> > sage: hg_sage.commit()
> > cd "/home/wdj/sagestuff/sage-2.8.7.rc1/devel/sage" && hg diff  | less
> > cd "/home/wdj/sagestuff/sage-2.8.7.rc1/devel/sage" && hg commit
> > emacs: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/libcairo.so.2: undefined symbol:
> > FT_Library_SetLcdFilter
> > transaction abort!
> > rollback completed
> > abort: edit failed: emacs exited with status 127
>
> The problem is that emacs cannot be started due to library issues:
> LD_LIBRARY_PATH is set to include SAGE_LOCAL/lib, consequently some
> system libraries aren't linked, but the Sage version which can produce
> and doesd produce problems like the one you experince. That issue is
> described in trac ticket #975, but in your particular case even the
> work-around described there doesn't work.

And I think we should upgrade freetype, since the sage freetype
package is really out of date (and causing this problem all over).

William

>
> One way to fix this in your particular case is to write a small script
> that does "export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=" before starting emacs. Let me know
> if you need some more info on that and I will send you some example
> script.
>
> >
> > I also tried this with another editor (kate) with the same error.
> > However, when I set export EDITOR=vi, everything worked fine.
> >
> > This is using ubuntu 7.10, 64 bit. Should I create a trac ticket for this
> > or am I doing something wrong?
> >
>
> Nope, :)
>
> > - David Joyner
>
> Cheers,
>
> Michael
>
>
>
> >
>



-- 
William Stein
Associate Professor of Mathematics
University of Washington
http://wstein.org

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