compiling the beta on an iMac

Having been away a while, I'm assured I can share my problems with trying to build the latest xemacs beta here. I used to do this sort of thing all the time, but it's been at least five or six years, and although I have a good software background, I'm not primarily a programmer. (About 20 years of system testing an another five of Web application development using LAMP in my background.) Also, version 21.4 patch 22 is working fine for my purposes. That said: Help! My system is a three-week-old 27-inch iMac with quad core Intel processor ＠ 3.2 GHz and other goodies irrelevant to this discussion. I'm told there are other Mac users among us who are using the beta and that it's working superbly well for them. So then , I unwound the source, did the usual sequence of stuff, and got an error. What follows is the edited shell buffer output, with most irrelevant stuff deleted. -------------------- BEGINNING OF SHELL GLOP -------------------- $ pwd /Users/lnewton/xemacs $ ls xemacs-21.5.33.tar.gz xemacs-sumo.tar.gz $ tar -zxvf xemacs-21.5.33.tar.gz xemacs-21.5.33/ ... output deleted ... $ tar -zxvf xemacs-sumo.tar.gz ./xemacs-packages/ ... output deleted ... $ cd xemacs-21.5.33 $ ./configure ... output deleted ... looks okay ... $ make ... most output deleted until ... Loading /Users/lnewton/xemacs/xemacs-21.5.33/src/../lisp/make-docfile.el... Loading find-paths.el... Loading packages.el... Loading setup-paths.el... Loading raw-process.el... Requiring custom... Requiring widget... Loading process... Loading /Users/lnewton/xemacs/xemacs-21.5.33/lisp/dumped-lisp.el... Spawning make-docfile ... Spawning make-docfile ...done ./temacs -nd -no-packages -batch -l /Users/lnewton/xemacs/xemacs-21.5.33/src/../lisp/loadup.el dump Loading /Users/lnewton/xemacs/xemacs-21.5.33/src/../lisp/loadup.el... Using load-path (/Users/lnewton/xemacs/xemacs-21.5.33/lisp/) Using module-load-path (/Users/lnewton/xemacs/xemacs-21.5.33/modules) Loading /Users/lnewton/xemacs/xemacs-21.5.33/lisp/backquote.elc... ... and so forth until ... Loading /Users/lnewton/xemacs/xemacs-21.5.33/lisp/custom.elc... Requiring widget... ... and more of the same until ... Loading /Users/lnewton/xemacs/xemacs-21.5.33/lisp/paragraphs.elc... *** Error in XEmacs initialization (error "Loading this file requires xemacs, mule") *** Backtrace really-early-error-handler((error "Loading this file requires xemacs, mule")) signal(error ("Loading this file requires xemacs, mule")) # bind (args datum) cerror("Loading this file requires xemacs, mule") apply(cerror "Loading this file requires xemacs, mule" nil) # bind (args datum) error("Loading this file requires xemacs, mule") (or (and (featurep (quote xemacs)) (featurep (quote mule))) (error "Loading this file requires xemacs, mule")) # (unwind-protect ...) # (unwind-protect ...) # (unwind-protect ...) # (unwind-protect ...) # (unwind-protect ...) # (unwind-protect ...) # (unwind-protect ...) # (unwind-protect ...) (load-internal "[internal]") load-internal("/Users/lnewton/xemacs/xemacs-21.5.33/lisp/paragraphs.elc" nil nil nil escape-quoted) # bind (handler path nosuffix nomessage noerror filename) load("/Users/lnewton/xemacs/xemacs-21.5.33/lisp/paragraphs.elc") (prog1 (load full-path) (unless (memq (quote quick-build) internal-error-checking) (garbage-collect))) (if full-path (prog1 (load full-path) (unless (memq (quote quick-build) internal-error-checking) (garbage-collect))) (external-debugging-output (format "\nLoad file %s: not found\n" file)) nil) # bind (full-path) (let ((full-path (locate-file file load-path (if load-ignore-elc-files (quote (".el" "")) (quote (".elc" ".el" "")))))) (if full-path (prog1 (load full-path) (unless (memq (quote quick-build) internal-error-checking) (garbage-collect))) (external-debugging-output (format "\nLoad file %s: not found\n" file)) nil)) # bind (file) pureload("paragraphs") (if (pureload file) nil (external-debugging-output "Fatal error during load, aborting") (kill-emacs 1)) (unless (pureload file) (external-debugging-output "Fatal error during load, aborting") (kill-emacs 1)) (while (setq file (car files)) (unless (pureload file) (external-debugging-output "Fatal error during load, aborting") (kill-emacs 1)) (setq files (cdr files))) # bind (file files) (let ((files preloaded-file-list) file) (while (setq file (car files)) (unless (pureload file) (external-debugging-output "Fatal error during load, aborting") (kill-emacs 1)) (setq files (cdr files))) (when (not (featurep (quote toolbar))) (defun toolbar-button-p (obj) "No toolbar support." nil) (defun toolbar-specifier-p (obj) "No toolbar support." nil)) (fmakunbound (quote pureload))) (lambda nil (setq load-path (list source-lisp)) (setq module-load-path (list (expand-file-name "modules" build-directory))) (external-debugging-output (format "\nUsing load-path %s" load-path)) (external-debugging-output (format "\nUsing module-load-path %s" module-load-path)) (buffer-disable-undo (get-buffer "*scratch*")) (let ((temp-path (expand-file-name "." (car load-path)))) (setq load-path (nconc (mapcar (function (lambda (i) (concat i "/"))) (directory-files temp-path t "^[^-.]" nil (quote dirs-only))) (cons (file-name-as-directory temp-path) load-path)))) (setq load-warn-when-source-only t) (defun pureload (file) (let ((full-path (locate-file file load-path (if load-ignore-elc-files (quote (".el" "")) (quote (".elc" ".el" "")))))) (if full-path (prog1 (load full-path) (unless (memq (quote quick-build) internal-error-checking) (garbage-collect))) (external-debugging-output (format "\nLoad file %s: not found\n" file)) nil))) (load (expand-file-name "dumped-lisp.el" source-lisp)) (let ((files preloaded-file-list) file) (while (setq file (car files)) (unless (pureload file) (external-debugging-output "Fatal error during load, aborting") (kill-emacs 1)) (setq files (cdr files))) (when (not (featurep (quote toolbar))) (defun toolbar-button-p (obj) "No toolbar support." nil) (defun toolbar-specifier-p (obj) "No toolbar support." nil)) (fmakunbound (quote pureload))) (packages-load-package-dumped-lisps late-package-load-path))() # (unwind-protect ...) call-with-condition-handler(really-early-error-handler (lambda nil (setq load-path (list source-lisp)) (setq module-load-path (list (expand-file-name "modules" build-directory))) (external-debugging-output (format "\nUsing load-path %s" load-path)) (external-debugging-output (format "\nUsing module-load-path %s" module-load-path)) (buffer-disable-undo (get-buffer "*scratch*")) (let ((temp-path (expand-file-name "." (car load-path)))) (setq load-path (nconc (mapcar (function (lambda (i) (concat i "/"))) (directory-files temp-path t "^[^-.]" nil (quote dirs-only))) (cons (file-name-as-directory temp-path) load-path)))) (setq load-warn-when-source-only t) (defun pureload (file) (let ((full-path (locate-file file load-path (if load-ignore-elc-files (quote (".el" "")) (quote (".elc" ".el" "")))))) (if full-path (prog1 (load full-path) (unless (memq (quote quick-build) internal-error-checking) (garbage-collect))) (external-debugging-output (format "\nLoad file %s: not found\n" file)) nil))) (load (expand-file-name "dumped-lisp.el" source-lisp)) (let ((files preloaded-file-list) file) (while (setq file (car files)) (unless (pureload file) (external-debugging-output "Fatal error during load, aborting") (kill-emacs 1)) (setq files (cdr files))) (when (not (featurep (quote toolbar))) (defun toolbar-button-p (obj) "No toolbar support." nil) (defun toolbar-specifier-p (obj) "No toolbar support." nil)) (fmakunbound (quote pureload))) (packages-load-package-dumped-lisps late-package-load-path))) # bind (stack-trace-on-error) (let ((stack-trace-on-error nil)) (call-with-condition-handler (quote really-early-error-handler) (function (lambda nil (setq load-path (list source-lisp)) (setq module-load-path (list (expand-file-name "modules" build-directory))) (external-debugging-output (format "\nUsing load-path %s" load-path)) (external-debugging-output (format "\nUsing module-load-path %s" module-load-path)) (buffer-disable-undo (get-buffer "*scratch*")) (let ((temp-path (expand-file-name "." (car load-path)))) (setq load-path (nconc (mapcar (function (lambda (i) (concat i "/"))) (directory-files temp-path t "^[^-.]" nil (quote dirs-only))) (cons (file-name-as-directory temp-path) load-path)))) (setq load-warn-when-source-only t) (defun pureload (file) (let ((full-path (locate-file file load-path (if load-ignore-elc-files (quote (".el" "")) (quote (".elc" ".el" "")))))) (if full-path (prog1 (load full-path) (unless (memq (quote quick-build) internal-error-checking) (garbage-collect))) (external-debugging-output (format "\nLoad file %s: not found\n" file)) nil))) (load (expand-file-name "dumped-lisp.el" source-lisp)) (let ((files preloaded-file-list) file) (while (setq file (car files)) (unless (pureload file) (external-debugging-output "Fatal error during load, aborting") (kill-emacs 1)) (setq files (cdr files))) (when (not (featurep (quote toolbar))) (defun toolbar-button-p (obj) "No toolbar support." nil) (defun toolbar-specifier-p (obj) "No toolbar support." nil)) (fmakunbound (quote pureload))) (packages-load-package-dumped-lisps late-package-load-path))))) # bind (gc-cons-threshold) (let ((gc-cons-threshold (if (and purify-flag (not (memq (quote quick-build) internal-error-checking))) 30000 3000000))) (let ((stack-trace-on-error nil)) (call-with-condition-handler (quote really-early-error-handler) (function (lambda nil (setq load-path (list source-lisp)) (setq module-load-path (list (expand-file-name "modules" build-directory))) (external-debugging-output (format "\nUsing load-path %s" load-path)) (external-debugging-output (format "\nUsing module-load-path %s" module-load-path)) (buffer-disable-undo (get-buffer "*scratch*")) (let ((temp-path (expand-file-name "." (car load-path)))) (setq load-path (nconc (mapcar (function (lambda (i) (concat i "/"))) (directory-files temp-path t "^[^-.]" nil (quote dirs-only))) (cons (file-name-as-directory temp-path) load-path)))) (setq load-warn-when-source-only t) (defun pureload (file) (let ((full-path (locate-file file load-path (if load-ignore-elc-files (quote (".el" "")) (quote (".elc" ".el" "")))))) (if full-path (prog1 (load full-path) (unless (memq (quote quick-build) internal-error-checking) (garbage-collect))) (external-debugging-output (format "\nLoad file %s: not found\n" file)) nil))) (load (expand-file-name "dumped-lisp.el" source-lisp)) (let ((files preloaded-file-list) file) (while (setq file (car files)) (unless (pureload file) (external-debugging-output "Fatal error during load, aborting") (kill-emacs 1)) (setq files (cdr files))) (when (not (featurep (quote toolbar))) (defun toolbar-button-p (obj) "No toolbar support." nil) (defun toolbar-specifier-p (obj) "No toolbar support." nil)) (fmakunbound (quote pureload))) (packages-load-package-dumped-lisps late-package-load-path))))) (setq preloaded-file-list (mapcar (function file-name-sans-extension) preloaded-file-list)) (setq load-warn-when-source-only nil) (setq debugger (quote debug)) (when (member "no-site-file" command-line-args) (setq site-start-file nil)) (when (load "site-load" t) (garbage-collect)) (when purify-flag (message "Finding pointers to doc strings...") (Snarf-documentation "DOC") (message "Finding pointers to doc strings...done") (Verify-documentation)) (when (stringp site-start-file) (load "site-init" t)) (setq load-history (cons (nreverse current-load-list) (delete* nil (mapc (function (lambda (element) (delete* (quote defun) element :key (function car-safe)) (delete-if (function (lambda (elt) (and (symbolp elt) (get elt (quote variable-documentation))))) element))) load-history) :key (function cdr))) current-load-list nil) (setcar (car load-history) (file-truename (caar load-history))) (garbage-collect) (buffer-enable-undo "*scratch*")) # (unwind-protect ...) # (unwind-protect ...) # (unwind-protect ...) # (unwind-protect ...) # (unwind-protect ...) # (unwind-protect ...) # (unwind-protect ...) # (unwind-protect ...) (load-internal "[internal]") load("/Users/lnewton/xemacs/xemacs-21.5.33/src/../lisp/loadup.el") # (condition-case ... . error) # (catch top-level ...) *** Killing XEmacs XEmacs exiting to debugger. Fatal error: assertion failed, file emacs.c, line 3513, ABORT() make[1]: *** [xemacs] Abort trap: 6 make: *** [src] Error 2 $ ----------------------- END OF SHELL GLOP ----------------------- Apparently I'm missing mule, which I'd assumed was part of the distribution. As I recall, that has to do with multi-language support, unicode, and all that sort of thing, right? I know it's been around for a long time, but I've never paid much attention to it. I'm pretty sure I *do* have it in my 21.4.22 installation, which I installed from macports (sudo port install xemacs). Soooo ... o What next? Gotta get mule in there, I guess. Where do I get it, and where in the source hierarchy does it fall? I don't know that no mule is the only problem. o Supplementary question: I know it's not necessary for compiling xemacs, but where exactly do the packages go, i.e., what directory? (Assuming I give ./configure no options ... if that's even relevant.) o The sumo package that I downloaded is dated July 27, 2010. I'm guessing that since most package developers have abandoned working on packages, that this date is probably right. Is it? o Another supplementary question: is it possible to entirely root hyperbole out of xemacs? I used to use it a lot, finally came to hate it, but found it's so thoroughly ingrained, at least in 21.4.22, that my efforts to get rid of it have invariably led to problems. So it remains as a kind of an albatross. Thanks. -- Lynn David Newton Columbus, Ohio neologisticsediting.com lynndavidnewton.com _______________________________________________ XEmacs-Beta mailing list XEmacs-Beta(a)xemacs.org http://lists.xemacs.org/mailman/listinfo/xemacs-beta