisp.org/client/quicklisp.sexp and lookup :client-tar URL, download it, verify hash and untar.
3. Clone ql-https from https://github.com/rudolfochrist/ql-https.git to to ~/common-lisp/ql-https
4. Disconnect internet. (Prevent that anything leaks over HTTP during the installation)
5. Start a fresh REPL and (require 'asdf)
6. Load ~/common-lisp/ql-https/ql-setup.lisp
7. Eval (asdf:load-system "ql-https")
8. Inspect ql-http:*fetch-scheme-functions* and verify everything was registered properly. Both http and https have ql-https:fetcher registered.
9. Connect internet.
10. Eval (quicklisp:setup) - use the USE-HTTPS restart if you hit the network.

Removing the Missing client-info.sexp, using mock info warning.

1. Eval (ql:update-client)
2. move ~/quicklisp/tmp/client-info.sexp to ~/quicklisp

Watch ASCIInema:

STARTUP

(let ((quicklisp-init #p"~/common-lisp/ql-https/ql-setup.lisp"))
  (when (probe-file quicklisp-init)
    (load quicklisp-init)
    (asdf:load-system "ql-https")
    (uiop:symbol-call :quicklisp :setup)))

;; optional
#+ql-https
(setf ql-https:*quietly-use-https* t)

AUTHOR

Sebastian Christ (mailto:[email protected])

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2022 Sebastian Christ ([email protected])

LICENSE

Released under the MIT license.