Hi,

Reasonably certain that the previous email was disliked by listserv, presumably due to gpg/mime and an attached log file. So I'm sending again, with the logfile written below and no signature!

I'm trying to work on a lisp app (maxima) which "make"s to a core file. My usual model being to compile a recent version of CVS, load slime with said core file and then C-M-x changes I make.

However for some reason after switching to a new computer (the old one quite literally fell apart!), I'm unable to load the relevant core file. My incantation is

(setq slime-lisp-implementations '((sbcl ("sbcl") :coding-system utf-8-unix)

(maxima ("sbcl" "--core" "/home/rupert/src/maxima/src/binary-sbcl/maxima.core"))))

(yes, it is pointing in the right place) and I am able to load the program from the command line with lisp --core <corefile>. However, trying C-- M-x slime gives the output which I've (hopefully) attached. Does anyone know what I might be doing wrong? Specifically, sbcl seems to be failing to require sb-introspect, but:

rupert@hake:~ sbcl This is SBCL 1.0.14.debian, an implementation of ANSI Common Lisp. More information about SBCL is available at http://www.sbcl.org/.

SBCL is free software, provided as is, with absolutely no warranty. It is mostly in the public domain; some portions are provided under BSD-style licenses. See the CREDITS and COPYING files in the distribution for more information. * (require 'sb-introspect)

("SB-INTROSPECT") *

So I presume that it's something a bit more subtle!

Rupert

################# The log from *inferior-lisp*

(progn (load "/home/rupert/scripts/elisp/other-libraries/slime/swank-loader.lisp" :verbose t) (funcall (read-from-string "swank-loader:init")) (funcall (read-from-string "swank:start-server") "/tmp/slime.27858" :coding-system "iso-latin-1-unix"))

This is SBCL 1.0.14.debian, an implementation of ANSI Common Lisp. More information about SBCL is available at http://www.sbcl.org/.

SBCL is free software, provided as is, with absolutely no warranty. It is mostly in the public domain; some portions are provided under BSD-style licenses. See the CREDITS and COPYING files in the distribution for more information. * ; loading #P"/home/rupert/scripts/elisp/other-libraries/slime/swank-loader.lisp"

; compiling file "/home/rupert/scripts/elisp/other-libraries/slime/swank-backend.lisp" (written 22 FEB 2008 12:20:33 AM):

; /home/rupert/.slime/fasl/2008-02-22/sbcl-1.0.14.debian-linux-x86/swank-backend.fasl written ; compilation finished in 0:00:00 ; loading #P"/home/rupert/.slime/fasl/2008-02-22/sbcl-1.0.14.debian-linux-x86/swank-backend.fasl" WARNING: SWANK-BACKEND also exports the following symbols: (SWANK-BACKEND:SLDB-BREAK-AT-START SWANK-BACKEND:CLOSE-SOCKET SWANK-BACKEND:PROFILE-RESET SWANK-BACKEND:SWANK-COMPILE-FILE SWANK-BACKEND:COMPILER-MACROEXPAND-1 SWANK-BACKEND:INSTALL-DEBUGGER-GLOBALLY SWANK-BACKEND:ARGLIST SWANK-BACKEND:DESCRIBE-SYMBOL-FOR-EMACS SWANK-BACKEND:FRAME-CATCH-TAGS SWANK-BACKEND:DISASSEMBLE-FRAME SWANK-BACKEND:SET-DEFAULT-DIRECTORY SWANK-BACKEND:PRINT-FRAME SWANK-BACKEND:FIND-DEFINITIONS SWANK-BACKEND:TOGGLE-TRACE SWANK-BACKEND:GETPID SWANK-BACKEND:SPAWN SWANK-BACKEND:DESCRIBE-PRIMITIVE-TYPE SWANK-BACKEND:COMPUTE-BACKTRACE SWANK-BACKEND:CALL-WITHOUT-INTERRUPTS SWANK-BACKEND:SEND SWANK-BACKEND:CALLS-WHO SWANK-BACKEND:THREAD-STATUS SWANK-BACKEND:WHO-SETS SWANK-BACKEND:MAKE-LOCK SWANK-BACKEND:INTERRUPT-THREAD SWANK-BACKEND:LISP-IMPLEMENTATION-TYPE-NAME SWANK-BACKEND:SLDB-STEP-OUT SWANK-BACKEND:CALL-WITH-DEBUGGING-ENVIRONMENT SWANK-BACKEND:MAKE-WEAK-VALUE-HASH-TABLE SWANK-BACKEND:FRAME-SOURCE-LOCATION-FOR-EMACS SWANK-BACKEND:COMPUTE-SANE-RESTARTS SWANK-BACKEND:LOCAL-PORT SWANK-BACKEND:CREATE-SOCKET SWANK-BACKEND:FRAME-VAR-VALUE SWANK-BACKEND:ACCEPT-CONNECTION SWANK-BACKEND:WHO-BINDS SWANK-BACKEND:FUNCTION-NAME SWANK-BACKEND:DEFAULT-READTABLE-ALIST SWANK-BACKEND:SLDB-STEP-NEXT SWANK-BACKEND:GUESS-EXTERNAL-FORMAT SWANK-BACKEND:WHO-MACROEXPANDS SWANK-BACKEND:CALL-WITH-DEBUGGER-HOOK SWANK-BACKEND:ACTIVATE-STEPPING SWANK-BACKEND:UNPROFILE-ALL SWANK-BACKEND:FIND-THREAD SWANK-BACKEND:FRAME-LOCALS SWANK-BACKEND:SET-STREAM-TIMEOUT SWANK-BACKEND:LIST-CALLERS SWANK-BACKEND:CURRENT-THREAD SWANK-BACKEND:MACROEXPAND-ALL SWANK-BACKEND:SLDB-STEPPER-CONDITION-P SWANK-BACKEND:KILL-THREAD SWANK-BACKEND:CONDITION-EXTRAS SWANK-BACKEND:UNPROFILE SWANK-BACKEND:RESTART-FRAME SWANK-BACKEND:SLDB-STEP-INTO SWANK-BACKEND:THREAD-ID SWANK-BACKEND:MAKE-FN-STREAMS SWANK-BACKEND:CALL-WITH-COMPILATION-HOOKS SWANK-BACKEND:WHO-CALLS SWANK-BACKEND:COMPILER-MACROEXPAND SWANK-BACKEND:WHO-SPECIALIZES SWANK-BACKEND:ADD-SIGIO-HANDLER SWANK-BACKEND:WHO-REFERENCES SWANK-BACKEND:ALL-THREADS SWANK-BACKEND:MAKE-RECURSIVE-LOCK SWANK-BACKEND:CALL-WITH-LOCK-HELD SWANK-BACKEND:PROFILE-REPORT SWANK-BACKEND:CHARACTER-COMPLETION-SET SWANK-BACKEND:HASH-TABLE-WEAKNESS SWANK-BACKEND:CALL-WITH-SYNTAX-HOOKS SWANK-BACKEND:EMACS-CONNECTED SWANK-BACKEND:THREAD-ALIVE-P SWANK-BACKEND:CALL-WITH-RECURSIVE-LOCK-HELD SWANK-BACKEND:REMOVE-FD-HANDLERS SWANK-BACKEND:DESCRIBE-DEFINITION SWANK-BACKEND:DEFAULT-DIRECTORY SWANK-BACKEND:SWANK-COMPILE-STRING SWANK-BACKEND:PROFILED-FUNCTIONS SWANK-BACKEND:MAKE-STREAM-INTERACTIVE SWANK-BACKEND:THREAD-NAME SWANK-BACKEND:ADD-FD-HANDLER SWANK-BACKEND:MAKE-WEAK-KEY-HASH-TABLE SWANK-BACKEND:LIST-CALLEES SWANK-BACKEND:EVAL-IN-FRAME SWANK-BACKEND:BUFFER-FIRST-CHANGE SWANK-BACKEND:PREFERRED-COMMUNICATION-STYLE SWANK-BACKEND:FORMAT-SLDB-CONDITION SWANK-BACKEND:RETURN-FROM-FRAME SWANK-BACKEND:PROFILE SWANK-BACKEND:INITIALIZE-MULTIPROCESSING SWANK-BACKEND:RECEIVE SWANK-BACKEND:PROFILE-PACKAGE SWANK-BACKEND:FIND-EXTERNAL-FORMAT SWANK-BACKEND:REMOVE-SIGIO-HANDLERS SWANK-BACKEND:SLDB-BREAK-ON-RETURN) See also: The ANSI Standard, Macro DEFPACKAGE ; compiling file "/home/rupert/scripts/elisp/other-libraries/slime/swank-source-path-parser.lisp" (written 22 FEB 2008 12:20:33 AM):

; /home/rupert/.slime/fasl/2008-02-22/sbcl-1.0.14.debian-linux-x86/swank-source-path-parser.fasl written ; compilation finished in 0:00:00 ; loading #P"/home/rupert/.slime/fasl/2008-02-22/sbcl-1.0.14.debian-linux-x86/swank-source-path-parser.fasl" ; compiling file "/home/rupert/scripts/elisp/other-libraries/slime/swank-source-file-cache.lisp" (written 22 FEB 2008 12:20:33 AM):

; /home/rupert/.slime/fasl/2008-02-22/sbcl-1.0.14.debian-linux-x86/swank-source-file-cache.fasl written ; compilation finished in 0:00:00 ; loading #P"/home/rupert/.slime/fasl/2008-02-22/sbcl-1.0.14.debian-linux-x86/swank-source-file-cache.fasl" ; compiling file "/home/rupert/scripts/elisp/other-libraries/slime/swank-sbcl.lisp" (written 22 FEB 2008 12:20:33 AM): ; ; compilation unit aborted ; caught 1 fatal ERROR condition

; /home/rupert/.slime/fasl/2008-02-22/sbcl-1.0.14.debian-linux-x86/swank-sbcl.fasl written ; compilation finished in 0:00:00 ;; ;; Error while loading: /home/rupert/.slime/fasl/2008-02-22/sbcl-1.0.14.debian-linux-x86/swank-sbcl.fasl ;; Condition: Don't know how to REQUIRE SB-INTROSPECT. ;; See also: ;; The SBCL Manual, Variable *MODULE-PROVIDER-FUNCTIONS* ;; The SBCL Manual, Function REQUIRE ;; Aborting. ;; *