Re: No emacs source files in Debian testing?
Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> writes:
> On Wed, 5 Oct 2022 08:40:14 -0400
> Haines Brown <haines@histomat.net> wrote:
>
>> With an upgrade to testing, I get this warning when I load emacs:
>>
>> Warning (comp): Cannot look-up eln file as no source file was found
>> for /home/haines/.emacs.d/elisp/ibus.elc
>
> Judging by the location (in your user directory) and by the fact that
> searching with apt-file on Bullseye turns up neither ibus.elc nor
> ibus.el, I don't think that ibus.elc or its source file, ibus.el is in
> Bullseye, and so likely not in Debian testing. Nor did I find anything
> by searching for an emacs ibus package. I suspect you got it from
> somewhere else. https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/IBusMode I suspect you
> did a manual installation.
> https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/IBusMode#h5o-4
>
>
>>
>> I gather that with emacs version 28 the ibus.el source file is no
>> longer installed, although it must found if the compiled ibus.enc
>> file is to load.
Testing is at 27.1 - 28.1 is in unstable and currently broken.
> Emacs can run byte-compiled files without having the source files
> handy. Did you mean ibus.elc here?
>
>>
>> I tried to find a testing version of ibus.el but did not succeed. I
>> tied to use an old ibus.el file from Jul 2020, but it had obsolete
>> functions and so was not usable.
>>
>> Can I just ignore the warning? If I do does it leave ibus
>> non-functional? Should I file a bug report?
>>
>
> The acid test is whether you can run without the source file. I'm
> pretty sure you can ignore the warning. I would try it.
>
> As for filing a bug report, I don't know where you got ibus.elc, so
> can't advise you.
>
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