From 6c75f1aa90d8ab4dee78cd831794955f443ed777 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jason Rumney Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2001 21:02:01 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Added stale load-path problems. --- etc/PROBLEMS | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+) diff --git a/etc/PROBLEMS b/etc/PROBLEMS index 3da6d892a97..723214132b7 100644 --- a/etc/PROBLEMS +++ b/etc/PROBLEMS @@ -1041,6 +1041,32 @@ file could fail to load if it is compressed. The solution is to uncompress all .el files which don't have a .elc file. +Another possible reason for such failures is stale *.elc files +lurking somewhere on your load-path. The following command will +print any duplicate Lisp files that are present in load-path: + + emacs -q -batch -f list-load-path-shadows + +If this command prints any file names, some of these files are stale, +and should be deleted or their directories removed from your +load-path. + +* Emacs prints an error at startup after upgrading from an earlier version. + +An example of such an error is: + + x-complement-fontset-spec: "Wrong type argument: stringp, nil" + +This can be another symptom of stale *.elc files in your classpath. +The following command will print any duplicate Lisp files that are +present in load-path: + + emacs -q -batch -f list-load-path-shadows + +If this command prints any file names, some of these files are stale, +and should be deleted or their directories removed from your +load-path. + * Attempting to visit remote files via ange-ftp fails. If the error message is "ange-ftp-file-modtime: Specified time is not -- 2.39.2