All, using vc on XEmacs 21.4, git operations error out with "No such coding system: utf-8". M-x toggle-debug-on-error before a C-x v l gives Debugger entered--Lisp error: (error "No such coding system" utf-8) start-process-internal("git" #<buffer "*vc-change-log*"> "git" "rev-list" "--pretty" "HEAD" "--" "Makefile") apply(start-process-internal "git" #<buffer "*vc-change-log*"> "git" ("rev-list" "--pretty" "HEAD" "--" "Makefile")) start-process("git" #<buffer "*vc-change-log*"> "git" "rev-list" "--pretty" "HEAD" "--" "Makefile") apply(start-process "git" #<buffer "*vc-change-log*"> "git" ("rev-list" "--pretty" "HEAD" "--" "Makefile")) ad-Orig-vc-do-command("*vc-change-log*" async "git" "Makefile" "rev-list" "--pretty" "HEAD" "--") apply(ad-Orig-vc-do-command "*vc-change-log*" async "git" "Makefile" ("rev-list" "--pretty" "HEAD" "--")) (setq ad-return-value (apply (quote ad-Orig-vc-do-command) buffer okstatus command file flags)) (if (or (and ... ...) (and ... ...)) (setq ad-return-value (apply ... buffer okstatus command file flags)) (setq ad-return-value (apply ... buffer okstatus command file flags))) (let ((file ...)) (if (or ... ...) (setq ad-return-value ...) (setq ad-return-value ...))) (let (ad-return-value) (let (...) (if ... ... ...)) ad-return-value) vc-do-command("*vc-change-log*" async "git" "Makefile" "rev-list" "--pretty" "HEAD" "--") (let ((name ...) (coding-system-for-read git-commits-coding-system)) (vc-do-command buffer (quote async) "git" name "rev-list" "--pretty" "HEAD" "--")) vc-git-print-log("/misc/pkgsrc/wip/c-news/Makefile" "*vc-change-log*") apply(vc-git-print-log ("/misc/pkgsrc/wip/c-news/Makefile" "*vc-change-log*")) vc-call-backend(GIT print-log "/misc/pkgsrc/wip/c-news/Makefile" "*vc-change-log*") byte-code("..." [file vc-call-backend vc-backend print-log "*vc-change-log*"] 5) #<compiled-function (&optional focus-rev) "...(64)" [buffer-file-name focus-rev file vc-ensure-vc-buffer vc-workfile-version err (byte-code "Á!Ä$<88>Äq<87>" ... 5) (...) pop-to-buffer vc-exec-after let (...) ignore-errors vc-call-backend quote vc-backend (...) (goto-char ...) (forward-line -1) (while ... ... ...) (goto-char ...) (if ... ...) (quote show-log-entry) (...)] 14 ("/usr/pkg/lib/xemacs/xemacs-packages/lisp/vc/vc.elc" . 56788) nil>() call-interactively(vc-print-log) I tried to set gits-commit-coding-system in vc-git.el, but to no avail. The brute-force approach (require 'un-define) appears to help, but seems to be frowned upon. What is the proper way to use vc.git.el on 21.4? Cheerio, Hauke -- The ASCII Ribbon Campaign Hauke Fath () No HTML/RTF in email Institut für Nachrichtentechnik /\ No Word docs in email TU Darmstadt Respect for open standards Ruf +49-6151-16-3281 _______________________________________________ XEmacs-Beta mailing list XEmacs-Beta(a)xemacs.org http://lists.xemacs.org/mailman/listinfo/xemacs-beta