After installing the latest BBDB, I tried M-x bbdb [ret] galen. I was asked if I would like to upgrade and I said yes. I then and got the debugger error. I also got a (error "catastrophic: bbdb-records recursed") when I tried to create a mail message.
Emacs : GNU Emacs 21.1.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.0.2195) of 2001-10-22 on GALEN Package: BBDB 2.32 current state: ============== (setq bbdb-version-date "$Date: 2001/03/04 20:27:21 $" bbdb-file-format 6 bbdb-no-duplicates-p nil bbdb-address-editing-function 'bbdb-address-edit-default bbdb-address-formatting-alist '((bbdb-address-is-continental . bbdb-format-address-continental) (nil . bbdb-format-address-default)) bbdb-after-change-hook nil bbdb-after-read-db-hook nil bbdb-always-add-addresses nil bbdb-auto-revert-p nil bbdb-canonicalize-net-hook nil bbdb-canonicalize-redundant-nets-p t bbdb-case-fold-search t bbdb-change-hook 'bbdb-timestamp-hook bbdb-check-zip-codes-p t bbdb-complete-name-allow-cycling nil bbdb-completion-display-record t bbdb-completion-type nil bbdb-continental-zip-regexp "^\\s *[A-Z][A-Z]?\\s *-\\s *[0-9][0-9][0-9]" bbdb-create-hook 'bbdb-creation-date-hook bbdb-default-area-code nil bbdb-define-all-aliases-field 'mail-alias bbdb-dial-local-prefix nil bbdb-dial-local-prefix-alist '(((if bbdb-default-area-code (format "(%03d)" bbdb-default-area-code) "") "")) bbdb-dial-long-distance-prefix nil bbdb-dwim-net-address-allow-redundancy nil bbdb-electric-p nil bbdb-elided-display nil bbdb-expand-mail-aliases t bbdb-file "~/.bbdb" bbdb-file-remote nil bbdb-file-remote-save-always t bbdb-finger-buffer-name "*finger*" bbdb-finger-host-field 'finger-host bbdb-gui t bbdb-hashtable-size 1021 bbdb-info-file nil bbdb-initialize-hook nil bbdb-legal-zip-codes '("^$" "^[ \n]*[0-9][0-9]?[0-9]?[0-9]?[0-9]?[0-9]?[ \n]*$" "^[ \n]*\\([0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]\\)[ \n]*-?[ \n]*\\([0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]?\\)[ \n]*$" "^[ \n]*\\([A-Za-z0-9]+\\)[ \n]+\\([A-Za-z0-9]+\\)[ \n]*$" "^[ \n]*\\([A-Z]+\\)[ \n]*-?[ \n]*\\([0-9]+ ?[A-Z]*\\)[ \n]*$" "^[ \n]*\\([A-Z]+\\)[ \n]*-?[ \n]*\\([0-9]+\\)[ \n]+\\([0-9]+\\)[ \n]*$") bbdb-list-hook '(bbdb-fontify-buffer) bbdb-load-hook nil bbdb-message-caching-enabled t bbdb-mode-hook nil bbdb-modem-device "/dev/modem" bbdb-modem-dial nil bbdb-new-nets-always-primary nil bbdb-north-american-phone-numbers-p t bbdb-notes-default-separator ", " bbdb-notes-sort-order '((notes . 0) (www . 1) (ftp . 2) (gopher . 3) (telnet . 4) (mail-alias . 5) (mail-folder . 6) (lpr . 7) (creation-date . 1000) (timestamp . 1001)) bbdb-notice-auto-save-file nil bbdb-notice-hook nil bbdb-offer-save t bbdb-pop-up-elided-display-fields nil bbdb-pop-up-elided-display-name-end 48 bbdb-pop-up-target-lines 5 bbdb-quiet-about-name-mismatches nil bbdb-readonly-p nil bbdb-refile-notes-default-merge-function 'bbdb-refile-notes-default-merge-function bbdb-refile-notes-generate-alist '((creation-date . bbdb-refile-notes-string-least) (timestamp . bbdb-refile-notes-string-most)) bbdb-save-db-timeout nil bbdb-send-mail-style nil bbdb-silent-running nil bbdb-sound-files ["/usr/demo/SOUND/sounds/touchtone.0.au" "/usr/demo/SOUND/sounds/touchtone.1.au" "/usr/demo/SOUND/sounds/touchtone.2.au" "/usr/demo/SOUND/sounds/touchtone.3.au" "/usr/demo/SOUND/sounds/touchtone.4.au" "/usr/demo/SOUND/sounds/touchtone.5.au" "/usr/demo/SOUND/sounds/touchtone.6.au" "/usr/demo/SOUND/sounds/touchtone.7.au" "/usr/demo/SOUND/sounds/touchtone.8.au" "/usr/demo/SOUND/sounds/touchtone.9.au" "/usr/demo/SOUND/sounds/touchtone.pound.au" "/usr/demo/SOUND/sounds/touchtone.star.au"] bbdb-sound-player "/usr/demo/SOUND/play" bbdb-time-display-format "%d %b %Y" bbdb-use-alternate-names t bbdb-use-pop-up t bbdb-user-mail-names nil bbdb-write-file-hooks '(bbdb-write-file-hook-fn) bbdb/mail-auto-create-p t bbdb/news-auto-create-p nil bbdb/prompt-for-create-p nil bbdb/vm-set-auto-folder-alist-field 'vm-folder features '(sendmail reporter eieio-opt view debug bbdb-migrate bbdb-com two-column dired-efap table byte-opt bytecomp byte-compile quail tabify tramp format-spec shell dict-web all xml-parse tehom-psgml-fold-by-key arrange electric tehom-psgml psgml-parse psgml-edit find-file-url mc boxquote rect color-theme message-x paren mic-paren tint-instances ff-paths ffap sql eldoc completion xae psgml-other sgml-mode psgml cal-desk-calendar lunar solar cal-dst cal-persia cal-julian clipper toc source-safe ediff-merg ediff-diff ediff-wind ediff-help ediff-util ediff-mult ediff-init ediff dired-a stock-quote winhist ascii-display scroll-in-place change-mode mouseme thingatpt recentf calculator ibuffer fcs dired-x dired-aux dired-sort-menu dired telnet miniedit extra-java-font-lock jmaker jde-tab-tab ecb ecb-help ecb-util ecb-mode-line ecb-layout tree-buffer avoid semantic-make semantic-el semantic-c jde-cflow jde-stack jfolding hideshow folding-isearch folding senator-isearch senator semantic-ctxt jde-import-org jjar jsee jde-completion jde executable jde-package jde-import jde-which-method jde-stat jde-javadoc jde-javadoc-gen jde-java-font-lock jde-bug jde-dbs jde-dbo jde-help jde-wiz jde-widgets tree-widget jde-complete beanshell jde-gen tempo jde-make compile jde-run jde-db jde-parse jde-imenu mule-util semantic-imenu jde-java-grammar semantic-java eieio avltree stack-m elib-node semantic-bnf semantic-sb speedbar sb-image dframe semantic-util assoc semantic working gud easy-mmode etags comint ring jde-compile cus-edit cus-start cus-load cc-mode cc-align cc-cmds cc-engine cc-styles cc-langs cc-vars wid-edit cc-menus imenu cc-defs derived semantic-load edmacro complete rsz-mini icomplete pc-keys advice advice-preload auto-show hscroll desktop-menu desktop jit-lock font-lock regexp-opt cl cl-19 blinking-cursor blank-mode mouse-drag w3-auto catdoc w32-net-send diary-lib calendar cal-menu time image gnus-toggle gnuserv bbdb-w3 browse-url bbdb-autoloads bbdb timezone gnus gnus-ems message mml easymenu mm-decode mm-bodies mm-encode mailcap mail-parse rfc2045 rfc2047 qp rfc2231 ietf-drums mailheader gnus-util time-date parse-time nnheader mail-utils mm-util mail-prsvr fontset ediff-hook vc-hooks lisp-float-type dos-w32 disp-table ls-lisp lisp-mode page menu-bar timer select scroll-bar mldrag mouse facemenu faces cus-face frame misc-lang vietnamese tibetan thai lao korean japanese hebrew greek romanian slovak czech european ethiopic devanagari indian cyrillic chinese case-table help overlay md5 base64 format mule env backquote custom widget) ) Debugger entered--Lisp error: (args-out-of-range ["home" ("520 Main St." "Apt. 1505") "Malden" "MA" 2148 ""] 6) #[(addr) "ÂH; ÂHÐ ÂH:¸ ÂH@;L ÂHA@;L ÃÄÂHA@\">