# HG changeset patch # User Jason Rumney # Date 1007327022 0 # Node ID 1adf81b0d0e405037ce11c481a938fd359292252 # Parent ebb6bd938b6103d1ecfe5f3eaf5dbfb256f0416f Added stale load-path problems. diff -r ebb6bd938b61 -r 1adf81b0d0e4 etc/PROBLEMS --- a/etc/PROBLEMS Sun Dec 02 17:29:41 2001 +0000 +++ b/etc/PROBLEMS Sun Dec 02 21:03:42 2001 +0000 @@ -837,6 +837,22 @@ and should be deleted or their directories removed from your load-path. +* Emacs prints an error at startup after upgrading from an earlier version. + +An example of such an error is: + + x-complement-fontset-spec: "Wrong type argument: stringp, nil" + +This can be another symptom of stale *.elc files in your classpath. +The following command will print any duplicate Lisp files that are +present in load-path: + + emacs -q -batch -f list-load-path-shadows + +If this command prints any file names, some of these files are stale, +and should be deleted or their directories removed from your +load-path. + * Attempting to visit remote files via ange-ftp fails. If the error message is "ange-ftp-file-modtime: Specified time is not