9:42 p.m.
This bug report will be sent to the XEmacs Development Team,
not to your local site managers!!
Please write in English, because the XEmacs maintainers do not have
translators to read other languages for them.
Please describe as succinctly as possible:
- What happened.
- What you thought should have happened.
- Precisely what you were doing at the time.
Please also include any C or lisp back-traces that you may have.
================================================================
Dear Bug Team!
On my Mandrake 9.0 system, dired occassionally includes the date as
part of the file name in creating the extents. (It's easy to see when
this happens by sliding the mouse down the filenames and watching the
highlighting.) This means none of the file operations (such as
visiting or deleting) work because they try to operate on a file with
a name like "Apr 23 2002 dired-mob.elc" rather than "dired-mob.elc".
I tracked this down to the search for dired-re-month-and-time, which
is set to
" \\(\\([ 0-3][0-9] \\([A-Za-z]\\|[^
6:14 a.m.
>>>> "Mark" == Mark Purtill
<mpurtill(a)softwarerevolution.com> writes:
Mark> On my Mandrake 9.0 system,
Mandrake? Too bad. Blow away all their XEmacs binaries and sources,
download clean copies, build, and come back and we'll help you with
the inevitable UI problems.
Mark> '--with-meta-same-as-alt'
Back into PROBLEMS they go. They promised not to do this any more.
--
Institute of Policy and Planning Sciences http://turnbull.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp
University of Tsukuba Tennodai 1-1-1 Tsukuba 305-8573 JAPAN
Ask not how you can "do" free software business;
ask what your business can "do for" free software.
8:01 p.m.
"Stephen J. Turnbull" <stephen(a)xemacs.org> writes:
>>>>> "Mark" == Mark Purtill
<mpurtill(a)softwarerevolution.com> writes:
Mark> On my Mandrake 9.0 system,
Mandrake? Too bad. Blow away all their XEmacs binaries and sources,
download clean copies, build, and come back and we'll help you with
the inevitable UI problems.
:(
Mark> '--with-meta-same-as-alt'
Back into PROBLEMS they go. They promised not to do this any more.
I have uploaded a new version without this patch (21.4.11-2mdk). What else should
I do to be xemacs devel team compliant?
Configure options used:
XEMACS_CONFIG="$RPM_ARCH-mandrake-linux
--prefix=/usr \
--exec-prefix=/usr \
--package-path=/%{_datadir}/xemacs/ \
--datadir=/%{_datadir} \
--mandir=/%{_mandir}/man0 \
--infodir=/%{_infodir} \
--libdir=/%{_libdir} \
--bindir=/%{_bindir} \
--infopath=/%{_infodir}" \
--with-gpm=no \
--with-sound=none \
--with-pop \
--mail-locking=flock \
--with-clash-detection \
--with-scrollbars=lucid \
--with-menubars=lucid \
--with-xpm \
--with-xface \
--with-png \
--with-jpeg \
--with-tiff \
--dynamic=yes \
--with-ncurses \
--without-ldap \
--without-postgresql \
--with-gpm=no \
--with-clash-detection \
--debug=no \
--error-checking=none \
--prefix=/usr \
--exec-prefix=/usr \
--with-x11 \
--with-tty=yes \
--with-dialogs=athena \
--with-widgets=athena \
--with-athena=3d \
--with-file-coding "
Brief description of current patches following.
Patch2: xemacs-21.6-non-x86-build.patch.bz2: For PPC buildings.
Patch3: xemacs-21.4.6-iso-8859-15.patch.bz2: add ISO 8859-15
Patch5: xemacs-21.4.9-fix-emacs-roots.patch.bz2: default dir for non
arch dependent files are share, not lib
Patch10: xemacs-21.4.10-rpm-spec-mode.patch.bz2: short-circuit is
authorized for packages building in mandrake.
--
Warly
12:59 p.m.
On Fri, 2003-01-24 at 22:01, Warly wrote:
--debug=no \
--error-checking=none \
I'm sure the XEmacs core developers would appreciate:
--debug=yes
--error-checking=all
...and *not* stripping the binaries. Of course, you may feel that your
interests conflict with the XEmacs people, but at least "--debug=yes"
should be enabled (see eg. [1]). Is Mandrake by the way going to adapt
RPM 4.2's "debuginfo" stuff (that'd take care of the (not) stripping
part if I've understood correctly)?
Also, you mentioned the patches, how about sending them to xemacs-beta
so people can take a look?
[1] <http://list-archive.xemacs.org/xemacs-beta/200301/msg00296.html>
--
\/ille Skyttä
scop at xemacs.org
2:55 a.m.
>>>> "Ville" == Ville Skytt <Ville>
writes:
Ville> I'm sure the XEmacs core developers would appreciate:
Ville> --debug=yes
This would be nice, if you don't strip.
Ville> --error-checking=all
Definitely not; error-checking has a noticable impact on run-time
responsiveness. This only makes sense for beta testers (who are
signed up for such annoyances, and are likely to have bigger faster
machines anyway).
Ville> ...and *not* stripping the binaries.
That would be nice, but unfortunately it adds a noticable amount to
the XEmacs core distribution footprint (about 5%). If the binaries
are stripped, there's little point in --debug, of course.
We would like unstripped binaries built with --debug, but we really
cannot expect it. Nobody else does it.
--
Institute of Policy and Planning Sciences http://turnbull.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp
University of Tsukuba Tennodai 1-1-1 Tsukuba 305-8573 JAPAN
Ask not how you can "do" free software business;
ask what your business can "do for" free software.
3:23 a.m.
>>>> "warly" == warly
<warly(a)mandrakesoft.com> writes:
warly> I have uploaded a new version without this patch
warly> (21.4.11-2mdk).
Do you have "real" development effort (a few hours) to spare to work
on this? If so, what you should do is make the internal treatment of
modifiers indirect. If you can just swap modifiers Meta and Alt, a
patch that makes all user-definable modifiers (ie, modifer bits 1-5)
configurable at build time from ./configure might be acceptable
(although one which ties Meta and Alt to be the same is not). I
believe there's already a comment in the source to the effect that
treatment of modifier bits should be run-time configurable; I'm sure
such a patch would be accepted.
warly> What else should I do to be xemacs devel team compliant?
Mostly tell us when you feel you need to patch XEmacs. In your list
below, none are "wrong", and the one that we can't do much about
ourselves we could at least provide the information to users who build
vanilla XEmacs sources on Mandrake (and to ourselves!).
The "PROBLEM" with Mandrake from our point of view is that XEmacs
built from our sources is noticably misbehaved on Mandrake systems
because the OEM version differs significantly from what we
distribute. And _we_ get the bug reports, which confuse the hell out
of us, because our code should not misbehave in that way on a "normal"
system.
warly> Patch2: xemacs-21.6-non-x86-build.patch.bz2: For PPC buildings.
Probably we want this in the mainstream. If it's been submitted to
xemacs-patches and turned down, maybe you and the authors want to
figure out why and make it work right?
warly> Patch3: xemacs-21.4.6-iso-8859-15.patch.bz2: add ISO 8859-15
This is already done in a forward-compatible way in the latin-unity
package (which also partially solves some of the many problems caused
by conflicts among latin-* character sets). I admit I don't think
latin-unity had been released, maybe not even written, as of 21.4.6.
warly> Patch5: xemacs-21.4.9-fix-emacs-roots.patch.bz2: default
warly> dir for non arch dependent files are share, not lib
This is hard; you'd almost certainly have to maintain this patch
because I don't think we can fix this problem (yes, we acknowledge
it's not right, but the right fix is only trivial for FHS-conforming
systems) in 21.4.
Still, we could put this in PROBLEMS in the form "if you build on
Mandrake, you probably want this unofficial patch for compatibility
with Mandrake file hierarchy layout". We'll still get bug reports,
but not as many, and they'll be quickly solved.
warly> Patch10: xemacs-21.4.10-rpm-spec-mode.patch.bz2:
warly> short-circuit is authorized for packages building in
warly> mandrake.
This relates to rpm-spec-mode? You should be able to put config
information that in default.el (so that users can avoid it with -q) or
site-start.el (if you want to enforce it as Mandrake policy (users can
still avoid it with --no-site-start, but that's deliberately hard to
type). If a patch is required to rpm-spec-mode, you probably need to
negotiate that with upstream authors.
--
Institute of Policy and Planning Sciences http://turnbull.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp
University of Tsukuba Tennodai 1-1-1 Tsukuba 305-8573 JAPAN
Ask not how you can "do" free software business;
ask what your business can "do for" free software.
9:58 p.m.
Stephen J. Turnbull writes:
>>>>> "Mark" == Mark Purtill
<mpurtill(a)softwarerevolution.com> writes:
Mark> On my Mandrake 9.0 system,
Mandrake? Too bad. Blow away all their XEmacs binaries and sources,
download clean copies, build, and come back and we'll help you with
the inevitable UI problems.
Mark> '--with-meta-same-as-alt'
Back into PROBLEMS they go. They promised not to do this any more.
I actually had already recompiled with a redhat src rpm. But
just to be sure I downloaded the source from xemacs.org and
recompiled, and I have the same problem. Here's the information on
that newly recompiled XEmacs in case it's of any use:
System Info to help track down your bug:
---------------------------------------
uname -a: Linux bushnell.softwarerevolution.com 2.4.19-16mdk #1 Fri Sep 20 18:15:05 CEST
2002 i686 unknown unknown GNU/Linux
./configure '--prefix=/usr/local/xemacs-21.4.12'
'--exec-prefix=/usr/local/xemacs-21.4.12'
'--package-path=/usr/local/xemacs-21.4.12/share/xemacs/'
'--datadir=/usr/local/xemacs-21.4.12/share'
'--infodir=/usr/local/xemacs-21.4.12/share/info'
'--mandir=/usr/local/xemacs-21.4.12/man/man0'
'--infodir=/usr/local/xemacs-21.4.12/share/info'
'--libdir=/usr/local/xemacs-21.4.12/lib'
'--bindir=/usr/local/xemacs-21.4.12/bin'
'--infopath=/usr/local/xemacs-21.4.12/share/info' '--with-gpm=no'
'--with-sound=none' '--with-pop' '--mail-locking=flock'
'--with-clash-detection' '--with-scrollbars=lucid'
'--with-menubars=lucid' '--with-xpm' '--with-xface'
'--with-png' '--with-jpeg' '--with-tiff' '--dynamic=yes'
'--with-ncurses' '--without-ldap' '--without-postgresql'
'--with-gpm=no' '--with-clash-detection' '--debug=yes'
'--error-checking=all' '--prefix=/usr/local/xemacs-21.4.12'
'--exec-prefix=/usr/local/xemacs-21.4.12' '--with-x11'
'--with-tty=yes' '--with-dialogs=athena' '--with-widgets=athena'
'--with-athena=3d' '--with-file-coding' '--with-mule'
XEmacs 21.4.12 "Portable Code" configured for `i686-pc-linux'.
Compilation / Installation:
Source code location: /usr/local/build/xemacs-21.4.12
Installation prefix: /usr/local/xemacs-21.4.12
Operating system description file: `s/linux.h'
Machine description file: `m/intel386.h'
Compiler: gcc -g -O3 -Wall -Wno-switch -Winline
-Wmissing-prototypes -Wsign-compare -Wshadow
Relocating allocator for buffers: no
GNU version of malloc: yes
- Using Doug Lea's new malloc from the GNU C Library.
Window System:
Compiling in support for the X window system:
- X Windows headers location: /usr/X11R6/include
- X Windows libraries location: /usr/X11R6/lib
- Handling WM_COMMAND properly.
Compiling in support for the Athena widget set:
- Athena headers location: X11/Xaw3d
- Athena library to link: Xaw3d
Using Lucid menubars.
Using Lucid scrollbars.
Using Athena dialog boxes.
Using Athena native widgets.
TTY:
Compiling in support for ncurses.
Images:
Compiling in support for GIF images (builtin).
Compiling in support for XPM images.
Compiling in support for PNG images.
Compiling in support for JPEG images.
Compiling in support for TIFF images.
Compiling in support for X-Face message headers.
Sound:
Databases:
Compiling in support for Berkeley database.
Internationalization:
Compiling in support for Mule (multi-lingual Emacs).
Compiling in support for file coding.
Compiling in support for XIM (X11R5+ I18N input method).
- Using raw Xlib to provide XIM support.
Compiling in support for the WNN input method on Mule.
Mail:
Compiling in support for POP mail retrieval.
Compiling in support for "flock" mail spool file locking method.
Other Features:
Inhibiting IPv6 canonicalization at startup.
Compiling in support for dynamic shared object modules.
Using the new portable dumper.
Compiling in support for extra debugging code.
WARNING: ---------------------------------------------------------
WARNING: Compiling in support for runtime error checking.
WARNING: XEmacs will run noticeably more slowly as a result.
WARNING: Error checking is on by default for XEmacs beta releases.
WARNING: ---------------------------------------------------------
Load-Path Lisp Shadows:
----------------------
(/home/purtill/elisp/desktop
/usr/local/xemacs-21.4.12/share/xemacs/xemacs-packages/lisp/edit-utils/desktop
/home/purtill/elisp/ruby-mode
/usr/local/xemacs-21.4.12/share/xemacs/xemacs-packages/lisp/ruby-modes/ruby-mode
/home/purtill/elisp/inf-ruby
/usr/local/xemacs-21.4.12/share/xemacs/xemacs-packages/lisp/ruby-modes/inf-ruby)
Installed XEmacs Packages:
-------------------------
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:version
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:type
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--------
(xemacsbug shadow env mpx find-dired my-dired dired-faces dired-xemacs
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devices window-system base64)
Recent keystrokes:
-----------------
C-x 1 C-x C-f C-g C-g C-x C-f ~ / j a n TAB RET button2
button2up misc-user
Recent messages (most recent first):
-----------------------------------
Parsing /home/purtill/.mailrc...
Loading xemacsbug...done
Loading xemacsbug...
Reading directory /home/purtill/janus/cobol2IOM/...done
Reading directory /home/purtill/janus/cobol2IOM/...
Reading directory /home/purtill/janus/...done
Reading directory /home/purtill/janus/...
Loading env...done
Loading env...
Quit
Quit
Loading mpx...done
Loading dired-mule...done
Loading dired-mule...
Loading tnt...done
Loading tnt...
Loading bbdb-vm...done
Loading bbdb-vm...
Loading sml-mode...done
Loading regexp-opt...done
--
^.-.^ Mark Purtill <mpurtill(a)softwarerevolution.com> (425)284-2770
((")) Software Revolution 11332 NE 122nd Way Kirkland WA 98034-6931
4:55 a.m.
>>>> "Mark" == Mark Purtill
<purtill(a)alum.mit.edu> writes:
Mark> I actually had already recompiled with a redhat src
Mark> rpm. But just to be sure I downloaded the source from
Mark> xemacs.org and recompiled, and I have the same problem.
Mark> Here's the information on that newly recompiled XEmacs in
Mark> case it's of any use:
Thanks, I don't see anything there unusual, and I don't see how any of
the patches Warly describes should affect this.
Oops ... damn ... my apologies, I must have done something wrong in my
original test, because trying it again on your example, I see it too,
now, on Debian.
Recapitulating the report for the benefit of the dired team:
Mark> On my Mandrake 9.0 system, dired occassionally includes the
Mark> date as part of the file name in creating the extents.
Mark> (It's easy to see when this happens by sliding the mouse
Mark> down the filenames and watching the highlighting.) This
Mark> means none of the file operations (such as visiting or
Mark> deleting) work because they try to operate on a file with a
Mark> name like "Apr 23 2002 dired-mob.elc" rather than
Mark> "dired-mob.elc".
The problem is dired-re-month-and-time can also match the link count -
owner - size field group, and does in your example:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root 2943 Apr 23 2002 dired-mob.elc
------------------------------------------------------------------------
But this can only happen for a "few" sizes. Ie, the year expression
is [12][90][0-9][0-9] which matches 2943.
Note that the group is missing -- is that the way ls -l works on
Mandrake? That absence is crucial, because the regexp will almost
never match the owner - group - size field group. (The owner would
have to be numerical in the range 0--39, and group symbolic. Could
happen via eg tar or a networked file system, but unlikely.) And
that's why it only happens in cooked examples on Red Hat and Debian.
Here's the current definition, with undesired matches to Mandrake ls
output emphasized:
(concat
;; SP, possibly SP-prefixed day of month or *LINK COUNT* followed by SP,
;; month or *OWNER*, optional punctuation, and arbitrary number of SP
" \\(\\([ 0-3][0-9] "
"\\([A-Za-z]\\|[^
8:38 a.m.
>>>> "Stephen" == Stephen J Turnbull
<stephen(a)xemacs.org> writes:
>>>> "Mark" == Mark Purtill
<purtill(a)alum.mit.edu> writes:
Stephen> The problem is dired-re-month-and-time can also match the link count -
Stephen> owner - size field group, and does in your example:
Stephen> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
Stephen> 4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root 2943 Apr 23 2002 dired-mob.elc
Stephen> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
Stephen> But this can only happen for a "few" sizes. Ie, the year
expression
Stephen> is [12][90][0-9][0-9] which matches 2943.
Stephen> Note that the group is missing -- is that the way ls -l works on
Stephen> Mandrake?
Or, conversely, how can "ls" be made to display the group? (That's
indeed definitely the problem.)
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6:54 p.m.
It turns out this was a configuration problem on my end; see
below for more details.
Stephen J. Turnbull writes:
Mark> On my Mandrake 9.0 system, dired occassionally includes
the
Mark> date as part of the file name in creating the extents.
Mark> (It's easy to see when this happens by sliding the mouse
Mark> down the filenames and watching the highlighting.) This
Mark> means none of the file operations (such as visiting or
Mark> deleting) work because they try to operate on a file with a
Mark> name like "Apr 23 2002 dired-mob.elc" rather than
Mark> "dired-mob.elc".
The problem is dired-re-month-and-time can also match the link count -
owner - size field group, and does in your example:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root 2943 Apr 23 2002 dired-mob.elc
------------------------------------------------------------------------
But this can only happen for a "few" sizes. Ie, the year expression
is [12][90][0-9][0-9] which matches 2943.
Note that the group is missing -- is that the way ls -l works on
Mandrake? That absence is crucial, because the regexp will almost
never match the owner - group - size field group. (The owner would
have to be numerical in the range 0--39, and group symbolic. Could
happen via eg tar or a networked file system, but unlikely.) And
that's why it only happens in cooked examples on Red Hat and Debian.
It turns out one of our local files that I'm loading was
setting dired-listing-switches to "-alLsg" for some reason. The -g is
the offending flag; on Mandrake, -g means:
-g like -l, but do not list owner
while on Redhat -g means:
-g (ignored)
So that's why I'm seeing the problem only on Mandrake.
Anyway, this wasn't an XEmacs, dired, or Mandrake bug after all. (You
want to mention in the docs for dired-listing-switches that -g might
cause problems.) Sorry to bother you all, and thank you for your
assistance in resolving the problem.
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2:49 a.m.
>>>> "Mark" == Mark Purtill
<purtill(a)alum.mit.edu> writes:
Mark> Anyway, this wasn't an XEmacs, dired, or Mandrake bug after
Mark> all. (You want to mention in the docs for
Mark> dired-listing-switches that -g might cause problems.)
Cool!
Mark> Sorry to bother you all
No problem; this stuff is just plain not obvious. The next victim
might not be as clued as you are.
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