[Bug: 21.1-p3]

Adrian Aichner adrian at xemacs.org
Fri Aug 25 17:34:21 EDT 2006


Maria Stamova <mos at rzg.mpg.de> writes:

> ================================================================
> Dear Bug Team!
>
> Tools: Compare: Regions Line-by-line doesn't work. 

Hello Maria!

Your XEmacs version is very old and we can no longer offer patch
releases for it.

See
http://www.xemacs.org/Releases/index.html#Historical

If you can upgrade to 21.4.19, then please do.

See
http://www.xemacs.org/Releases/index.html#Stable

Also, your bug report suggests that you have your lisp package installed
/afs/ipp/common/soft/gnu/share/xemacs/site-lisp
as well as
/afs/ipp-garching.mpg.de/common/soft/gnu/share/emacs/site-lisp
with the former hiding the later versions above.

See
M-x list-load-path-shadows
to look into this issue.

You package installation are also far behind.

We currently offer
  ediff                1.62   Interface over GNU patch.
while you still have
>  (ediff :version 1.47 :type regular)

So upgrading you packages as well should be a good investment to see
whether it won't fix your line-by-line diff problem.

Good Luck!

Adrian

>
> M. Stamova
>
> ================================================================
>
> System Info to help track down your bug:
> ---------------------------------------
>
>
> uname -a: AIX thermes 3 4 002018694600
>
> ./configure  'rs6000-ibm-aix4.3.0.0' '--prefix=/usr/local' '--bindir=/usr/local/bin/rs6000-ibm-aix4.3.0.0' '--site-includes=/afs/informatik.uni-tuebingen.de/home/sperber/build/compface /afs/informatik.uni-tuebingen.de/rs_aix41/include' '--site-libraries=/afs/informatik.uni-tuebingen.de/home/sperber/build/compface /afs/informatik.uni-tuebingen.de/rs_aix41/lib' '--with-menubars=lucid' '--with-scrollbars=lucid' '--with-xpm' '--with-xface' '--with-jpeg' '--with-png' '--with-database=dbm'
>
>
> XEmacs 21.1-p3 "Acadia" configured for `rs6000-ibm-aix4.3.0.0'.
>
>   Where should the build process find the source code?    /afs/informatik.uni-tuebingen.de/home/sperber/build/xemacs-21.1.3
>   What installation prefix should install use?		  /usr/local
>   What operating system and machine description files should XEmacs use?
>         `s/aix4-2.h' and `m/ibmrs6000.h'
>   What compiler should XEmacs be built with?              gcc -g -O3 -Wall -Wno-switch
>   Should XEmacs use the GNU version of malloc?            yes
>   Should XEmacs use the relocating allocator for buffers? yes
>   What window system should XEmacs use?                   x11
>   Where do we find X Windows header files?                
>   Where do we find X Windows libraries?                   
>   Additional header files:                                /afs/informatik.uni-tuebingen.de/home/sperber/build/compface /afs/informatik.uni-tuebingen.de/rs_aix41/include
>   Additional libraries:                                   /afs/informatik.uni-tuebingen.de/home/sperber/build/compface /afs/informatik.uni-tuebingen.de/rs_aix41/lib
>   Compiling in support for XAUTH.
>   Compiling in support for XPM images.
>   Compiling in support for PNG image handling.
>   Compiling in support for (builtin) GIF image handling.
>   Compiling in support for JPEG image handling.
>   Compiling in support for TIFF image handling.
>   Compiling in support for X-Face message headers.
>   Compiling in support for DBM.
>   Compiling in support for proper session-management.
>   Using Lucid menubars.
>   Using Lucid scrollbars.
>   Using Athena dialog boxes.
>   Compiling in DLL support.
>   movemail will use "lockf" for locking mail spool files.
>
>
>
> Load-Path Lisp Shadows:
> ----------------------
> (/afs/ipp/common/soft/gnu/share/xemacs/site-lisp/auctex-9.9p/multi-prompt
> /afs/ipp-garching.mpg.de/common/soft/gnu/share/emacs/site-lisp/auctex/multi-prompt
> /afs/ipp/common/soft/gnu/share/xemacs/site-lisp/auctex-9.9p/texmathp
> /afs/ipp-garching.mpg.de/common/soft/gnu/share/emacs/site-lisp/auctex/texmathp
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> ~/emacs-lisp/imenu
> /afs/ipp/rs_aix43/soft/gnu/lib/xemacs/xemacs-packages/lisp/xemacs-base/imenu
> ~/emacs-lisp/auto-show
> /afs/ipp/rs_aix43/soft/gnu/lib/xemacs-21.1-p3/lisp/auto-show
> /afs/ipp/rs_aix43/soft/gnu/lib/xemacs/xemacs-packages/lisp/build/build-report
> /afs/ipp/rs_aix43/soft/gnu/lib/xemacs-21.1-p3/lisp/build-report)
>
>
> Installed XEmacs Packages:
> -------------------------
>
> ((zenirc:version 1.13 :type regular)
>  (xslt-process :version 1.11 :type regular)
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>  (ediff :version 1.47 :type regular)
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>  (ada :version 1.13 :type regular))
>
>
> Features:
> --------
>
> (mm-uu mml2015 pgg pgg-parse pgg-def mm-view gnus-sum gnus-group
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> xemacs tiff png gif jpeg xpm lisp-float-type aix dialog devices
> window-system c-balloon-help)
>
>
> Recent keystrokes:
> -----------------
>
> s SPC L i n e - b y - l i n e SPC d o e s n ' t SPC 
> w o r k RET button1 button1up RET misc-user button1 
> button1up button1 button1up misc-user misc-user button1 
> button1up misc-user button1 button1up button1 button1up 
> button1 button1up C-x C-s misc-user button1 button1up 
> C-x C-s C-r K o p p misc-user misc-user button1 button1up 
> C-s C-s button1 button1up misc-user misc-user misc-user 
> misc-user misc-user misc-user misc-user misc-user misc-user 
> misc-user misc-user misc-user misc-user misc-user misc-user 
> misc-user misc-user misc-user misc-user misc-user misc-user 
> misc-user misc-user misc-user misc-user misc-user misc-user 
> misc-user misc-user misc-user misc-user misc-user 
> misc-user
>
>
> Recent messages (most recent first):
> -----------------------------------
>
> Note: file is write protected
> Wrong number of arguments: #<compiled-function (str) "...(44)" [nil ad-return-value ad-Orig-documentation str string-match ad-advised-definition-docstring-regexp read-from-string 1 function ad-advice-info ad-make-advised-docstring substitute-command-keys] 5 "$ad-doc: documentation$">, 2
> Loading gnus-agent...
> Loading gnus-start...done
> Loading gnus-start...
> Loading gnus...done
> Loading gnus-xmas...done
> Loading gnus-xmas...
> Loading gnus...
> Not over a window.
> Finding truename: Connection timed out, /afs/ipp/home/m/mos/emacs-lisp
> Not over a window.
> Finding truename: Connection timed out, /afs/ipp/home/m/mos/emacs-lisp
> m not defined.
> o not defined.
> c not defined.
> SPC not defined.
> Loading xemacsbug...done
> Loading xemacsbug...
> Loading about...done
>
>
>
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>

-- 
Adrian Aichner
 mailto:adrian at xemacs.org
 http://www.xemacs.org/




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