From: Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
To: "David J. Biesack" <David.Biesack@sas.com>
Cc: 4450@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com
Subject: bug#4450: 23.1; encoding error loading .elc locks file
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:32:28 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87y6oc6r43.fsf@stupidchicken.com> (raw)
> I have .el files compiled in earlier versions of Emacs and
> I get an error trying to load them in 23.1
>
> load-file: Invalid read syntax: "invalid multibyte form"
>
> I try to recompile them, but I get an error:
>
> byte-compile-file: Removing old name: permission denied, c:/djb/emacs/filemenu.e
>
> I must exit emacs to release the lock on the file, then
> I can open and byte-compile the .el file and load the .elc
>
> I've attached a copy of my existing filemenu.elc and filemenu.el
> but this occurs on other .elc files as well.
>
> In GNU Emacs 23.1.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600)
> of 2009-07-30 on SOFT-MJASON
I can't reproduce this with the files you attached. Maybe this is a
Windows-only issue, and one of the Emacs developers using Windows can
reproduce it.
next reply other threads:[~2009-09-18 18:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-09-18 18:32 Chong Yidong [this message]
2009-09-18 19:26 ` bug#4450: 23.1; encoding error loading .elc locks file Juanma Barranquero
2009-09-18 20:54 ` Eli Zaretskii
2009-09-21 12:46 ` David J. Biesack
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2009-09-16 15:07 David J. Biesack
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