================================================================ Dear Bug Team; I am getting a persistent "init.el" file error when I start xemacs. This bug persists even if I completely delete the init.el and replace it with a nul file, or if I comment out virtually everything. Deleting the init.el produces the expected results: An error. Validating the init.el with xemac's lisp produces no errors, nor does back tracing. One consistant fact: Regardless of the existance or state of the init.el, an error is produced and xemacs quits its processing of config files. (i.e. the custom.el etc. doesn't get processed.) Final note: I have also removed my old ".emacs" file to see if that changed anything. It didn't. ================================================================ System Info to help track down your bug: --------------------------------------- uname -a: Linux hammer1.fedora.redhat.com 2.6.12-1.1376_FC3smp #1 SMP Fri Aug 26 23:51:16 EDT 2005 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux ./configure 'i386-redhat-linux-gnu' '--prefix=/usr' '--datadir=/usr/share' '--infodir=/usr/share/info' '--libdir=/usr/lib' '--mandir=/usr/share/man/man1' '--with-gpm=yes' '--with-pop' '--mail-locking=lockf' '--with-clash-detection' '--with-database=no' '--with-postgresql=no' '--with-ldap=no' '--with-hesiod=no' '--with-msw=no' '--pdump' '--debug=yes' '--with-mule=yes' '--docdir=/usr/lib/xemacs-21.4.19/doc/' '--with-sound=native' '--with-canna=yes' '--with-xim=xlib' '--with-athena=3d' '--with-widgets=athena' '--with-menubars=lucid' '--with-scrollbars=lucid' '--with-dialogs=athena' '--with-xfs=no' XEmacs 21.4.19 "Constant Variable" configured for `i386-redhat-linux'. Compilation / Installation: Source code location: /builddir/build/BUILD/xemacs-21.4.19 Installation prefix: /usr Operating system description file: `s/linux.h' Machine description file: `m/intel386.h' Compiler: gcc -O2 -g -pipe -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fexceptions -m32 -march=i386 -mtune=pentium4 -fasynchronous-unwind-tables Compiler version: gcc (GCC) 4.0.2 20051125 (Red Hat 4.0.2-8) Compiler specs file: specs. Relocating allocator for buffers: no GNU version of malloc: yes - Using Doug Lea's new malloc from the GNU C Library. libc: glibc-2.3.5-10.3 Window System: Compiling in support for the X window system: - X Windows headers location: /usr/X11R6/include - X Windows libraries location: /usr/X11R6/lib - Handling WM_COMMAND properly. Compiling in support for the Athena widget set: - Athena headers location: X11/Xaw3d - Athena library to link: Xaw3d Using Lucid menubars. Using Lucid scrollbars. Using Athena dialog boxes. Using Athena native widgets. TTY: Compiling in support for ncurses. Compiling in support for GPM (General Purpose Mouse). Images: Compiling in support for GIF images (builtin). Compiling in support for XPM images. Compiling in support for PNG images. Compiling in support for JPEG images. Compiling in support for TIFF images. Compiling in support for X-Face message headers. Sound: Compiling in support for sound (native). Databases: Internationalization: Compiling in support for Mule (multi-lingual Emacs). Compiling in support for XIM (X11R5+ I18N input method). - Using raw Xlib to provide XIM support. Compiling in support for Canna on Mule. Mail: Compiling in support for POP mail retrieval. Compiling in support for "lockf" mail spool file locking method. Other Features: Inhibiting IPv6 canonicalization at startup. Compiling in support for dynamic shared object modules. Using the new portable dumper. Compiling in support for extra debugging code. 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