7:05 a.m.
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Dear Bug Team!
Hi,
If the env. variable LANG is not set, xemacs fails to load any of the
init.el stuff or whatever you've asked it to load from the command line.
It does run, but instead of what one asked it to do it just reports
"Wrong type argument: stringp, nil".
To duplicate this, just "unsetenv LANG" (or whatever the bash equivalent
is) and try to run xemacs. Let LANG be whatever it should be, and
things work no problem.
Smells to me like you've got a "getenv(LANG)" call in there and are
blindly using it to configure stuff, without first checking to see if
the getenv() return value is valid.
Alec Habig
ahabig(a)umn.edu
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System Info to help track down your bug:
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uname -a: Linux hammer2.fedora.redhat.com 2.6.17-1.2187_FC5 #1 SMP Mon Sep 11 01:16:59 EDT
2006 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux
./configure '--build=i686-redhat-linux-gnu' '--host=i686-redhat-linux-gnu'
'--target=i386-redhat-linux-gnu' '--program-prefix='
'--prefix=/usr' '--exec-prefix=/usr' '--bindir=/usr/bin'
'--sbindir=/usr/sbin' '--sysconfdir=/etc' '--datadir=/usr/share'
'--includedir=/usr/include' '--libdir=/usr/lib'
'--libexecdir=/usr/libexec' '--localstatedir=/var'
'--sharedstatedir=/usr/com' '--mandir=/usr/share/man'
'--infodir=/usr/share/info' '--with-system-packages=/usr/share/xemacs'
'--without-msw' '--with-mule' '--with-clash-detection'
'--with-database=no' '--without-ldap' '--without-postgresql'
'--with-mail-locking=lockf' '--with-pop' '--without-hesiod'
'--with-pdump' '--with-debug' '--with-error-checking=none'
'--with-docdir=/usr/lib/xemacs-21.5-b27/doc' '--with-xfs'
'--with-athena=next' '--with-menubars=lucid'
'--with-widgets=athena' '--with-dialogs=athena'
'--with-scrollbars=lucid' '--with-xim=xlib' '--without-wnn'
'CFLAGS=-O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fexceptions -fsta!
ck-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -m32 -march=i386 -mtune=generic
-fasynchronous-unwind-tables -fno-strict-aliasing'
'build_alias=i686-redhat-linux-gnu' 'host_alias=i686-redhat-linux-gnu'
'target_alias=i386-redhat-linux-gnu'
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- Compiler command: gcc -Wall -Wno-switch -Wundef -Wsign-compare
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- Using Doug Lea's new malloc from the GNU C Library.
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Databases:
Internationalization:
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- Using XFontSet to provide bilingual menubar.
Compiling in support for Canna on Mule.
Mail:
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Compiling in support for "lockf" mail spool file locking method.
Other Features:
Inhibiting IPv6 canonicalization at startup.
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Using the new GC mark algorithms (KKCC).
WARNING: ---------------------------------------------------------
WARNING: The new algorithms are experimental. They are enabled by
WARNING: default for this release. Use `--disable-kkcc' to
WARNING: turn it off.
WARNING: ---------------------------------------------------------
Using the new portable dumper.
Dumping into executable.
Compiling in support for extra debugging code.
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