7:52 p.m.
I am trying to create and build a new package. I followed all the
instructions as documented in the various locations.
When I do the initial 'make' I am getting a build error. I have spent quite
alot of time looking at this and comparing my package with other packages
that build correct. I cannot find the problem. I am going to include my
output. Maybe someone can point me in the right direction or tell me what to
do narrow down the cause.
Here is the output:
/homes/nj/colman/bin/xemacs -no-autoloads -vanilla -batch -eval '(setq
stack-trace-on-error t load-always-display-messages t load-ignore-out-of-date-elc-files t
load-show-full-path-in-messages t)' -l
/homes/nj/colman/src/xemacs-packages-cvs/packages/package-compile.el -- xemacs-base
hyperbole -- -l br-start.el -f batch-byte-compile auto-autoloads.el
Loading /homes/nj/colman/lib/xemacs-21.4.12/lisp/auto-autoloads... # bind (
stack-trace-on-signal debug-on-signal stack-trace-on-error debug-on-error)
signal(wrong-type-argument (stringp nil))
# bind (data error-symbol)
signal-error(wrong-type-argument (stringp nil))
# bind (error-data)
normal-top-level()
# (condition-case ... . error)
# (catch top-level ...)
Wrong type argument: stringp, nil
xemacs exiting
.
make: *** [auto-autoloads.elc] Error 255
--
Jake Colman
Principia Partners LLC Phone: (201) 209-2467
Harborside Financial Center Fax: (201) 946-0320
902 Plaza Two E-mail: colman(a)ppllc.com
Jersey City, NJ 07311 www.principiapartners.com
8:47 p.m.
Sorry for following up my own message but here are the initial cuts
(incomplete but should be functional) of my package-info.in and Makefile:
(oo-browser
(standards-version 1.1
version VERSION
author-version AUTHOR_VERSION
date DATE
build-date BUILD_DATE
maintainer MAINTAINER
distribution xemacs
priority high
category CATEGORY
dump nil
description "OO-Browser: The Multi-Language Object-Oriented Code Browser"
filename FILENAME
md5sum MD5SUM
size SIZE
provides (c++-browse clos-browse eif-browse hasht hmouse-br info-browse java-brows
objc-brows pyth-brows smt-browse)
requires (REQUIRES)
type regular
))
# Makefile for XEmacs development lisp code
# This file is part of XEmacs.
# XEmacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
# under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
# Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any
# later version.
# XEmacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
# ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License
# for more details.
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with XEmacs; see the file COPYING. If not, write to
# the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
# Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
# This XEmacs package contains independent single file lisp packages
VERSION = 1.01
AUTHOR_VERSION = 4.08
MAINTAINER = Jake Colman <jcolman(a)jnc.com>
PACKAGE = oo-browser
PKG_TYPE = regular
REQUIRES = xemacs-base hyperbole
CATEGORY = standard
ELCS = br-c-ft.elc br-c++-ft.elc br-c++.elc br-clos-ft.elc \
br-clos.elc br-compl.elc \
br-eif-ft.elc br-eif.elc br-env.elc br-ftr.elc br-info.elc \
br-init.elc br-java.elc br-java-ft.elc \
br-lib.elc br-menu.elc br-name.elc br-objc-ft.elc \
br-objc.elc br-python.elc br-python-ft.elc br-site.elc br-vers.elc \
br-smt.elc br-start.elc br-tree.elc br.elc c++-browse.elc \
clos-brows.elc eif-browse.elc eif-calls.elc eif-ise-er.elc \
hasht.elc hmouse-br.elc info-brows.elc java-brows.elc \
objc-brows.elc pyth-brows.elc smt-browse.elc
#PRELOADS = -l br-start.el
#EXTRA_SOURCES = br-c-tags BR-VERSION br-help br-help-ms \
# Makefile Make-Env BR-COPY BR-RELEASE BR-README BR-FEATURES \
# man/oo-browser.texi man/im
#EXPLICIT_DOCS = man/$(PACKAGE).texi
#MAKEINFO_FLAGS = -Iman
include ../../XEmacs.rules
--
Jake Colman
Principia Partners LLC Phone: (201) 209-2467
Harborside Financial Center Fax: (201) 946-0320
902 Plaza Two E-mail: colman(a)ppllc.com
Jersey City, NJ 07311 www.principiapartners.com
5:47 a.m.
>>>> "Jake" == Jake Colman
<colman(a)ppllc.com> writes:
Jake> signal-error(wrong-type-argument (stringp nil))
Jake> # bind (error-data)
Jake> normal-top-level()
Jake> # (condition-case ... . error)
Jake> # (catch top-level ...)
You should check all the top-level forms for macro calls and the like.
You may need to explicitly require or load some more files in order to
ensure that macros are defined. Look for top-level forms that are not
defun, defvar, defcustom, etc.
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3:54 p.m.
>>>> "SJT" == Stephen J Turnbull
<stephen(a)xemacs.org> writes:
>>>> "Jake" == Jake Colman
<colman(a)ppllc.com> writes:
Jake> signal-error(wrong-type-argument
(stringp nil))
Jake> # bind (error-data)
Jake> normal-top-level()
Jake> # (condition-case ... . error)
Jake> # (catch top-level ...)
SJT> You should check all the top-level forms for macro calls and the like.
SJT> You may need to explicitly require or load some more files in order to
SJT> ensure that macros are defined. Look for top-level forms that are not
SJT> defun, defvar, defcustom, etc.
Are you referring to adding additional entries to the REQUIRES macro of the
package's Makefile? How can I narrow down what is being looked for? Is it
something that is being invoked from auto-autoloads.el?
--
Jake Colman
Principia Partners LLC Phone: (201) 209-2467
Harborside Financial Center Fax: (201) 946-0320
902 Plaza Two E-mail: colman(a)ppllc.com
Jersey City, NJ 07311 www.principiapartners.com
4:46 p.m.
>>>> "Jake" == Jake Colman
<colman(a)ppllc.com> writes:
>>>>> "SJT" == Stephen J Turnbull <stephen(a)xemacs.org>
writes:
>>>> "Jake" == Jake Colman
<colman(a)ppllc.com> writes:
Jake> signal-error(wrong-type-argument
(stringp nil))
Jake> # bind (error-data)
Jake> normal-top-level()
Jake> # (condition-case ... . error)
Jake> # (catch top-level ...)
SJT> You should check all the top-level forms for macro calls and the like.
SJT> You may need to explicitly require or load some more files in order to
SJT> ensure that macros are defined. Look for top-level forms that are not
SJT> defun, defvar, defcustom, etc.
Jake> Are you referring to adding additional entries to the REQUIRES macro of the
Jake> package's Makefile? How can I narrow down what is being looked for? Is
it
Jake> something that is being invoked from auto-autoloads.el?
Again, I apologize for following up my own posting.
As you probably know, I am trying to package up oo-browser. It has a
dependency on hyperbole so my REQUIRES macro specifies hyperbole. The
inclusion of hyperbole is what is screwing me up.
Knowing this, how do I move forward? I don't understand what the error is
telling me.
--
Jake Colman
Principia Partners LLC Phone: (201) 209-2467
Harborside Financial Center Fax: (201) 946-0320
902 Plaza Two E-mail: colman(a)ppllc.com
Jersey City, NJ 07311 www.principiapartners.com
7:05 p.m.
Yet again, I apologize for following my own posting.
I solved the problem by removing hyperbole from the list of REQUIRED and by
pre-loading one of my files. This works.
I will post seperately a question about the REQUIRED macro.
>>>> "Jake" == Jake Colman
<colman(a)ppllc.com> writes:
>>>> "Jake" == Jake Colman
<colman(a)ppllc.com> writes:
>>>>> "SJT" == Stephen J
Turnbull <stephen(a)xemacs.org> writes:
>>>> "Jake" == Jake Colman
<colman(a)ppllc.com> writes:
Jake> signal-error(wrong-type-argument
(stringp nil))
Jake> # bind (error-data)
Jake> normal-top-level()
Jake> # (condition-case ... . error)
Jake> # (catch top-level ...)
SJT> You should check all the top-level forms for macro calls and the like.
SJT> You may need to explicitly require or load some more files in order to
SJT> ensure that macros are defined. Look for top-level forms that are not
SJT> defun, defvar, defcustom, etc.
Jake> Are you referring to adding additional entries to the REQUIRES macro of the
Jake> package's Makefile? How can I narrow down what is being looked for? Is
it
Jake> something that is being invoked from auto-autoloads.el?
Jake> Again, I apologize for following up my own posting.
Jake> As you probably know, I am trying to package up oo-browser. It has a
Jake> dependency on hyperbole so my REQUIRES macro specifies hyperbole. The
Jake> inclusion of hyperbole is what is screwing me up.
Jake> Knowing this, how do I move forward? I don't understand what the error
is
Jake> telling me.
Jake> --
Jake> Jake Colman
Jake> Principia Partners LLC Phone: (201) 209-2467
Jake> Harborside Financial Center Fax: (201) 946-0320
Jake> 902 Plaza Two E-mail: colman(a)ppllc.com
Jake> Jersey City, NJ 07311 www.principiapartners.com
--
Jake Colman
Principia Partners LLC Phone: (201) 209-2467
Harborside Financial Center Fax: (201) 946-0320
902 Plaza Two E-mail: colman(a)ppllc.com
Jersey City, NJ 07311 www.principiapartners.com
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