With respect to my previous post about a problem with starting up vm with bbdb under xemacs since we just switched to mandrake 9.2:
Another hacker here tracked down the problem. The problem was that /etc/emacs/site-start-xemacs.el executed all the startup files in /etc/emacs/site-start.d, and one of these was a bbdb-init.el file that started with the line (add-to-list 'load-path "/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/bbdb"). So I guess that meant that xemacs was using the files in the emacs bbdb directory instead of, or in addition to, the files in the xemacs bbdb directory. At any rate, he made a directory /etc/emacs/site-start-xemacs.d containing the same files as site-start.d except lacking the bbdb-init.el, and modified site-start-xemacs.el to read from site-start-xemacs.d instead of site-start.d, and this fixed the problem. So there was nothing wrong with the xemacs bbdb package, just a problem with the system setup. Thanks to all who have responded -- Ken Miller >>>>> "-" == Stephen J Turnbull <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>>>> "Ken" == Ken Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Ken> Signaling: (invalid-function (macro . #<compiled-function nil Ken> "...(2)" Ken> I am guessing this means there is something wrong with the Ken> compilation of bbdb-list-extents()? This appears to live in Ken> bbdb-gui.elc. -> That's a good guess. -> Somebody has to recompile bbdb, but it need not be you (or your -> sysadmin). You can update packages from the menu Tools->Packages. -> The XEmacs package is at 1.24, and it's somewhat possible that -> Mandrake built their own in some erroneous way. There's a good chance -> that you can fix it that way. If our distribution is buggy, then -> (depending on his convenience) the Package Release Manager usually -> gets a new downloadable binary package released for this kind of thing -> in less than a week (that's not a promise, but he does hustle). Ken> nd does anyone know if this is a known problem and/or who if Ken> anyone should be alerted to fix it? -> "viteno" (Norbert Koch) is a good start, but we'd prefer a CC to the -> [EMAIL PROTECTED] list on future correspondence. In fact, this is -> probably an XEmacs bug, as our package system is supposed to ensure -> that all relevant macros get defined before compilation. -> -- -> Institute of Policy and Planning Sciences http://turnbull.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp -> University of Tsukuba Tennodai 1-1-1 Tsukuba 305-8573 JAPAN -> Ask not how you can "do" free software business; -> ask what your business can "do for" free software. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the new InstallShield X. >From Windows to Linux, servers to mobile, InstallShield X is the one installation-authoring solution that does it all. Learn more and evaluate today! http://www.installshield.com/Dev2Dev/0504 _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bbdb-info BBDB Home Page: http://bbdb.sourceforge.net/
