You have to remove the byte-compiled *.elc files too. Updating bug description.
** Description changed: Binary package hint: dictionaries-common Please remove the following files from dictionaries-common: /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/dictionaries-common/debian-ispell.el /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/dictionaries-common/flyspell.el /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/dictionaries-common/ispell.el They are already provided with the emacs packages (emacs23-common and emacs-snapshot-common) and the versions provided with dictionaries-common are currently incompatible with the ones that are included in the emacs23-package: When these files are installed any attempt to enable on-the-fly spell checking e.G. by M-x flyspell-mode will result in a generic error message: Enabling flyspell-mode gave an error. No debug info. And even if debug-on-error is set the error message is generated without setting any trigger for the debugger. Took me 2 hours to track this error down. + WORKAROUND: to fix this in a live system, remove the byte-compiled .elc + files for your emacs flavor, too. For example, if you use emacs23; + + cd /usr/share/emacs23/site-lisp/dictionaries-common + sudo rm *.el *.elc + After removing the files spell checking while typing in emacs works fine again. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10 Package: dictionaries-common 1.5.11ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-15.21-generic 2.6.35.1 Uname: Linux 2.6.35-15-generic i686 Architecture: i386 Date: Tue Aug 17 03:51:38 2010 EcryptfsInUse: Yes PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: - LANG=en_GB.utf8 - SHELL=/bin/bash + LANG=en_GB.utf8 + SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: dictionaries-common -- Remove redundant Emacs-Lisp files that break flyspell https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/619015 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
