Re: PB with auctex-11.54 (debian testing)

* Daniel Flipo (2005-01-27) writes:

> No *Backtrace* buffer is produced when I open a .tex file,
> so I followed the advice I get in the *Messages* buffer:
> I start emacs with
>
> flipo% emacs --debug-init .&
>
> Then I get a *Backtrace* buffer* which I append here.

| Debugger entered--Lisp error: (error "Variable binding depth exceeds max-specpdl-size")
|   custom-add-to-group(TeX-file TeX-lisp-directory custom-variable)
|   custom-handle-keyword(TeX-lisp-directory :group TeX-file custom-variable)
|   custom-declare-variable(TeX-lisp-directory (concat "/usr/share/" (symbol-name debian-emacs-flavor) "/site-lisp/auctex/") ("/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp/tex-site.elc" . 625) :group TeX-file :type directory)
|   require(tex-site)
|   eval-buffer(#<buffer  *load*<22>> nil "tex" nil t)
|   load-with-code-conversion("/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/auctex/tex.el" "tex" nil t)
|   load("tex" nil t)
|   require(tex-site)
[...]
|   eval-buffer(#<buffer  *load*<2>> nil "tex" nil t)
|   load-with-code-conversion("/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/auctex/tex.el" "tex" nil t)
|   load("tex" nil t)
|   require(tex-site)
|   eval-buffer(#<buffer  *load*> nil "~/.emacs" nil t)
|   load-with-code-conversion("/home/flipo/.emacs" "~/.emacs" t t)
|   load("~/.emacs" t t)

Something is rotten in the state of Denmark.

Why does tex-site.el try to load tex.el?  Do you have a non-standard
tex-site.el?  Maybe you could send the file for inspection.  Please
locate it through Emacs by typing `M-x locate-libary RET tex-site
RET'.

In addition I don't understand why it tries to load tex.el and not
tex.elc.  The result of `list-load-path-shadows' already showed that
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/auctex/... (which holds the source files)
shadows /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/auctex/... (which holds the
compiled files).  I guess it should be the other way round.

-- 
Ralf