[ESS] byte-compile-file ess-site.el error

A.J. Rossini blindglobe at gmail.com
Sat Oct 29 06:53:11 CEST 2005


That's a really weird error.

less importantly, you don't have to byte-compile/make (though it does
provide a slight speed-up).

Could you try byte-compiling ess-site.el by hand, i.e.

M-x byte-compile-file

and see if you get the same error?

On 10/29/05, Ted Freeman <freeman at u.washington.edu> wrote:
> I am trying to install ess-5.2.10, downloaded from
> http://ess.r-project.org/downloads/ess/. When I try to byte-compile the
> file ess-site.el I get the following error message:
>
> Compiling file /Users/freeman/site-lisp/ess-5.2.10/lisp/ess-site.el at
> Fri Oct 28 15:38:47 2005
> ess-site.el:68:1:Error: Search failed: "(load-file "
>
> I am running:
> GNU Emacs 21.3.50.1 (powerpc-apple-darwin7.4.0).
>   of 2004-05-29 on darkstar.local
>
> I've searched the web, but haven't found a clear explanation of this
> issue. Any suggestions from members of this list are are greatly
> appreciated.
>
> Thanks!
>
>   -- Ted Freeman
>
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--
best,
-tony

blindglobe at gmail.com
Muttenz, Switzerland.
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