Subject: Re: bug#1004: 23.0.60; Error visiting C files

From: martin rudalics <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 20:05:42 +0200

>  emacs -Q
>  C-x C-f foo.c
> 
> This produces error messages (see near the end of this report) and
> does NOT enter the C Mode.
[...]
> Eval error in the `c-lang-defconst' for `c-cpp-matchers' in c-mode:
> Eval error in the `c-lang-defconst' for `c-matchers-1' in c-mode:
> File mode specification error: (error "`c-opt-cpp-prefix' got no (prior) value in c-mode (might be a cyclic reference)")

See Bug#913: 23.0.60; File mode specification error for w32.c.

What shall we do about this?

martin