(defvar *proxy* (posix-getenv "http_proxy"))
(defvar *cclan-mirror*
- (or (posix-getenv "CCLAN_MIRROR")
- "http://ftp.linux.org.uk/pub/lisp/cclan/"))
+ (let ((mirror (posix-getenv "CCLAN_MIRROR")))
+ (or (and (not (string= mirror "")) mirror)
+ "http://ftp.linux.org.uk/pub/lisp/cclan/")))
(defun directorify (name)
;; input name may or may not have a training #\/, but we know we