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2599 upgrade block always 2007-09-24 17:41 2010-02-08 10:16
Reporter: bouteill Platform:  
Assigned To: pfelecan OS:  
Priority: normal OS Version:  
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Summary: 0002599: Emacs start hangs and dies after upgrade since last month
Description: CSW Emacs was working fine on my Solaris 10/x86 workstation last month. I recently did a pkg-get upgrade, required to get new openssl lib for another program, and now emacs doesn\'t work anymore.
When I launch it, it hangs for ~30s and then dies with this error message:
Variable binding depth exceeds max-specpdl-size
Truss doesn\'t reveal anything obvious.
I\'m not sure how to find more information about the problem, but would be happy to debug it on anyone\'s instructions.
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Date Modified Username Field Change
2009-05-16 10:50 pfelecan Status new => assigned
2009-05-16 10:50 pfelecan Assigned To => pfelecan
2009-05-16 10:52 pfelecan Note Added: 0006118
2009-05-16 10:52 pfelecan Status assigned => closed
2009-05-16 10:52 pfelecan Resolution open => unable to reproduce
2009-05-18 23:32 bouteill Note Added: 0006148
2009-05-18 23:32 bouteill Status closed => feedback
2009-05-18 23:32 bouteill Resolution unable to reproduce => reopened
2009-05-19 08:28 pfelecan Note Added: 0006149
2009-08-23 11:04 pfelecan Note Added: 0006634
2009-08-23 11:04 pfelecan Status feedback => closed
2009-08-23 11:04 pfelecan Resolution reopened => won't fix
2009-08-24 19:32 bouteill Note Added: 0006640
2009-08-24 19:32 bouteill Status closed => feedback
2009-08-24 19:32 bouteill Resolution won't fix => reopened
2009-08-25 16:30 pfelecan Note Added: 0006642
2009-08-25 23:32 bouteill Note Added: 0006643
2009-08-26 09:28 pfelecan Note Added: 0006645
2009-08-26 09:28 pfelecan Status feedback => closed
2009-08-26 09:28 pfelecan Resolution reopened => fixed
2009-08-26 09:28 pfelecan Status closed => resolved
2010-02-08 10:16 pfelecan Note Added: 0007412
2010-02-08 10:16 pfelecan Status resolved => closed

Notes
(0006118)
pfelecan   
2009-05-16 10:52   
This is too old to reproduce (2 releases since then...); if it can be reproduced by the reporter I'll try to fix.
(0006148)
bouteill   
2009-05-18 23:32   
Hi, I'm still having this very same issue.
I tried upgrading but "No worries... you already have version 22.1 of emacs"
Which two new versions are you referring to?
(0006149)
pfelecan   
2009-05-19 08:28   
The last version is 22.3. However, in the "stable" release the old 22.1 is still the last available package. I recommend that you use the "unstable" release of OpenCSW.
(0006634)
pfelecan   
2009-08-23 11:04   
if trying with the unstable release of 23.1 the same issue is observed, I recommend to use the -q option for a start test.
(0006640)
bouteill   
2009-08-24 19:32   
I'm afraid it's not an issue with my config. I still get the same error with -q option (aka --no-init-file): Variable binding depth exceeds max-specpdl-size

Also, I'm only showing v22.1 as the latest available through unstable:

# /opt/csw/bin/pkgutil -c emacs
--2009-08-24 10:32:06-- http://blastwave.network.com/csw/unstable/i386/5.10/catalog [^]
package installed catalog
CSWemacs 22.1 SAME

Please advise.
(0006642)
pfelecan   
2009-08-25 16:30   
First of all: you're looking at Blastwave and here are at OpenCSW,,, Consequently I propose that you point your pkg-get, through the /opt/csw/etc/pkg-get.conf toward a mirror of the OpenCSW project. Update your packages such as the last revision of Emacs is installed on your system. After that, test and give me a feedback,
(0006643)
bouteill   
2009-08-25 23:32   
Sorry I didn't realize there was a difference between blastwave and opencsw servers... I pointed to http://mirrors.usc.edu/pub/csw/current [^] and it upgraded all my packages.
Nothing was working for a while as fontconfig blew up and corrupted my fonts

Installing fontconfig - A library for configuring and customizing font access. as <CSWfconfig>
## Executing postinstall script.
fc-cache is running now to build font information caches
this may take up to several minutes on slow workstations
Segmentation Fault - core dumped
4509 Segmentation Fault - core dumped

After some time to clean up I seem to be back in business and emacs works now thanks.
(0006645)
pfelecan   
2009-08-26 09:28   
using the OpenCSW mirror fixes this issue
(0007412)
pfelecan   
2010-02-08 10:16   
nothing to fix