21.5 error with Help/Other/Current Installation Info

[Adrian Aichner]

"Vin Shelton" <acs at alumni.princeton.edu> writes:

> In a recent 21.5 CVS XEmacs selecting Help/Other/Current Installation
> Info from the menubar yields the following error: "No such coding
> system".  I've attached my Installation file [even though it's
> available in the backtrace :-) ].

Same happens for me from menu or command
M-x describe-installation RET
in
XEmacs 21.5  (beta28) "fuki" (+CVS-20071014) [Lucid] (i586-pc-win32, Mule) of Mon Oct 15 2007 on TANG
Adrian

>
> Here's the lisp backtrace:
>
> Debugger entered--Lisp error: (invalid-argument "No such coding
> system" automatic-conversion)
>   decode-coding-region(1 2819 automatic-conversion)
>   decode-coding-string("uname -a: Linux samwise 2.6.22-14-generic #1
> SMP Sun Oct 14 23:05:12 GMT 2007 i686
> GNU/Linux\n\n../../src/xemacs-21.5-2007-10-25/configure
> '--prefix=/opt/xemacs-21.5-2007-10-25' '--with-cflags= -Os
> -malign-double -pipe -ffast-math -march=pentium4 -fno-exceptions'
> '--with-site-prefixes=/opt' '--with-infopath=/opt/info'
> '--disable-dialogs' '--disable-widgets' '--disable-sound'
> '--with-package-path=/opt/site-packages::/opt/xemacs-packages'
> '--disable-pdump' '--enable-bignum=gmp' '--with-default-eol-detection'
> '--with-optimization' '--disable-debug' '--disable-assertions'
> '--disable-error-checking' '--with-cflags-warning='
> '--with-cflags-optimization=' '--with-cflags-debugging='
> '--disable-mule' 'CC=gcc'\n\n\nXEmacs 21.5-b28 \"fuki\"
> (+CVS-20071025) configured for `i686-pc-linux'.\n\nCompilation
> Environment and Installation Defaults:\n  Source code location:
>       /opt/src/xemacs-21.5-2007-10-25\n  Installation prefix:
>      /opt/xemacs-21.5-2007-10-25\n  Additional prefixes:
> /opt\n  Operating system description file: `s/linux.h'\n  Machine
> description file:          `m/intel386.h'\n  Compiler version:
>          gcc (GCC) 4.1.3 20070929 (prerelease) (Ubuntu
> 4.1.2-16ubuntu2)\n    - GCC specs file:                specs.\n    -
> Compiler command:              gcc       -Os -malign-double -pipe
> -ffast-math -march=pentium4 -fno-exceptions\n  libc version:
>            GNU libc 2.6.1-1ubuntu9 (Debian)\n  Relocating allocator
> for buffers:  no\n  GNU version of malloc:             yes\n    -
> Using Doug Lea's new malloc from the GNU C Library.\n  Linking with
> `-z nocombreloc'.\n    - Consider configuring with
> --enable-pdump.\n\nWindow System:\n  Compiling in support for the X
> window system:\n    - X Windows headers location:                 \n
>  - X Windows libraries location:               \n    - Handling
> WM_COMMAND properly.\n  Using Lucid menubars.\n  Using Lucid
> scrollbars.\n\nTTY:\n  Compiling in support for ncurses.\n\nImages:\n
> Compiling in support for GIF  images (builtin).\n  Compiling in
> support for XPM  images.\n  Compiling in support for PNG  images.\n
> Compiling in support for JPEG images.\n  Compiling in support for TIFF
> images.\n\nSound:\n\nDatabases:\n\nInternationalization:\n\nMail:\n
> Compiling in support for \"file\" mail spool file locking
> method.\n\nOther Features:\n  Inhibiting IPv6 canonicalization at
> startup.\n  Compiling in support for dynamic shared object modules.\n
> Compiling in support for more number types using the GNU MP library.\n
>  Using the new GC mark algorithms (KKCC).\n  WARNING:
> ---------------------------------------------------------\n  WARNING:
> The new algorithms are experimental. They are enabled by\n  WARNING:
> default for this release. Use `--disable-kkcc' to\n  WARNING: turn it
> off.\n  WARNING:
> ---------------------------------------------------------\n\n"
> automatic-conversion)
>   #<compiled-function nil "...(15)" [Installation-string princ fboundp
> decode-coding-string automatic-conversion] 4>()
>   with-displaying-help-buffer(#<compiled-function nil "...(15)"
> [Installation-string princ fboundp decode-coding-string
> automatic-conversion] 4> "Installation")
>   #<compiled-function nil "...(18)" [Installation-string boundp
> with-displaying-help-buffer #<compiled-function nil "...(15)" ... 4>
> "Installation" error "No Installation information available."] 3
> 1131125 nil>()
>   call-interactively(describe-installation)
>
>
> Regards,
>   Vin

-- 
Adrian Aichner
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