Package gnus requires ecrypto; 'cryptic' error message

[Ed Avis]

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Dear Bug Team!

I did M-x package-get and installed gnus.  But then on starting gnus
with M-x gnus, I got the error message

"cannot open load file: %s: sha1"

Installing the ecrypto package fixed it.  Perhaps gnus should have an
explicit dependency on ecrypto so that if you install gnus you are
prompted to install ecrypto first.

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System Info to help track down your bug:
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OS version:  Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600] OS: Windows_NT  XEmacs 21.4.19 "Constant Variable" configured for `i586-pc-win32'.    Building XEmacs in "e:\\acs\\software\\XEmacsWindowsKit\\xemacs-21.4-2006-01-28\\nt".   Using compiler "cl -nologo -W3 -O2 -G5 -MD".   Installing XEmacs in "c:\\XEmacs-built\\XEmacs-21.4.19".   Package path is "~\\.xemacs;;c:\\XEmacs-built\\site-packages;c:\\XEmacs-built\\xemacs-packages".   Compiling in support for Microsoft Windows native GUI.   Compiling in support for XPM images.   Compiling in support for GIF images.   Compiling in support for PNG images.   Compiling in support for TIFF images.   Compiling in support for JPEG images.   Compiling in support for toolbars.   Compiling in support for dialogs.   Compiling in support for widgets.   Compiling in support for native sounds.   Compiling in fast dired implementation.   Using portable dumper.   Using system malloc.   Using DLL version of C runtime library 

Load-Path Lisp Shadows:
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Installed XEmacs Packages:
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(ecrypto ver: 0.2 upstream: 2.0)
(gnus ver: 1.89 upstream: 5.10.7)
(xemacs-devel ver: 1.72 upstream: No-Upstream-Ver)
(xemacs-base ver: 2.01 upstream: No-Upstream-Ver)
(time ver: 1.14 upstream: 1.17)
(text-modes ver: 1.9 upstream: No-Upstream-Ver)
(texinfo ver: 1.3 upstream: No-Upstream-Ver)
(speedbar ver: 1.28 upstream: 0.14beta4)
(sounds-wav ver: 1.12 upstream: No-Upstream-Ver)
(sh-script ver: 1.21 upstream: 2.0f)
(semantic ver: 1.19 upstream: 1.4.2)
(prog-modes ver: 2.06 upstream: No-Upstream-Ver)
(perl-modes ver: 1.08 upstream: No-Upstream-Ver)
(pc ver: 1.28 upstream: No-Upstream-Ver)
(os-utils ver: 1.36 upstream: No-Upstream-Ver)
(net-utils ver: 1.48 upstream: N/A)
(mail-lib ver: 1.75 upstream: No-Upstream-Ver)
(fsf-compat ver: 1.15 upstream: No-Upstream-Ver)
(eieio ver: 1.05 upstream: 0.17)
(efs ver: 1.33 upstream: 1.23)
(edit-utils ver: 2.32 upstream: No-Upstream-Ver)
(ediff ver: 1.6 upstream: 2.75)
(edebug ver: 1.21 upstream: No-Upstream-Ver)
(ecb ver: 1.22 upstream: 2.31)
(dired ver: 1.17 upstream: 7.13)
(debug ver: 1.17 upstream: No-Upstream-Ver)
(cc-mode ver: 1.45 upstream: 5.30.10)
(c-support ver: 1.22 upstream: No-Upstream-Ver)



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dragdrop-api dialog devices window-system base64)


Recent keystrokes:
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M-x r e p o r t SPC x e m SPC b SPC RET


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