Norbert> Hey there everyone. Norbert> Unless really strange problems emerge, this'll be the Norbert> last package pre-release before I officially release the Norbert> whole batch. I plan to do so during the next week, so Norbert> please speak up if you encounter anything weird. Hi Norbert! mule-base fails to install under "XEmacs 21.5 (beta13) \"cauliflower\" [Lucid] (i586-pc-win32, Mule) of Sat May 17 2003 on D5DC120J" with default for package-admin-install-function package-admin-install-function-mswindows which uses minitar. Signaling: (wrong-type-argument number-char-or-marker-p "unknown signal ") happens in call-process during (defun package-admin-install-function-mswindows (file pkg-dir buffer) "Install function for mswindows." (let ((default-directory (file-name-as-directory pkg-dir))) (unless (file-directory-p default-directory) (make-directory default-directory t)) (call-process "minitar" nil buffer t file))) I'll take a look. Best regards, Adrian 58 lines matching packages? 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Norbert> 2003-05-18 Vin Shelton <acs(a)xemacs.org&gt; Norbert> * Makefile (REQUIRES): Add sasl. Norbert> bbdb-1.23 Norbert> --------- Norbert> 2003-05-18 Norbert Koch <viteno(a)xemacs.org&gt; Norbert> * Makefile (VERSION): XEmacs package 1.23 released. Norbert> 2003-05-14 Vin Shelton <acs(a)xemacs.org&gt; Norbert> * Makefile (REQUIRES): Added os-utils to find jka-compr, necessary Norbert> to compile mhe. Norbert> eudc-1.38 Norbert> --------- Norbert> 2003-05-18 Norbert Koch <viteno(a)xemacs.org&gt; Norbert> * Makefile (VERSION): XEmacs package 1.38 released. Norbert> 2003-05-18 Steve Youngs <youngs(a)xemacs.org&gt; Norbert> * Makefile (REQUIRES): Add term, sh-script, net-utils. Norbert> 2003-03-09 Ben Wing <ben(a)xemacs.org&gt; Norbert> * Makefile: Norbert> Delete explicit compile:: and binkit: rules. Norbert> Don't add custom-load.elc to the list of generated elc's. Norbert> Use STANDARD_DOCS instead of explicitly giving the targets Norbert> and dependencies. Norbert> xemacs-devel-1.55 Norbert> ----------------- Norbert> 2003-05-18 Norbert Koch <viteno(a)xemacs.org&gt; Norbert> * Makefile (VERSION): XEmacs package 1.55 released. Norbert> 2003-05-14 Vin Shelton <acs(a)xemacs.org&gt; Norbert> * Makefile (REQUIRES): Added eterm in order to find term.el. Norbert> Installing These: Norbert> ================ Norbert> Manually: Norbert> -------- Norbert> 1) Download the packages that you want to install from: Norbert> /ftp.xemacs.org:/pub/xemacs/beta/experimental/packages/ Norbert> 2) Unpack them to: [1] Norbert> /usr/local/lib/xemacs/xemacs-packages/ Norbert> 3) Re-start XEmacs. Norbert> Using XEmacs Package Tools (XEmacs 21.[245].x): Norbert> ---------------------------------------------- Norbert> 1) Tools -> Packages -> Add Download Site -> Pre-Releases Norbert> 2) Tools -> Packages -> List and Install Norbert> 3) Select the packages you wish to install (there are brief Norbert> instructions at the bottom of the packages buffer). Norbert> 4) Packages -> Install/Remove Selected Norbert> 5) Re-start XEmacs. Norbert> Using XEmacs Package Tools (XEmacs 21.1.14): Norbert> ------------------------------------------- Norbert> 1) Options -> Manage Packages -> Add Download Site -> Pre-Releases Norbert> 2) Options -> Manage Packages -> List and Install Norbert> 3 - 5) As per XEmacs 21.[245].x. Norbert> Footnotes: Norbert> [1] Note: Mule packages should be installed into: Norbert> /usr/local/lib/xemacs/mule-packages/ Norbert> '(norber t) -- Adrian Aichner mailto:adrian＠xemacs.org http://www.xemacs.org/

APA> Hi Norbert! APA> mule-base fails to install under APA> "XEmacs 21.5 (beta13) \"cauliflower\" [Lucid] (i586-pc-win32, Mule) of APA> Sat May 17 2003 on D5DC120J" APA> with default for APA> package-admin-install-function APA> package-admin-install-function-mswindows APA> which uses minitar. APA> Signaling: (wrong-type-argument number-char-or-marker-p "unknown signal APA> ") APA> happens in call-process during APA> (defun package-admin-install-function-mswindows (file pkg-dir buffer) APA> "Install function for mswindows." APA> (let ((default-directory (file-name-as-directory pkg-dir))) APA> (unless (file-directory-p default-directory) APA> (make-directory default-directory t)) APA> (call-process "minitar" nil buffer t file))) APA> I'll take a look. Ooh, this is some first evidence: More later, Adrian APA> Best regards, APA> Adrian <190 lines deleted by Adrian Aichner> -- Adrian Aichner mailto:adrian＠xemacs.org http://www.xemacs.org/

Adrian Aichner <adrian(a)xemacs.org&gt; writes: Hmm, but what's giving it such a headache? I don't think I can do much on the packaging end of things to ease its pain :-/ [...] Yup, that's what I see here and on gwyn, too. Thanks for looking into this, norbert.

|--==> "NK" == Norbert Koch <viteno(a)xemacs.org&gt; writes: NK> Unless really strange problems emerge, this'll be the last package NK> pre-release before I officially release the whole batch. I plan to do NK> so during the next week, so please speak up if you encounter anything NK> weird. There's still some probs with the build, I'll get it all sorted out tonight/tomorrow. It's just that this takes so fscking long! -- |---<Steve Youngs>---------------<GnuPG KeyID: 10D5C9C5>---| | XEmacs - The only _______ you'll ever need. | | Fill in the blank, yes, it's THAT good! | |------------------------------------&lt;youngs(a)xemacs.org&gt;---|

Valdis.Kletnieks(a)vt.edu writes: Absolutely:-) But since you ask so very nicely ... I cook something up to include the author-version into the announcements as well. They're pretty much handmade anyway and need a bit of scripting. Ah, don't do that ... they're too seldom, because they're a bugger to create. Perhaps, I should run more official package releases. norbert.