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23.0.60; loading C mode

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Message #5 received at submit <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: "Richard M. Stallman" <rms <at> gnu.org>
To: emacs-pretest-bug <at> gnu.org
Subject: 23.0.60; loading C mode
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2008 07:03:24 -0400

After `emacs -Q' I typed C-x C-f foobar.c RET
(that s a nonexistent  file)
and I got

    Loading cc-langs...done
    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)")



In GNU Emacs 23.0.60.6 (mipsel-unknown-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.12.11)
 of 2008-09-10 on lemote-menglan
configured using `configure  'CFLAGS=-O0 -g -Wno-pointer-sign' 'mipsel-unknown-linux-gnu' 'build_alias=mipsel-unknown-linux-gnu' 'host_alias=mipsel-unknown-linux-gnu' 'target_alias=mipsel-unknown-linux-gnu''

Important settings:
  value of $LC_ALL: nil
  value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
  value of $LC_CTYPE: nil
  value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
  value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
  value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
  value of $LC_TIME: nil
  value of $LANG: en_US.UTF-8
  value of $XMODIFIERS: nil
  locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix
  default-enable-multibyte-characters: t

Major mode: Mail

Minor modes in effect:
  gpm-mouse-mode: t
  tooltip-mode: t
  menu-bar-mode: t
  file-name-shadow-mode: t
  global-font-lock-mode: t
  font-lock-mode: t
  global-auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-encryption-mode: t
  auto-compression-mode: t
  line-number-mode: t
  transient-mark-mode: t
  abbrev-mode: t

Recent input:
R TAB RET C-x 1 C-d x > 6 p C-u C-u C-n C-n C-n C-n 
C-n C-x b o u t g TAB RET C-o C-n C-o C-n C-o C-p C-o 
ESC C-v C-n C-o C-x o C-u C-n C-u C-n C-n C-n C-s , 
C-o SPC b e c u a s e SPC o f ESC b C-b C-b C-b C-g 
C-b C-t C-e SPC t h e SPC s u r v e i l l a n c e SPC 
a n d SPC t r a c k i n g RET t h e y SPC d o . C-d 
SPC ESC c ESC q C-x C-s C-x o C-n C-o C-x o C-x o C-x 
o C-v C-u C-n C-n C-o H o w SPC l o n g SPC m DEL a 
SPC g a p SPC i n SPC ESC DEL ESC DEL t i m e SPC i 
s SPC i t SPC l k e DEL DEL i k e l y SPC w e SPC w 
i l SPC a DEL DEL l SPC h a v e SPC n o t h i n g SPC 
t o SPC r e c o m m e n d ? C-a C-n C-k C-k C-e DEL 
SPC t h e SPC m a x o m u DEL DEL DEL i m u m ? C-x 
C-s C-x o C-x C-f ESC DEL e m a c s / DEL - c v s / 
a l l o c . c RET C-x C-v s r c / RET ESC > C-x m e 
m a c s - p r e t e s t ESC x r e p o TAB r TAB RE
T

Recent messages:
Loading vc-cvs...done
(New file)
Loading cc-langs...done
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)")
Loading cc-langs...done
Loading cc-langs...done
Mark set
Making completion list...

Message #10 received at 959 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
To: rms <at> gnu.org
Cc: 959 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#959: 23.0.60; loading C mode
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:35:00 +0200

> After `emacs -Q' I typed C-x C-f foobar.c RET
> (that s a nonexistent  file)
> and I got
>
>     Loading cc-langs...done
>     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)")
>
>
>
> In GNU Emacs 23.0.60.6 (mipsel-unknown-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.12.11)
>  of 2008-09-10 on lemote-menglan
> configured using `configure  'CFLAGS=-O0 -g -Wno-pointer-sign' 'mipsel-unknown-linux-gnu' 'build_alias=mipsel-unknown-linux-gnu' 'host_alias=mipsel-unknown-linux-gnu' 'target_alias=mipsel-unknown-linux-gnu''

See Bug#913.  A make bootstrap made it go away.

martin

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