GNU bug report logs - #21787
emacs on Mac errors

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From: Fred Stanke <fstanke <at> comcast.net>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: emacs on Mac errors
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2015 16:19:31 -0700

I have recently upgraded to OS X El Capitan, Ver. 10.11

I more recently installed:
This is GNU Emacs 24.5.1 (x86_64-apple-darwin13.4.0, NS apple-appkit-1265.21)
of 2015-04-10 on builder10-9.porkrind.org

Emacs comes up and I can edit files.  However, I am having (at least) these 2 problems

1) I go to *info*m and try to execute 
menu item: Emacs 
and get
jka-compr-update: Recursive load: "/Users/fred/.emacs.d/lisp/jka-compr.elc", "/Users/fred/.emacs.d/lisp/jka-compr.elc", "/Users/fred/.emacs.d/lisp/jka-compr.elc", "/Users/fred/.emacs.d/lisp/jka-compr.elc", "/Users/fred/.emacs.d/lisp/jka-compr.elc”

2) I try to diff 2 files and get:
diff: Symbol's function definition is void: compile-internal

3) When I type M-x grep the minibuffer reports:
Symbol's function definition is void: shell-completion-vars

Could you suggest solutions for this?

Fred

PS

/Applications/Emacs.app/Contents:
 total used in directory 40 available 43818110
 drwxr-xr-x@  7 fred  admin    238 Apr 12  2015 .
 drwxr-xr-x@  3 fred  admin    102 Apr 10  2015 ..
 -rw-r--r--@  1 fred  admin  14786 Apr 10  2015 Info.plist
 drwxr-xr-x@ 20 fred  admin    680 Apr 12  2015 MacOS
 -rw-------@  1 fred  admin      8 Jan  6  2015 PkgInfo
 drwxr-xr-x@ 12 fred  admin    408 Apr 10  2015 Resources
 drwxr-xr-x@  6 fred  admin    204 Apr 12  2015 _CodeSignature

Message #8 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Random832 <random832 <at> fastmail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#21787: emacs on Mac errors
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2015 22:50:16 -0400

Fred Stanke <fstanke <at> comcast.net> writes:

> I have recently upgraded to OS X El Capitan, Ver. 10.11
>
> I more recently installed:
> This is GNU Emacs 24.5.1 (x86_64-apple-darwin13.4.0, NS apple-appkit-1265.21)
> of 2015-04-10 on builder10-9.porkrind.org

I have the same build (but installed before I upgraded OSX). I did not
have an emacs (other than the outdated one supplied with the OS) before
that - did you (or did you make any extensive use of the default one)?

> jka-compr-update: Recursive load:
> "/Users/fred/.emacs.d/lisp/jka-compr.elc",

What is this?

> 2) I try to diff 2 files and get:
> diff: Symbol's function definition is void: compile-internal
>
> 3) When I type M-x grep the minibuffer reports:
> Symbol's function definition is void: shell-completion-vars
>
> Could you suggest solutions for this?

Do you get these errors with emacs -Q?

Message #11 received at 21787 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Fred Stanke <fstanke <at> comcast.net>
Cc: 21787 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#21787: emacs on Mac errors
Date: Sun, 01 Nov 2015 20:54:34 -0500

Fred Stanke wrote:

> jka-compr-update: Recursive load:
> "/Users/fred/.emacs.d/lisp/jka-compr.elc",
> "/Users/fred/.emacs.d/lisp/jka-compr.elc",
> "/Users/fred/.emacs.d/lisp/jka-compr.elc",
> "/Users/fred/.emacs.d/lisp/jka-compr.elc",
> "/Users/fred/.emacs.d/lisp/jka-compr.elc"
>
> 2) I try to diff 2 files and get:
> diff: Symbol's function definition is void: compile-internal
>
> 3) When I type M-x grep the minibuffer reports:
> Symbol's function definition is void: shell-completion-vars

I think it highly likely that all your problems are due to your having
local copies of standard Emacs libraries in .emacs.d/lisp, which are
preventing the normal ones from being seen. You can use M-x
list-load-path-shadows to check. (Had you used the standard M-x
report-emacs-bug command in your initial report, that information would
have been included.) You should remove those local copies.

Accordingly I'm closing this report because I don't think there is an
Emacs bug here, but feel free to keep discussing it if you need to.

Message #18 received at 21787 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Fred Stanke <fstanke <at> comcast.net>
To: 21787 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: GNU bug report logs - #21787 emacs on Mac errors
Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2015 18:25:02 -0800

I see that the bug is closed but I do not understand the closure.  Was there a bug that was fixed, or was I doing something stupid?

Thanks!

Message #21 received at 21787 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Fred Stanke <fstanke <at> comcast.net>
To: 21787 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: GNU bug report logs - #21787 emacs on Mac errors
Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2015 18:26:08 -0800

Cancel that request.  I did not see the closure before I sent it.  So, so, sorry!

> On Nov 1, 2015, at 6:25 PM, Fred Stanke <fstanke <at> comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> I see that the bug is closed but I do not understand the closure.  Was there a bug that was fixed, or was I doing something stupid?
> 
> Thanks!

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