Package gnus requires ecrypto; 'cryptic' error message

================================================================ Dear Bug Team! I did M-x package-get and installed gnus. But then on starting gnus with M-x gnus, I got the error message "cannot open load file: %s: sha1" Installing the ecrypto package fixed it. Perhaps gnus should have an explicit dependency on ecrypto so that if you install gnus you are prompted to install ecrypto first. ================================================================ System Info to help track down your bug: --------------------------------------- OS version: Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600] OS: Windows_NT XEmacs 21.4.19 "Constant Variable" configured for `i586-pc-win32'. Building XEmacs in "e:\\acs\\software\\XEmacsWindowsKit\\xemacs-21.4-2006-01-28\\nt". Using compiler "cl -nologo -W3 -O2 -G5 -MD". Installing XEmacs in "c:\\XEmacs-built\\XEmacs-21.4.19". Package path is "~\\.xemacs;;c:\\XEmacs-built\\site-packages;c:\\XEmacs-built\\xemacs-packages". Compiling in support for Microsoft Windows native GUI. Compiling in support for XPM images. Compiling in support for GIF images. Compiling in support for PNG images. Compiling in support for TIFF images. Compiling in support for JPEG images. Compiling in support for toolbars. Compiling in support for dialogs. Compiling in support for widgets. Compiling in support for native sounds. Compiling in fast dired implementation. Using portable dumper. Using system malloc. Using DLL version of C runtime library Load-Path Lisp Shadows: ---------------------- nil Installed XEmacs Packages: ------------------------- (ecrypto ver: 0.2 upstream: 2.0) (gnus ver: 1.89 upstream: 5.10.7) (xemacs-devel ver: 1.72 upstream: No-Upstream-Ver) (xemacs-base ver: 2.01 upstream: No-Upstream-Ver) (time ver: 1.14 upstream: 1.17) (text-modes ver: 1.9 upstream: No-Upstream-Ver) (texinfo ver: 1.3 upstream: No-Upstream-Ver) (speedbar ver: 1.28 upstream: 0.14beta4) (sounds-wav ver: 1.12 upstream: No-Upstream-Ver) (sh-script ver: 1.21 upstream: 2.0f) (semantic ver: 1.19 upstream: 1.4.2) (prog-modes ver: 2.06 upstream: No-Upstream-Ver) (perl-modes ver: 1.08 upstream: No-Upstream-Ver) (pc ver: 1.28 upstream: No-Upstream-Ver) (os-utils ver: 1.36 upstream: No-Upstream-Ver) (net-utils ver: 1.48 upstream: N/A) (mail-lib ver: 1.75 upstream: No-Upstream-Ver) (fsf-compat ver: 1.15 upstream: No-Upstream-Ver) (eieio ver: 1.05 upstream: 0.17) (efs ver: 1.33 upstream: 1.23) (edit-utils ver: 2.32 upstream: No-Upstream-Ver) (ediff ver: 1.6 upstream: 2.75) (edebug ver: 1.21 upstream: No-Upstream-Ver) (ecb ver: 1.22 upstream: 2.31) (dired ver: 1.17 upstream: 7.13) (debug ver: 1.17 upstream: No-Upstream-Ver) (cc-mode ver: 1.45 upstream: 5.30.10) (c-support ver: 1.22 upstream: No-Upstream-Ver) Features: -------- (xemacsbug shadow nndraft nnmh gnus-agent gnus-srvr gnus-score score-mode nnvirtual gnus-msg gnus-art mm-uu mml2015 gpg timer-funcs mm-view gnus-sum gnus-group gnus-undo nntp nnoo nnmail mail-source format-spec gnus-cache gnus-start gnus-spec gnus-int gnus-range message mml mml-sec mml-smime smime dig mm-decode mm-bodies mm-encode mailcap mail-parse rfc2045 rfc2231 rfc2047 qp ietf-drums mail-abbrevs sendmail rfc822 mailheader canlock sha1 executable hex-util ecrypto-autoloads gnus-win gnus gnus-ems gnus-xmas messagexmas nnheader nnheaderxm gnus-util netrc time-date mail-utils mm-util mail-prsvr gnus-autoloads sort cus-edit cus-load wid-edit env efs-x19.15 efs-fnh efs-ovwrt efs-netrc efs-defun efs efs-dump package-ui package-get package-admin config gnuserv tags etags dabbrev view-less view man rect apache-mode regexp-opt font-lock efs-cu ansi-color shell comint ring cus-face xemacs-devel-autoloads xemacs-base-autoloads time-autoloads text-modes-autoloads texinfo-autoloads speedbar-autoloads sounds-wav-autoloads sh-script-autoloads semantic-autoloads prog-modes-autoloads perl-modes-autoloads pc-autoloads os-utils-autoloads net-utils-autoloads mail-lib-autoloads fsf-compat-autoloads eieio-autoloads efs-autoloads edit-utils-autoloads ediff-autoloads edebug-autoloads ecb-autoloads dired-autoloads debug-autoloads cc-mode-autoloads c-support-autoloads lisp-autoloads loadhist auto-show fontl-hooks code-cmds gutter-items menubar-items x-menubar dragdrop mode-motion mouse itimer auto-save lisp-mode easymenu iso8859-1 page buff-menu lib-complete help-nomule cus-file derived frame text-props obsolete cus-start custom widget cl-extra mini-cl cl cl-19 packages backquote very-early-lisp file-coding mswindows-scrollbars mswindows toolbar native-sound scrollbar network-streams subprocesses menu-accelerator-support menubar md5 xemacs gutter tiff png gif jpeg xpm xbm lisp-float-type windows-nt dragdrop-api dialog devices window-system base64) Recent keystrokes: ----------------- M-x g n u s RET n y M-x g n u s - g r SPC b r o SPC f o SPC SPC RET RET n e w s . g m a n e . o r g RET n button1 button1up M-x s h e l l RET t e l n e t SPC n e w s . g m a n e . o r g SPC 1 1 9 misc-user RET button1 button1up button1 button1up button1 button1up M-x r e p o r t SPC x e m SPC b SPC RET Recent messages (most recent first): ----------------------------------- Loading xemacsbug...done Loading xemacsbug... Unable to contact server news.gmane.org: Opening nntp server on news.gmane.org...failed Unable to open nntp:news.gmane.org, go offline? (y or n) No Unable to open nntp:news.gmane.org, go offline? (y or n) Opening nntp server on news.gmane.org... Connecting to news.gmane.org... Setting up drafts group Subscribing drafts group Checking new news...done Checking new news... Opening nntp server on news...failed Denied server Opening nntp server on news... Opening nntp server on news...failed Denied server Opening nntp server on news... nntp (news) open error: ''. Continue? (y or n) Yes nntp (news) open error: ''. Continue? (y or n) ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email ______________________________________________________________________