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SLIME does not start with clisp

Bug #66715 reported by Ilja Sidoroff
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: slime

When using SLIME with clisp first-time starting fails with the attached output in the inferior-lisp -emacs-buffer, with these lines seeming to indicate the problem:

[1]> ;; Loading file /usr/share/common-lisp/source/slime/swank-loader.lisp ...
*** - FILE-WRITE-DATE: file #P"/usr/share/common-lisp/source/slime/ChangeLog"
      does not exist

I tried SLIME also with SBCL which works correctly.

Program versions:
Ubuntu edgy beta (18.10.2006)
emacs 21-0ubuntu2
slime 1:20060618-1
clisp 1:2.39-1

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Ilja Sidoroff (ilja-sidoroff) wrote :
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Ilja Sidoroff (ilja-sidoroff) wrote :

Steps to reproduce:

1. install emacs, slime and clisp
2. add following lines to .emacs

(setq inferior-lisp-program "/usr/bin/clisp")
(require 'slime)
(slime-setup)

3. open emacs with some.lisp -file
4. type M-x slime
--> failure

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Henk Koster (h-a-j-koster) wrote :

The solution is obvious:

$ sudo touch /usr/share/common-lisp/source/slime/ChangeLog

Also, make sure that you identify your slime directory in .emacs:

(add-to-list 'load-path "/usr/share/common-lisp/source/slime/")
(setq inferior-lisp-program "/usr/bin/clisp")
(require 'slime)
(slime-setup)

To the devs: just add ChangeLog (possibly empty) to the dirtectory indicated above. See swank-loader.lisp in that same directory for why this works.

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Henk Koster (h-a-j-koster) wrote :

I forgot: running Edgy...

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Mike Dahlgren (dahlgren) wrote :

Thank you for doing your part to make Ubuntu better. Since this bug was
originally reported against Edgy Eft(6.10), I was wondering if this
can still be reproduced on a supported version of Ubuntu?

 Thanks,
      ~ Mike

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Ilja Sidoroff (ilja-sidoroff) wrote :

I tested this on Hardy (x86), and slime and clisp work now as expected.

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Mike Dahlgren (dahlgren) wrote :

Issue no longer present for original bug reporter.

Changed in slime:
status: New → Fix Released
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