bug#7623: 24.0.50; failed to compile bytecode with latest emacs-snapshot

bug#7623: 24.0.50; failed to compile bytecode with latest emacs-snapshot

[Stefano Zacchiroli]

After having installed the latest emacs-snapshot (Debian) package,
version 1:20101212-1, bytecode compilation has failed during postinst.

The log generated in /tmp/ reads:

  emacs-install emacs-snapshot
  install/a2ps: Handling install for emacsen flavor emacs-snapshot
  Wrote /usr/share/emacs-snapshot/site-lisp/a2ps/a2ps-print.elc
  Wrote /usr/share/emacs-snapshot/site-lisp/a2ps/a2ps.elc
  install/auctex: Setting up for emacs-snapshot (log file: /usr/share/emacs-snapshot/site-lisp/auctex//CompilationLog)... done.
  update-auctex-elisp[14751]: Further output will appear in: /var/log/auctex-emacs-snapshot.log.
  install/debian-el: Handling emacs-snapshot, logged in /tmp/elc_DtCUlU.log
  install/debian-el: Deleting /tmp/elc_DtCUlU.log
  install/dictionaries-common: Skipping byte-compilation for emacs-snapshot
  install/emacs-goodies-el: Handling emacs-snapshot, logged in /tmp/elc_Gm6DfT.log
  Building autoloads for emacs-snapshot in /usr/share/emacs-snapshot/site-lisp/emacs-goodies-el
  emacs-install: /usr/lib/emacsen-common/packages/install/emacs-goodies-el emacs-snapshot failed at /usr/lib/emacsen-common/emacs-install line 28, <TSORT> line 16.

In GNU Emacs 24.0.50.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.20.1)
 of 2010-12-12 on elegiac, modified by Debian
 (emacs-snapshot package, version 1:20101212-1)
Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.10707000
configured using `configure  '--build' 'x86_64-linux-gnu' '--host' 'x86_64-linux-gnu' '--prefix=/usr' '--sharedstatedir=/var/lib' '--libexecdir=/usr/lib' '--localstatedir=/var' '--infodir=/usr/share/info' '--mandir=/usr/share/man' '--with-pop=yes' '--enable-locallisppath=/etc/emacs-snapshot:/etc/emacs:/usr/local/share/emacs/24.0.50/site-lisp:/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp:/usr/share/emacs/24.0.50/site-lisp:/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp' '--without-compress-info' '--with-x=yes' '--with-x-toolkit=gtk' '--with-imagemagick=yes' 'build_alias=x86_64-linux-gnu' 'host_alias=x86_64-linux-gnu' 'CFLAGS=-DDEBIAN -DSITELOAD_PURESIZE_EXTRA=5000 -g -O2' 'LDFLAGS=-g -Wl,--as-needed' 'CPPFLAGS=''

Important settings:
  value of $LC_ALL: nil
  value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
  value of $LC_CTYPE: nil
  value of $LC_MESSAGES: en_US.UTF-8
  value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
  value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
  value of $LC_TIME: nil
  value of $LANG: it_IT.utf8
  value of $XMODIFIERS: nil
  locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix
  default enable-multibyte-characters: t

Major mode: Fundamental

Minor modes in effect:
  show-paren-mode: t
  yas/global-mode: t
  tooltip-mode: t
  mouse-wheel-mode: t
  menu-bar-mode: t
  file-name-shadow-mode: t
  global-font-lock-mode: t
  auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-encryption-mode: t
  auto-compression-mode: t
  column-number-mode: t
  line-number-mode: t
  transient-mark-mode: t

Recent messages:
Quit
(No files need saving)
Quit
Starting new Ispell process [default] ...
When done with a buffer, type C-x #
exchange-point-and-mark: No mark set in this buffer
/tmp/mutt-usha-1000-31864-0be8c50948c2e39a: line=1/95 pos=1/4331 col=1 [Unchanged]
Quit
(No files need saving)
Making completion list...

Load-path shadows:
/usr/share/emacs/24.0.50/site-lisp/auctex/multi-prompt hides /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/auctex/multi-prompt
/usr/share/emacs/24.0.50/site-lisp/auctex/texmathp hides /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/auctex/texmathp
/usr/share/emacs/24.0.50/site-lisp/auctex/context-nl hides /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/auctex/context-nl
/usr/share/emacs/24.0.50/site-lisp/auctex/tex-bar hides /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/auctex/tex-bar
/usr/share/emacs/24.0.50/site-lisp/auctex/tex-info hides /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/auctex/tex-info
/usr/share/emacs/24.0.50/site-lisp/auctex/tex hides /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/auctex/tex
/usr/share/emacs/24.0.50/site-lisp/auctex/tex-fptex hides /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/auctex/tex-fptex
/usr/share/emacs/24.0.50/site-lisp/auctex/bib-cite hides /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/auctex/bib-cite
/usr/share/emacs/24.0.50/site-lisp/auctex/tex-jp hides /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/auctex/tex-jp
/usr/share/emacs/24.0.50/site-lisp/auctex/tex-style hides /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/auctex/tex-style
/usr/share/emacs/24.0.50/site-lisp/auctex/tex-mik hides /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/auctex/tex-mik
/usr/share/emacs/24.0.50/site-lisp/auctex/toolbar-x hides /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/auctex/toolbar-x
/usr/share/emacs/24.0.50/site-lisp/auctex/tex-fold hides /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/auctex/tex-fold
/usr/share/emacs/24.0.50/site-lisp/auctex/font-latex hides /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/auctex/font-latex
/usr/share/emacs/24.0.50/site-lisp/auctex/context hides /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/auctex/context
/usr/share/emacs/24.0.50/site-lisp/auctex/context-en hides /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/auctex/context-en
/usr/share/emacs/24.0.50/site-lisp/auctex/tex-font hides /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/auctex/tex-font
/usr/share/emacs/24.0.50/site-lisp/auctex/latex hides /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/auctex/latex
/usr/share/emacs/24.0.50/site-lisp/auctex/tex-buf hides /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/auctex/tex-buf
/home/zack/.emacs.d/graphviz-dot-mode hides /usr/share/emacs/24.0.50/site-lisp/emacs-goodies-el/graphviz-dot-mode
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/haskell-mode/haskell-ghci hides /usr/share/emacs/24.0.50/site-lisp/haskell-mode/haskell-ghci
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/haskell-mode/haskell-doc hides /usr/share/emacs/24.0.50/site-lisp/haskell-mode/haskell-doc
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/haskell-mode/haskell-simple-indent hides /usr/share/emacs/24.0.50/site-lisp/haskell-mode/haskell-simple-indent
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/haskell-mode/haskell-c hides /usr/share/emacs/24.0.50/site-lisp/haskell-mode/haskell-c
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/haskell-mode/haskell-mode hides /usr/share/emacs/24.0.50/site-lisp/haskell-mode/haskell-mode
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/haskell-mode/haskell-hugs hides /usr/share/emacs/24.0.50/site-lisp/haskell-mode/haskell-hugs
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/haskell-mode/haskell-cabal hides /usr/share/emacs/24.0.50/site-lisp/haskell-mode/haskell-cabal
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/haskell-mode/haskell-decl-scan hides /usr/share/emacs/24.0.50/site-lisp/haskell-mode/haskell-decl-scan
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/haskell-mode/inf-haskell hides /usr/share/emacs/24.0.50/site-lisp/haskell-mode/inf-haskell
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/haskell-mode/haskell-indent hides /usr/share/emacs/24.0.50/site-lisp/haskell-mode/haskell-indent
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/haskell-mode/haskell-site-file hides /usr/share/emacs/24.0.50/site-lisp/haskell-mode/haskell-site-file
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/haskell-mode/haskell-font-lock hides /usr/share/emacs/24.0.50/site-lisp/haskell-mode/haskell-font-lock
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/haskell-mode/haskell-indentation hides /usr/share/emacs/24.0.50/site-lisp/haskell-mode/haskell-indentation
/usr/share/emacs/24.0.50/site-lisp/magit hides /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/magit
/usr/share/emacs/24.0.50/site-lisp/debian-startup hides /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/debian-startup
/usr/share/emacs/24.0.50/site-lisp/cmake-data/cmake-mode hides /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/cmake-mode
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/rst hides /usr/share/emacs/24.0.50/lisp/textmodes/rst

Features:
(shadow sort gnus-util mail-extr message rfc822 mml mml-sec mm-decode
mm-bodies mm-encode mail-parse rfc2231 rfc2047 rfc2045 ietf-drums
mm-util mail-prsvr mailabbrev mail-utils gmm-utils mailheader emacsbug
help-mode view flyspell ispell sendmail org-protocol remember
org-remember org-datetree org byte-opt warnings bytecomp byte-compile
ob-emacs-lisp ob-tangle ob-ref ob-lob ob-table org-footnote org-src
ob-comint comint ob-keys ob ob-eval org-complete pcomplete org-list
org-faces org-compat org-entities org-macs time-date noutline outline
cal-menu calendar cal-loaddefs edit-server moinmoin-mode regexp-opt
rect-mark server windmove winner ido midnight uniquify paren cus-start
cus-load viper viper-ex viper-macs viper-mous viper-cmd viper-keym ring
viper-util viper-init debian-el debian-el-loaddefs advice advice-preload
yasnippet help-fns derived easy-mmode edmacro kmacro easymenu assoc cl
dpkg-dev-el dpkg-dev-el-loaddefs preview-latex tex-site auto-loads
tooltip ediff-hook vc-hooks lisp-float-type mwheel x-win x-dnd tool-bar
dnd fontset image fringe lisp-mode register page menu-bar rfn-eshadow
timer select scroll-bar mouse jit-lock font-lock syntax facemenu
font-core frame cham georgian utf-8-lang misc-lang vietnamese tibetan
thai tai-viet lao korean japanese hebrew greek romanian slovak czech
european ethiopic indian cyrillic chinese case-table epa-hook
jka-cmpr-hook help simple abbrev loaddefs button minibuffer faces
cus-face files text-properties overlay md5 base64 format env code-pages
mule custom widget hashtable-print-readable backquote
make-network-process dbusbind dynamic-setting font-render-setting
move-toolbar gtk x-toolkit x multi-tty emacs)

-- 
Stefano Zacchiroli -o- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7
zack@{upsilon.cc,pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} -<>- http://upsilon.cc/zack/
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bug#7623: 24.0.50; failed to compile bytecode with latest emacs-snapshot

[Romain Francoise]

The actual errors are:

| In toplevel form:
| folding.el:1816:1:Warning: !! The file uses old-style backquotes !!
| This functionality has been obsolete for more than 10 years already
| and will be removed soon.  See (elisp)Backquote in the manual.
| folding.el:1867:1:Warning: !! The file uses old-style backquotes !!
| This functionality has been obsolete for more than 10 years already
| and will be removed soon.  See (elisp)Backquote in the manual.
| folding.el:1907:4:Error: Symbol's function definition is void:
| ...
| In toplevel form:
| xrdb-mode.el:179:1:Warning: !! The file uses old-style backquotes !!
| This functionality has been obsolete for more than 10 years already
| and will be removed soon.  See (elisp)Backquote in the manual.
| xrdb-mode.el:499:4:Error: Symbol's function definition is void:

(Not a copy/paste mishap; the error doesn't actually mention a
function name.)

Stefan?

bug#7623: add automatic installability test to Debian snapshot distribution mechanism

[jidanni]

Can't there be some automatic test to see if each snapshot will actually
install, before distributing it?

bug#7623: add automatic installability test to Debian snapshot distribution mechanism

[Romain Francoise]

jidanni@jidanni.org writes:

> Can't there be some automatic test to see if each snapshot will
> actually install, before distributing it?

Please feel free to contribute a test framework which tries to
install each Debian-packaged extension individually (in a sandbox)
and reports failures. I don't use apel, emacs-goodies-el or any of
the usual suspects myself.