notfound 507296 0.98.12 thanks On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 11:25:26PM +0100, Agustin Martin wrote: > On Sat, Nov 29, 2008 at 12:36:15PM -0800, Ross Boylan wrote: > > Package: dictionaries-common > > Version: 0.98.12 > > Severity: normal > > > > During an aptitude upgrade the logs show > > > > Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50dictionaries-common.el (source)... > > Loading /var/cache/dictionaries-common/emacsen-ispell-dicts.el (source)... > > Error while loading 50dictionaries-common > > Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50dpkg-dev-el.el (source)... > > Package dpkg-dev-el not fully installed. Skipping setup. > > Can you show the previous lines? > > This seems caused by another package loading dictionaries-common stuff when > byte-compiling.
For the records, this is the same problem as [#401684, #448144] a2ps: Error while loading 50dictionaries-common' during emacs22 install and the same as (without error message, since packages below are processed for byte-compile after dictionaries-common) [#132355] emacsen-common: Byte-compiling too verbose [#401679] latex-cjk-common: Please do not load /etc/emacs/site-startd.d stuff when bytecompiling emacs .el files unless really required [#401683] search-citeseer: Please set symlinks and avoid loading /etc/emacs/site-startd.d stuff when bytecompiling [#401687] gnuplot-mode: Please set symlinks and avoid loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d stuff when bytecompiling The reason is that when byte-compiling files, they indirectly try to load dictionaries-common byte-compiled files (actually debian-ispell, loaded by 50dictionaries-common.el). In the first case an error appeared because "a < d" and so, dictionaries-common files are not yet byte-compiled. Packages should not blindly load /etc/emacs/site-start.d stuff when byte-compiling. If so, is a bug in the package doing that. Let me know the previous lines, so I know which package is to blame and I can properly reassign this bug report. Otherwise I will close it soon. Thanks for your feedback -- Agustin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]