Emacs as build tool fails to launch after update

Hi,

Since an update, my Emacs crashes when trying to run it in a dedicated setup.

The two generations involved are at the end of the email.

I expect that there are some leftover files from byte compilation or

native compilation that cause the problem.

To do a clean run:

sudo mkdir -p /home/arne/eigenes/Webseiten/

sudo chmod a+rwx /home/arne/eigenes/Webseiten/

hg clone https://hg.sr.ht/~arnebab/draketo/home/arne/eigenes/Webseiten/arnebab-org

cd /home/arne/eigenes/Webseiten/arnebab-org

echo -e "utf-8\n" | HOME="/home/arne/eigenes/Webseiten/arnebab-org" emacs --batch --load .emacs.d/init.el --load setup.el "setup.el" -f org-feed-update-all -f kill-emacs && touch "external-rss.org.in"

Since I updated Guix, it is broken for me:

echo -e "utf-8\n" | HOME="/home/arne/eigenes/Webseiten/arnebab-org"

emacs --batch --load .emacs.d/init.el --load setup.el "setup.el" -f

org-feed-update-all -f kill-emacs && touch "external-rss.org.in" # the

echo is a hack to work around broken encoding -> no longer empty, but

still broken

Loading ido (native compiled elisp)...

Error: error ("Recursive ‘require’ for feature ‘ox’")

require(ox)

byte-code("\300\301!\210\302

\303\232\204\20\0\304\305\306\"\210\300\307!\210\300\310!\210\300\311!\210\312\313\314\315\316\317\320\321\322&\10\210\323\324\325\326\327\330\331\332&\7\210\333\334\335\336\337DD\340\331\324\341\342\343\344\345\346&\13\210\333\347\335\336\350DD\351\331\324\341\342\343\352\345\346&\13\210\333\353\335\336\354DD\355\331\324\341\342\343\356\345\346&\13\210\333\357\335\336\360DD\361\331\324\341\342\343\362\345\346&\13\210\333\363\335\336\364DD\365\331\324\341\366\343\367\345\346&\13\210\333\370\335\336\371DD\372\331\324\341\342\343\373\345\346&\13\210\333\374\335\336\375DD\376\331\324\341\342\343\377\345\201@\0&\13\210\333\201A\0\335\336\201B\0DD\201C\0\331\324\341\342\343\201D\0\345\201E\0&\13\210\333\201F\0\335\336\201G\0DD\201H\0\331\324\341\342\343\201I\0\345\201J\0&\13\210\333\201K\0\335\336\201L\0DD\201M\0\331\324\341\342\343\201N\0\345\201O\0&\13\210\333\201P\0\335\336\201Q\0DD\201R\0\331\324\341\342\343\201S\0\345\201T\0&\13\210\333\201U\0\335\336\201V\0DD\201W\0\331\324\341\342\343\201X\0\345\201Y\0&\13\210\333\201Z\0\335\336\201[\0DD\201\\\0\331\324\341\342\343\201]\0\345\201^\0&\13\210\333\201_\0\335\336\201`\0DD\201a\0\331\324\341\342\343\201b\0\345\201^\0&\13\207"

[require org-macs org-release "9.7.4" warn "Org version

mismatch.\nThis warning usually appears when a built-in Org version is

loaded\nprior to the more recent Org version.\n\nVersion mismatch is

commonly encountered in the following situations:\n\n1. Emacs is

loaded using literate Org config and more recent Org\n version is

loaded inside the file loaded by `org-babel-load-file'.\n

`org-babel-load-file' triggers the built-in Org version clashing\n the

newer Org version attempt to be loaded later.\n\n It is recommended to

move the Org loading code before the\n `org-babel-load-file'

call.\n\n2. New Org version is loaded manually by setting `load-path',

but some\n other package depending on Org is loaded before the

`load-path' is\n configured.\n This \"other package\" is triggering

built-in Org version, again\n causing the version mismatch.\n\n It is

recommended to set `load-path' as early in the config as\n

possible.\n\n3. New Org version is loaded using straight.el package

manager and\n other package depending on Org is loaded before straight

triggers\n loading of the newer Org version.\n\n It is recommended to

put\n\n %s\n\n early in the config. Ideally, right after the

straight.el\n bootstrap. Moving `use-package' :straight declaration

may not be\n sufficient if the corresponding `use-package' statement

is\n deferring the loading.\n\n4. A new Org version is synchronized

with Emacs git repository and\n stale .elc files are still left from

the previous build.\n\n It is recommended to remove .elc files from

lisp/org directory and\n re-compile." "(straight-use-package 'org)" ox

ox-publish cl-lib org-export-define-backend ascii ((bold .

org-ascii-bold) (center-block . org-ascii-center-block) (clock .

org-ascii-clock) (code . org-ascii-code) (drawer . org-ascii-drawer)

(dynamic-block . org-ascii-dynamic-block) (entity . org-ascii-entity)

(example-block . org-ascii-example-block) (export-block .

org-ascii-export-block) (export-snippet . org-ascii-export-snippet)

(fixed-width . org-ascii-fixed-width) (footnote-reference .

org-ascii-footnote-reference) (headline . org-ascii-headline)

(horizontal-rule . org-ascii-horizontal-rule) (inline-src-block .

org-ascii-inline-src-block) (inlinetask . org-ascii-inlinetask)

(inner-template . org-ascii-inner-template) (italic .

org-ascii-italic) (item . org-ascii-item) (keyword .

org-ascii-keyword) (latex-environment . org-ascii-latex-environment)

(latex-fragment . org-ascii-latex-fragment) (line-break .

org-ascii-line-break) (link . org-ascii-link) (node-property .

org-ascii-node-property) (paragraph . org-ascii-paragraph) (plain-list

. org-ascii-plain-list) (plain-text . org-ascii-plain-text) (planning

. org-ascii-planning) (property-drawer . org-ascii-property-drawer)

(quote-block . org-ascii-quote-block) (radio-target .

org-ascii-radio-target) (section . org-ascii-section) (special-block .

org-ascii-special-block) (src-block . org-ascii-src-block)

(statistics-cookie . org-ascii-statistics-cookie) (strike-through .

org-ascii-strike-through) (subscript . org-ascii-subscript)

(superscript . org-ascii-superscript) (table . org-ascii-table)

(table-cell . org-ascii-table-cell) (table-row . org-ascii-table-row)

(target . org-ascii-target) (template . org-ascii-template) (timestamp

. org-ascii-timestamp) (underline . org-ascii-underline) (verbatim .

org-ascii-verbatim) (verse-block . org-ascii-verse-block)) :menu-entry

(116 "Export to Plain Text" ((65 "As ASCII buffer" (lambda (a s v b)

(org-ascii-export-as-ascii a s v b '(:ascii-charset ascii)))) (97 "As

ASCII file" (lambda (a s v b) (org-ascii-export-to-ascii a s v b

'(:ascii-charset ascii)))) (76 "As Latin1 buffer" (lambda (a s v b)

(org-ascii-export-as-ascii a s v b '(:ascii-charset latin1)))) (108

"As Latin1 file" (lambda (a s v b) (org-ascii-export-to-ascii a s v b

'(:ascii-charset latin1)))) (85 "As UTF-8 buffer" (lambda (a s v b)

(org-ascii-export-as-ascii a s v b '(:ascii-charset utf-8)))) (117 "As

UTF-8 file" (lambda (a s v b) (org-ascii-export-to-ascii a s v b

'(:ascii-charset utf-8)))))) :filters-alist ((:filter-headline .

org-ascii-filter-headline-blank-lines) (:filter-parse-tree

org-ascii-filter-paragraph-spacing org-ascii-filter-comment-spacing)

(:filter-section . org-ascii-filter-headline-blank-lines))

:options-alist ((:subtitle "SUBTITLE" nil nil parse) (:ascii-bullets

nil nil org-ascii-bullets) (:ascii-caption-above nil nil

org-ascii-caption-above) (:ascii-charset nil nil org-ascii-charset)

(:ascii-global-margin nil nil org-ascii-global-margin)

(:ascii-format-drawer-function nil nil

org-ascii-format-drawer-function) (:ascii-format-inlinetask-function

nil nil org-ascii-format-inlinetask-function) (:ascii-headline-spacing

nil nil org-ascii-headline-spacing) (:ascii-indented-line-width nil

nil org-ascii-indented-line-width) (:ascii-inlinetask-width nil nil

org-ascii-inlinetask-width) (:ascii-inner-margin nil nil

org-ascii-inner-margin) (:ascii-links-to-notes nil nil

org-ascii-links-to-notes) (:ascii-list-margin nil nil

org-ascii-list-margin) (:ascii-paragraph-spacing nil nil

org-ascii-paragraph-spacing) (:ascii-quote-margin nil nil

org-ascii-quote-margin) (:ascii-table-keep-all-vertical-lines nil nil

org-ascii-table-keep-all-vertical-lines) (:ascii-table-use-ascii-art

nil nil org-ascii-table-use-ascii-art) (:ascii-table-widen-columns nil

nil org-ascii-table-widen-columns) (:ascii-text-width nil nil

org-ascii-text-width) (:ascii-underline nil nil org-ascii-underline)

(:ascii-verbatim-format nil nil org-ascii-verbatim-format))

custom-declare-group org-export-ascii nil "Options for exporting Org

mode files to ASCII." :tag "Org Export ASCII" :group org-export

custom-declare-variable org-ascii-text-width funcall function

#f(compiled-function () #<bytecode 0x18c000ae6ce14>) "Maximum width of

exported text.\nThis number includes margin size, as set

in\n`org-ascii-global-margin'." :version "24.4" :package-version (Org

. "8.0") :type integer org-ascii-global-margin #f(compiled-function ()

#<bytecode 0x18c000ae69414>) "Width of the left margin, in number of

characters." (Org . "8.0") org-ascii-inner-margin #f(compiled-function

() #<bytecode 0x18c000ae69694>) "Width of the inner margin, in number

of characters.\nInner margin is applied between each headline." (Org .

"8.0") org-ascii-quote-margin #f(compiled-function () #<bytecode

0x18c000ae69394>) "Width of margin used for quoting text, in

characters.\nThis margin is applied on both sides of the text. It is

also\napplied on the left side of contents in descriptive lists." (Org

. "8.0") org-ascii-list-margin #f(compiled-function () #<bytecode

0x18c000ae69414>) "Width of margin used for plain lists, in

characters.\nThis margin applies to top level list only, not to

its\nsub-lists." "26.1" (Org . "8.3") org-ascii-inlinetask-width

#f(compiled-function () #<bytecode 0x18c000ae6a594>) "Width of inline

tasks, in number of characters.\nThis number ignores any margin." (Org

. "8.0") org-ascii-headline-spacing #f(compiled-function () #<bytecode

0x18c000ae6aa94>) "Number of blank lines inserted around

headlines.\n\nThis variable can be set to a cons cell. In that case,

its car\nrepresents the number of blank lines present before

headline\ncontents whereas its cdr reflects the number of blank lines

after\ncontents.\n\nA nil value replicates the number of blank lines

found in the\noriginal Org buffer at the same place." (Org . "8.0")

(choice (const :tag "Replicate original spacing" nil) (cons :tag "Set

a uniform spacing" (integer :tag "Number of blank lines before

contents") (integer :tag "Number of blank lines after contents")))

org-ascii-indented-line-width #f(compiled-function () #<bytecode

0x29ac9a1ad7f794>) "Additional indentation width for the first line in

a paragraph.\nIf the value is an integer, indent the first line of

each\nparagraph by this width, unless it is located at the beginning

of\na section, in which case indentation is removed from that

line.\nIf it is the symbol `auto' preserve indentation from

original\ndocument." (Org . "8.0") (choice (integer :tag "Number of

white spaces characters") (const :tag "Preserve original width" auto))

org-ascii-paragraph-spacing #f(compiled-function () #<bytecode

0x29ac9a1ad7f794>) "Number of white lines between paragraphs.\nIf the

value is an integer, add this number of blank lines\nbetween

contiguous paragraphs. If is it the symbol `auto', keep\nthe same

number of blank lines as in the original document." (Org . "8.0")

(choice (integer :tag "Number of blank lines") (const :tag "Preserve

original spacing" auto)) org-ascii-charset #f(compiled-function ()

#<bytecode 0x18c000ae88114>) "The charset allowed to represent various

elements and objects.\nPossible values are:\n`ascii' Only use plain

ASCII characters\n`latin1' Include Latin-1 characters\n`utf-8' Use all

UTF-8 characters" (Org . "8.0") (choice (const :tag "ASCII" ascii)

(const :tag "Latin-1" latin1) (const :tag "UTF-8" utf-8))

org-ascii-underline #f(compiled-function () #<bytecode

0x18c000ae69414>) "Characters for underlining headings in ASCII

export.\n\nAlist whose key is a symbol among `ascii', `latin1' and

`utf-8'\nand whose value is a list of characters.\n\nFor each

supported charset, this variable associates a sequence\nof underline

characters. In a sequence, the characters will be\nused in order for

headlines level 1, 2, ... If no character is\navailable for a given

level, the headline won't be underlined." (Org . "8.0") (list (cons

:tag "Underline characters sequence" (const :tag "ASCII charset"

ascii) (repeat character)) (cons :tag "Underline characters sequence"

(const :tag "Latin-1 charset" latin1) (repeat character)) (cons :tag

"Underline characters sequence" (const :tag "UTF-8 charset" utf-8)

(repeat character))) org-ascii-bullets #f(compiled-function ()

#<bytecode 0x18c000ae69414>) "Bullet characters for headlines

converted to lists in ASCII export.\n\nAlist whose key is a symbol

among `ascii', `latin1' and `utf-8'\nand whose value is a list of

characters.\n\nThe first character is used for the first level

considered as low\nlevel, and so on. If there are more levels than

characters given\nhere, the list will be repeated.\n\nNote that this

variable doesn't affect plain lists\nrepresentation." (Org . "8.0")

(list (cons :tag "Bullet characters for low level headlines" (const

:tag "ASCII charset" ascii) (repeat character)) (cons :tag "Bullet

characters for low level headlines" (const :tag "Latin-1 charset"

latin1) (repeat character)) (cons :tag "Bullet characters for low

level headlines" (const :tag "UTF-8 charset" utf-8) (repeat

character))) org-ascii-links-to-notes #f(compiled-function ()

#<bytecode 0x18c000ae69b14>) "Non-nil means convert links to notes

before the next headline.\nWhen nil, the link will be exported in

place. If the line\nbecomes long in this way, it will be wrapped."

(Org . "8.0") boolean org-ascii-table-keep-all-vertical-lines

#f(compiled-function () #<bytecode 0x18c000ae69414>) "Non-nil means

keep all vertical lines in ASCII tables.\nWhen nil, vertical lines

will be removed except for those needed\nfor column grouping." (Org .

"8.0")] 12)

require(ox-ascii)

byte-code("\300\301!\210\302

\303\232\204\20\0\304\305\306\"\210\300\307!\210\300\301!\210\300\310!\207"

[require org-macs org-release "9.7.4" warn "Org version

mismatch.\nThis warning usually appears when a built-in Org version is

loaded\nprior to the more recent Org version.\n\nVersion mismatch is

commonly encountered in the following situations:\n\n1. Emacs is

loaded using literate Org config and more recent Org\n version is

loaded inside the file loaded by `org-babel-load-file'.\n

`org-babel-load-file' triggers the built-in Org version clashing\n the

newer Org version attempt to be loaded later.\n\n It is recommended to

move the Org loading code before the\n `org-babel-load-file'

call.\n\n2. New Org version is loaded manually by setting `load-path',

but some\n other package depending on Org is loaded before the

`load-path' is\n configured.\n This \"other package\" is triggering

built-in Org version, again\n causing the version mismatch.\n\n It is

recommended to set `load-path' as early in the config as\n

possible.\n\n3. New Org version is loaded using straight.el package

manager and\n other package depending on Org is loaded before straight

triggers\n loading of the newer Org version.\n\n It is recommended to

put\n\n %s\n\n early in the config. Ideally, right after the

straight.el\n bootstrap. Moving `use-package' :straight declaration

may not be\n sufficient if the corresponding `use-package' statement

is\n deferring the loading.\n\n4. A new Org version is synchronized

with Emacs git repository and\n stale .elc files are still left from

the previous build.\n\n It is recommended to remove .elc files from

lisp/org directory and\n re-compile." "(straight-use-package 'org)" ob

ox-ascii] 3)

require(ob-gnuplot)

org-babel-do-load-languages(org-babel-load-languages ((C . t) (R .

t) (asymptote) (awk) (calc) (clojure) (comint) (css) (ditaa . t) (dot

. t) (emacs-lisp . t) (fortran) (gnuplot . t) (haskell) (io) (java)

(js) (latex) (ledger) (lilypond) (lisp) (matlab) (maxima) (mscgen)

(ocaml) (octave) (org . t) (perl) (picolisp) (plantuml) (python . t)

(ref) (ruby) (sass) (scala) (scheme . t) (screen) (shell . t) (shen)

(sql) (sqlite)))

custom-initialize-reset(org-babel-load-languages (funcall #'#f(compiled-function () #<bytecode 0x18c000ae69414>)))

custom-declare-variable(org-babel-load-languages (funcall

#'#f(compiled-function () #<bytecode 0x18c000ae69414>)) "Languages

which can be evaluated in Org buffers.\n\\<org-mode-map>\nThis list

can be used to load support for any of the available\nlanguages with

babel support (see info node `(org) Languages'). Each\nlanguage will

depend on a different set of system executables and/or\nEmacs

modes.\n\nWhen a language is \"loaded\", code blocks in that language

can\nbe evaluated with `org-babel-execute-src-block', which is

bound\nby default to \\[org-ctrl-c-ctrl-c].\n\nThe

`org-babel-no-eval-on-ctrl-c-ctrl-c' option can be set to\nremove code

block evaluation from \\[org-ctrl-c-ctrl-c]. By\ndefault, only Emacs

Lisp is loaded, since it has no specific\nrequirement." :group

org-babel :set org-babel-do-load-languages :package-version (Org .

"9.6") :type (alist :tag "Babel Languages" :key-type (choice (const

:tag "Awk" awk) (const :tag "C, D, C++, and cpp" C) (const :tag "R" R)

(const :tag "Calc" calc) (const :tag "Clojure and ClojureScript"

clojure) (const :tag "CSS" css) (const :tag "Ditaa" ditaa) (const :tag

"Dot" dot) (const :tag "Emacs Lisp" emacs-lisp) (const :tag "Eshell"

eshell) (const :tag "Forth" forth) (const :tag "Fortran" fortran)

(const :tag "GnuPlot" gnuplot) (const :tag "Groovy" groovy) (const

:tag "Haskell" haskell) (const :tag "Java" java) (const :tag

"JavaScript" js) (const :tag "Julia" julia) (const :tag "LaTeX" latex)

(const :tag "LilyPond" lilypond) (const :tag "Lisp" lisp) (const :tag

"Lua" lua) (const :tag "Makefile" makefile) (const :tag "Maxima"

maxima) (const :tag "OCaml" ocaml) (const :tag "Octave and MatLab"

octave) (const :tag "Org" org) (const :tag "Perl" perl) (const :tag

"Processing" processing) (const :tag "PlantUML" plantuml) (const :tag

"Python" python) (const :tag "Ruby" ruby) (const :tag "Sass" sass)

(const :tag "Scheme" scheme) (const :tag "Screen" screen) (const :tag

"Sed" sed) (const :tag "Shell Script" shell) (const :tag "Sql" sql)

(const :tag "Sqlite" sqlite)) :value-type (boolean :tag "Activate"

:value t)))

byte-code("\300\301\302\303\304DD\305\306\307\310\311\312\313\314\315&\13\210\300\316\302\303\317DD\320\314\321\322\323\306\324&\11\210\325\326\327\"\210\325\330\327\"\207"

[custom-declare-variable org-babel-load-languages funcall function

#f(compiled-function () #<bytecode 0x18c000ae69414>) "Languages which

can be evaluated in Org buffers.\n\\<org-mode-map>\nThis list can be

used to load support for any of the available\nlanguages with babel

support (see info node `(org) Languages'). Each\nlanguage will depend

on a different set of system executables and/or\nEmacs modes.\n\nWhen

a language is \"loaded\", code blocks in that language can\nbe

evaluated with `org-babel-execute-src-block', which is bound\nby

default to \\[org-ctrl-c-ctrl-c].\n\nThe

`org-babel-no-eval-on-ctrl-c-ctrl-c' option can be set to\nremove code

block evaluation from \\[org-ctrl-c-ctrl-c]. By\ndefault, only Emacs

Lisp is loaded, since it has no specific\nrequirement." :group

org-babel :set org-babel-do-load-languages :package-version (Org .

"9.6") :type (alist :tag "Babel Languages" :key-type (choice (const

:tag "Awk" awk) (const :tag "C, D, C++, and cpp" C) (const :tag "R" R)

(const :tag "Calc" calc) (const :tag "Clojure and ClojureScript"

clojure) (const :tag "CSS" css) (const :tag "Ditaa" ditaa) (const :tag

"Dot" dot) (const :tag "Emacs Lisp" emacs-lisp) (const :tag "Eshell"

eshell) (const :tag "Forth" forth) (const :tag "Fortran" fortran)

(const :tag "GnuPlot" gnuplot) (const :tag "Groovy" groovy) (const

:tag "Haskell" haskell) (const :tag "Java" java) (const :tag

"JavaScript" js) (const :tag "Julia" julia) (const :tag "LaTeX" latex)

(const :tag "LilyPond" lilypond) (const :tag "Lisp" lisp) (const :tag

"Lua" lua) (const :tag "Makefile" makefile) (const :tag "Maxima"

maxima) (const :tag "OCaml" ocaml) (const :tag "Octave and MatLab"

octave) (const :tag "Org" org) (const :tag "Perl" perl) (const :tag

"Processing" processing) (const :tag "PlantUML" plantuml) (const :tag

"Python" python) (const :tag "Ruby" ruby) (const :tag "Sass" sass)

(const :tag "Scheme" scheme) (const :tag "Screen" screen) (const :tag

"Sed" sed) (const :tag "

Hello Arne,

"Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide" via Bug reports for GNU Guix

<bug-guix@gnu.org> writes:

In between your two generations there was an upgrade in Emacs from 29.3

to 29.4. Unlike other upgrades this was done as a graft on

emacs-minimal, not a direct version bump.

I've noticed an uptick on IRC of other complaints about odd Emacs

breakages recently. In at least one case the problem was solved by

disabling grafts. Perhaps there is some odd graft related breakage going

on. (An Emacs bug introduced in 29.3->29.4 is unlikely to be the culprit

as the changelog alleges org-mode was the only change).

This is just a hunch however. I'm not sure of the best way to test this

since disabling grafts will also disable the 29.4 upgrade entirely, but

perhaps creating your profile with --no-grafts (including Emacs

packages) will help you narrow it down.

Do note that disabling grafts will remove many security fixes from the

profile. Best not to use it long term.

CC'ing a couple people involved in the 29.4 upgrade so they are aware of

my pet theory. I don't have a smoking gun. Like I said, it's just a

hunch. Thanks for your work! :)

--

Take it easy,

Richard Sent

Making my computer weirder one commit at a time.

Hi Arne,

Am Freitag, dem 28.06.2024 um 09:38 +0200 schrieb Dr. Arne

Babenhauserheide:

With PWD="/home/arne/eigenes/Webseiten/", I can run 

guix shell coreutils mercurial emacs emacs-ox-rss --pure

followed by

HOME="$PWD" emacs --batch --load .emacs.d/init.el --load setup.el

"setup.el" -f org-feed-update-all -f kill-emacs

and it gives me the following:

Thus, at the very least with a pure environment, you shouldn't

encounter this. I'm not sure, what's in your profile, but you might

want to use pure environments to encapsulate them, then file bugs

against broken combinations that you encounter.

Cheers