Package: slime Version: 1:20070927-3 Severity: normal During a recent emacs upgrade the install log shows Setting up emacs22 (22.1+1-2.1+lenny1) ... emacs-install emacs22 .... Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50slime.el (source)... Error while loading 50slime The previous 2 lines recur further down the log. Then comes install/slime: Handling install for emacsen flavor emacs22 Loading 00debian-vars... .... Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50slime.el (source)... Loading /usr/share/emacs22/site-lisp/slime/slime-autoloads.el (source)... ... Wrote /usr/share/emacs22/site-lisp/slime/hyperspec.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs22/site-lisp/slime/slime-autoloads.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs22/site-lisp/slime/slime.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs22/site-lisp/slime/tree-widget.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs22/site-lisp/slime/contrib/bridge.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs22/site-lisp/slime/contrib/inferior-slime.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs22/site-lisp/slime/contrib/slime-asdf.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs22/site-lisp/slime/contrib/slime-autodoc.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs22/site-lisp/slime/contrib/slime-banner.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs22/site-lisp/slime/contrib/slime-c-p-c.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs22/site-lisp/slime/contrib/slime-editing-commands.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs22/site-lisp/slime/contrib/slime-fancy.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs22/site-lisp/slime/contrib/slime-fancy-inspector.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs22/site-lisp/slime/contrib/slime-fuzzy.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs22/site-lisp/slime/contrib/slime-highlight-edits.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs22/site-lisp/slime/contrib/slime-parse.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs22/site-lisp/slime/contrib/slime-presentations.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs22/site-lisp/slime/contrib/slime-presentation-streams.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs22/site-lisp/slime/contrib/slime-references.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs22/site-lisp/slime/contrib/slime-scratch.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs22/site-lisp/slime/contrib/slime-tramp.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs22/site-lisp/slime/contrib/slime-typeout-frame.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs22/site-lisp/slime/contrib/slime-xref-browser.elc .... Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50slime.el (source)... Loading /usr/share/emacs22/site-lisp/slime/slime-autoloads... For emacs21 Setting up emacs21 (21.4a+1-5.1+lenny1) ... emacs-install emacs21 ... Loading 50slime (source)... Error while loading 50slime ... Loading 50slime (source)... Error while loading 50slime .... Loading 50slime (source)... Loading /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/slime/slime-autoloads (source)... Loading 51debian-el (source)... ... Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/slime/hyperspec.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/slime/slime-autoloads.elc While compiling slime-repl-abort-read in file /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/slime/slime.el: ** `(car (prog1 slime-read-string-threads (setq slime-read-string-threads (cdr slime-read-string-threads))))' called for effect ** `(car (prog1 slime-read-string-tags (setq slime-read-string-tags (cdr slime-read-string-tags))))' called for effect Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/slime/slime.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/slime/tree-widget.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/slime/contrib/bridge.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/slime/contrib/inferior-slime.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/slime/contrib/slime-asdf.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/slime/contrib/slime-autodoc.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/slime/contrib/slime-banner.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/slime/contrib/slime-c-p-c.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/slime/contrib/slime-editing-commands.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/slime/contrib/slime-fancy.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/slime/contrib/slime-fancy-inspector.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/slime/contrib/slime-fuzzy.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/slime/contrib/slime-highlight-edits.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/slime/contrib/slime-parse.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/slime/contrib/slime-presentations.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/slime/contrib/slime-presentation-streams.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/slime/contrib/slime-references.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/slime/contrib/slime-scratch.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/slime/contrib/slime-tramp.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/slime/contrib/slime-typeout-frame.elc Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/slime/contrib/slime-xref-browser.elc Done .... Loading 50slime (source)... Loading /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/slime/slime-autoloads... ... Loading 50slime (source)... Loading /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/slime/slime-autoloads... I don't know what it all means; slime appears to have been working before this. -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (990, 'stable'), (50, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-5-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages slime depends on: ii cl-swank 1:20070927-3 Superior LISP Interaction Mode for ii emacsen-common 1.4.17 Common facilities for all emacsen Versions of packages slime recommends: ii emacs [info-browser] 22.1+1-2.1+lenny1 The GNU Emacs editor (metapackage) ii emacs21 [info-browser 21.4a+1-5.1+lenny1 The GNU Emacs editor ii emacs22 [info-browser 22.1+1-2.1+lenny1 The GNU Emacs editor ii info [info-browser] 4.11.dfsg.1-2 Standalone GNU Info documentation ii konqueror [info-brows 4:3.5.8.dfsg.1-2 KDE's advanced file manager, web b -- no debconf information