[ESS] ESS error: Autoloading failed to define function compilation--ensure-parse

[Vitalie Spinu]

I have fixed this issue on ESS side, but I would still recommend upgrading your
emacs to >= 24.4. There are just too many features that you are missing.

Another option to get the latest emacs is

   https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-elisp/+archive/ubuntu/ppa


  Vitalie

>> On Fri, Oct 02 2015 09:25, Dorazio, Robert wrote:

> ​Hi Rodney,

> Upgrading to Emacs 24.5 is difficult because it is not available in the
> repository for Ubuntu 12.04​ (my OS).  I tried installing from source using
> instructions from the following web site,

> http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2014/10/emacs-24-4-released-install-in-ubuntu-14-04/

>  but installation failed to create a make file.

> Any other suggestions?

> Robert M. Dorazio
> Wetland and Aquatic Research Center
> U.S. Geological Survey

> Web site:  profile.usgs.gov/bob_dorazio

> On Fri, Oct 2, 2015 at 8:46 AM, Sparapani, Rodney <rsparapa using mcw.edu> wrote:

>> > Hi all,
>> >
>> > I'm using Emacs 23.3.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.24.10)
>> >  of 2013-05-16 on panlong, modified by Debian, i.e., Ubuntu 12.04.
>> >
>> > I've been using ESS for years.  I just upgraded to the most recent
>> version
>> > of ESS using Ubuntu's package manager, and now upon starting an R process
>> > using M-x R I get the following error message:
>> >
>> > Error in post-command-hook: (error Autoloading failed to define function
>> > compilation--ensure-parse)
>> >
>> > in the buffer and R does not work.
>> >
>> > Any ideas how to fix this problem?
>> >
>> > Robert M. Dorazio
>>
>> Hi Robert:
>>
>> I guess Emacs 23.x does not have that function.  Maybe you can just
>> grab compile.el from Emacs 24.x...
>>
>> compilation--ensure-parse is an autoloaded compiled Lisp function in
>> `compile.el'.
>>
>> Or better yet, upgrade to Emacs 24.x
>>
>> Rodney
>>
>>

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