No Doc! (error "Cannot open doc string file...")

[N. Raghavendra]

In emacs-snapshot 2:20120523-1~ppa1~precise1 on Ubuntu 12.04, invoking help for some things, e.g, "C-h f cons" produces an error like this:

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cons is a built-in function in `C source code'.

(cons ARG1 ARG2)

No Doc! (error "Cannot open doc string file \"/usr/share/emacs/24.1.50/etc/DOC-24.1.50.1\"")

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(emacs-version)

returns

"GNU Emacs 24.1.50.1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.4.1)\n of 2012-05-24 on doubah, modified by Debian"

[Damien Cassou (cassou)]

Thank you for your report, I asked the author of the debian packages on which the ubuntu packages are built.

[Damien Cassou (cassou)]

Julien Danjou (author of the Debian packages) reports: "Working on it, today release should be fixed".

I'm preparing an Ubuntu release, you will have to wait for PPA to build it.

Sorry to all who had this problem.

[N. Raghavendra (raghu-f)]

Many thanks.

[Damien Cassou (cassou)]

Ok, most packages are now built. Please try to update and keep us informed.

[N. Raghavendra (raghu-f)]

No change, the error still occurs as described.

 (emacs-version) =>

"GNU Emacs 24.1.50.1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.4.1)\n of 2012-05-24 on lansones, modified by Debian"

[Andrea Piga (andrea-piga)]

I have the same error, already updated half hour ago -Ubuntu '12.04

Thanks

Andrea

[Tim Crews (tcrews)]

Either way, it looks like maybe only the i386 packages were updated, not amd64? For example, on my 12.04 (precise) machine, emacs-snapshot (i386) is now at version 2.20120524-1, but emacs-snapshot is still at 2.20120523-1. There are some dependencies from the top package to emacs-snapshot-common and emacs-snapshot-bin-common that are now impossible to satisfy, so I cannot install emacs-snapshot at all.

[wilk (j-cubizolles)]

Same problem here, emacs-snapshot and emacs-snapshot-bin-common are still at 2.20120523-1. for amd64

[Damien Cassou (cassou)]

Hi,

could you please try again?

[Damien Cassou (cassou)]

To make my comment clearer:

- it looks like all packages are correctly built (at least for precise/amd64). Could you please check that you can now update/install emacs-snapshot properly?

- I confirm the documentation problem. A workaround is to create a symlink:

$ cd /usr/share/emacs/24.1.50/etc
$ sudo ln -s DOC-24.1.50.2 DOC-24.1.50.1

[Tim Crews (tcrews)]

I am now able to re-install emacs-snapshot on precise amd64.

I symlinked the documentation directory as you suggested, and I am back up and running.

Thank you!

[vita (kovanovic)]

All my packages are not at 24 and it still fails..the workaround solved the problem though...

[Damien Cassou (cassou)]

@vita, I advise you and other users in your situation to follow these simple steps:

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install
$ sudo apt-get purge emacs-snapshot-common emacs-snapshot-bin-common emacs-snapshot emacs-snapshot-el emacs-snapshot-gtk emacs23 emacs23-bin-common emacs23-common emacs23-el emacs23-nox emacs23-lucid
$ sudo apt-get install emacs-snapshot-common emacs-snapshot-bin-common emacs-snapshot-el emacs-snapshot-gtk emacs-snapshot

[scytlae (scytale-gmail)]

dependency problems seem to have been resolved - I just successfully reinstalled emacs-snapshot
the DOC file problem still exists but the workround... works

[flashingpumpkin (flashingpumpkin)]

Yep, I second the workaround working.

[N. Raghavendra (raghu-f)]

Sorry for the delay in reporting back. I have symlinked the said files, and the error doesn't occur now.

(emacs-version) =>

"GNU Emacs 24.1.50.1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.4.1)\n of 2012-05-24 on lansones, modified by Debian"

[Andrea Piga (andrea-piga)]

Solved by workaround, I successfully reinstalled but DOC problems still exists, anyway working perfectly with symlink - thanks

[wilk (j-cubizolles)]

Soved by the workaround for me too. Thanks.

[Adi Ratiu (adirat)]

Tha problem still exists, the symlink fix works for me also, thank you!

[Damien Cassou (cassou)]

This bug has been fixed and pushed to the PPA. Please update.