Package: slime Version: 1:20051207-1 Severity: normal If you install the packages `slime' and `cl-swank', and then try to run `M-x slime', you will hit this error: (load "/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/slime/swank-loader.lisp" :verbose t) (swank:start-server "/tmp/slime.5196" :external-format :iso-latin-1-unix) CMU Common Lisp CVS 19b 19b-release-20050726-5 + minimal debian patches (19B), running on wigwam With core: /usr/lib/cmucl/lisp.core Dumped on: Tue, 2006-01-03 14:19:54+01:00 on wigwam For support see http://www.cons.org/cmucl/support.html Send bug reports to the debian BTS. or to pvaneynd@debian.org type (help) for help, (quit) to exit, and (demo) to see the demos Loaded subsystems: Python 1.1, target Intel x86 CLOS based on Gerd's PCL 2004/04/14 03:32:47 * File-error in function LISP::INTERNAL-LOAD: "/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/slime/swank-loader.lisp" does not exist. [Condition of type KERNEL:SIMPLE-FILE-ERROR] The file `swank-loader.lisp' is located at the following location: /usr/share/common-lisp/source/slime/swank-loader.lisp So can't we just make this the default for `slime-backend'? -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Kernel: Linux 2.6.12-1-686 Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Versions of packages slime depends on: ii cl-swank 1:20051207-1 Superior LISP Interaction Mode for ii emacsen-common 1.4.16 Common facilities for all emacsen Versions of packages slime recommends: ii emacs-multi-tty [info-brows 0.2004.454-1 The GNU Emacs editor ii emacs-snapshot [info-browse 1:20051117-1 The GNU Emacs editor (development ii emacs21 [info-browser] 21.4a-2 The GNU Emacs editor ii info [info-browser] 4.7-2.2 Standalone GNU Info documentation ii jed [info-browser] 0.99.16-5 editor for programmers (textmode v -- no debconf information -- Daniel Brockman <daniel@brockman.se>