[cl-debian] Bug#456004: Error while loading 50slime

[Ross Boylan]

Package: slime
Version: 1:20070927-3
Severity: normal

During a recent emacs upgrade the install log shows
Setting up emacs22 (22.1+1-2.1+lenny1) ...
emacs-install emacs22
....
Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50slime.el (source)...
Error while loading 50slime

The previous 2 lines recur further down the log.  Then comes
install/slime: Handling install for emacsen flavor emacs22
Loading 00debian-vars...
....

Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50slime.el (source)...
Loading /usr/share/emacs22/site-lisp/slime/slime-autoloads.el (source)...
...
Wrote /usr/share/emacs22/site-lisp/slime/hyperspec.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs22/site-lisp/slime/slime-autoloads.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs22/site-lisp/slime/slime.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs22/site-lisp/slime/tree-widget.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs22/site-lisp/slime/contrib/bridge.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs22/site-lisp/slime/contrib/inferior-slime.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs22/site-lisp/slime/contrib/slime-asdf.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs22/site-lisp/slime/contrib/slime-autodoc.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs22/site-lisp/slime/contrib/slime-banner.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs22/site-lisp/slime/contrib/slime-c-p-c.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs22/site-lisp/slime/contrib/slime-editing-commands.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs22/site-lisp/slime/contrib/slime-fancy.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs22/site-lisp/slime/contrib/slime-fancy-inspector.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs22/site-lisp/slime/contrib/slime-fuzzy.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs22/site-lisp/slime/contrib/slime-highlight-edits.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs22/site-lisp/slime/contrib/slime-parse.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs22/site-lisp/slime/contrib/slime-presentations.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs22/site-lisp/slime/contrib/slime-presentation-streams.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs22/site-lisp/slime/contrib/slime-references.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs22/site-lisp/slime/contrib/slime-scratch.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs22/site-lisp/slime/contrib/slime-tramp.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs22/site-lisp/slime/contrib/slime-typeout-frame.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs22/site-lisp/slime/contrib/slime-xref-browser.elc

....
Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50slime.el (source)...
Loading /usr/share/emacs22/site-lisp/slime/slime-autoloads...


For emacs21
Setting up emacs21 (21.4a+1-5.1+lenny1) ...
emacs-install emacs21
...
Loading 50slime (source)...
Error while loading 50slime
...
Loading 50slime (source)...
Error while loading 50slime
....
Loading 50slime (source)...
Loading /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/slime/slime-autoloads (source)...
Loading 51debian-el (source)...
...
Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/slime/hyperspec.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/slime/slime-autoloads.elc
While compiling slime-repl-abort-read in file /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/slime/slime.el:
  ** `(car (prog1 slime-read-string-threads (setq slime-read-string-threads (cdr slime-read-string-threads))))' called for effect
  ** `(car (prog1 slime-read-string-tags (setq slime-read-string-tags (cdr slime-read-string-tags))))' called for effect
Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/slime/slime.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/slime/tree-widget.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/slime/contrib/bridge.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/slime/contrib/inferior-slime.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/slime/contrib/slime-asdf.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/slime/contrib/slime-autodoc.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/slime/contrib/slime-banner.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/slime/contrib/slime-c-p-c.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/slime/contrib/slime-editing-commands.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/slime/contrib/slime-fancy.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/slime/contrib/slime-fancy-inspector.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/slime/contrib/slime-fuzzy.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/slime/contrib/slime-highlight-edits.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/slime/contrib/slime-parse.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/slime/contrib/slime-presentations.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/slime/contrib/slime-presentation-streams.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/slime/contrib/slime-references.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/slime/contrib/slime-scratch.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/slime/contrib/slime-tramp.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/slime/contrib/slime-typeout-frame.elc
Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/slime/contrib/slime-xref-browser.elc
Done
....
Loading 50slime (source)...
Loading /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/slime/slime-autoloads...
...
Loading 50slime (source)...
Loading /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/slime/slime-autoloads...

I don't know what it all means; slime appears to have been working before this.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (990, 'stable'), (50, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-5-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages slime depends on:
ii  cl-swank                    1:20070927-3 Superior LISP Interaction Mode for
ii  emacsen-common              1.4.17       Common facilities for all emacsen

Versions of packages slime recommends:
ii  emacs [info-browser]  22.1+1-2.1+lenny1  The GNU Emacs editor (metapackage)
ii  emacs21 [info-browser 21.4a+1-5.1+lenny1 The GNU Emacs editor
ii  emacs22 [info-browser 22.1+1-2.1+lenny1  The GNU Emacs editor
ii  info [info-browser]   4.11.dfsg.1-2      Standalone GNU Info documentation 
ii  konqueror [info-brows 4:3.5.8.dfsg.1-2   KDE's advanced file manager, web b

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