I just discovered this file on my system. The timestamp on the file corresponds to when I ran "dselect" last night. I'm presuming that some emacs package is responsible, but I'm not sure which one. Surely it is a bug for this file to be created in the root directory; so on which package should I file a bug report?
I know I selected some interesting-sounding emacs package that has just been added to the Debian archive. Last night was the firt time I had seen it. So that's a prime suspect, except that I can't recall the name of it :-( Regards, -Steve Loading /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/debian-startup... Loading 00debian... Loading /usr/lib/xemacs-21.4.8/lisp/mule/auto-autoloads... Loading site-start... Loading 00debian-vars... Loading 20apel... Loading 35elib-startup... Loading 42hyperlatex... Loading 50debbugs-el... Loading 50dpkg-dev... Loading 50dpkg-dev-el... Loading 50eieio... Loading 50elpoint... Loading 50emacs-goodies-el... Loading 50gettext... Loading 50global... Loading 50gnugo... Loading 50gnuserv... Loading 50html-helper-mode... Loading 50maxima... Loading 50mgp... Loading 50nowebm... Loading 50octave... Loading 50records-xemacs... Loading 50semantic-beta... Loading 50speedbar... Loading 50tramp... Loading 55ecb... Error while loading 55ecb Compiling /usr/share/xemacs21/site-lisp/semantic/document-vars.el... Wrote /usr/share/xemacs21/site-lisp/semantic/document-vars.elc Compiling /usr/share/xemacs21/site-lisp/semantic/document.el... Loading sformat... (file sformat.el is newer) Wrote /usr/share/xemacs21/site-lisp/semantic/document.elc Compiling /usr/share/xemacs21/site-lisp/semantic/semantic-analyze.el... Loading semantic-ctxt... (file semantic-ctxt.el is newer) Loading semantic... (file semantic.el is newer) Loading working... (file working.el is newer) Loading semantic-util... (file semantic-util.el is newer) Loading semantic-util-modes... (file semantic-util-modes.el is newer) Loading semanticdb... (file semanticdb.el is newer) Wrote /usr/share/xemacs21/site-lisp/semantic/semantic-analyze.elc Compiling /usr/share/xemacs21/site-lisp/semantic/semantic-bnf.el... Loading senator... (file senator.el is newer) Loading semantic-imenu... (file semantic-imenu.el is newer) Loading semantic-sb... (file semantic-sb.el is newer) Wrote /usr/share/xemacs21/site-lisp/semantic/semantic-bnf.elc Compiling /usr/share/xemacs21/site-lisp/semantic/semantic-c.el... Wrote /usr/share/xemacs21/site-lisp/semantic/semantic-c.elc Compiling /usr/share/xemacs21/site-lisp/semantic/semantic-ctxt.el... Wrote /usr/share/xemacs21/site-lisp/semantic/semantic-ctxt.elc Compiling /usr/share/xemacs21/site-lisp/semantic/semantic-el.el... Wrote /usr/share/xemacs21/site-lisp/semantic/semantic-el.elc Compiling /usr/share/xemacs21/site-lisp/semantic/semantic-example.el... Wrote /usr/share/xemacs21/site-lisp/semantic/semantic-example.elc Compiling /usr/share/xemacs21/site-lisp/semantic/semantic-ia.el... Wrote /usr/share/xemacs21/site-lisp/semantic/semantic-ia.elc Compiling /usr/share/xemacs21/site-lisp/semantic/semantic-imenu.el... Wrote /usr/share/xemacs21/site-lisp/semantic/semantic-imenu.elc Compiling /usr/share/xemacs21/site-lisp/semantic/semantic-java.el... Wrote /usr/share/xemacs21/site-lisp/semantic/semantic-java.elc Compiling /usr/share/xemacs21/site-lisp/semantic/semantic-load.el... Wrote /usr/share/xemacs21/site-lisp/semantic/semantic-load.elc Compiling /usr/share/xemacs21/site-lisp/semantic/semantic-make.el... Wrote /usr/share/xemacs21/site-lisp/semantic/semantic-make.elc Compiling /usr/share/xemacs21/site-lisp/semantic/semantic-sb.el... Wrote /usr/share/xemacs21/site-lisp/semantic/semantic-sb.elc Compiling /usr/share/xemacs21/site-lisp/semantic/semantic-scm.el... Wrote /usr/share/xemacs21/site-lisp/semantic/semantic-scm.elc Compiling /usr/share/xemacs21/site-lisp/semantic/semantic-skel.el... Wrote /usr/share/xemacs21/site-lisp/semantic/semantic-skel.elc Compiling /usr/share/xemacs21/site-lisp/semantic/semantic-texi.el... Wrote /usr/share/xemacs21/site-lisp/semantic/semantic-texi.elc Compiling /usr/share/xemacs21/site-lisp/semantic/semantic-util-modes.el... Wrote /usr/share/xemacs21/site-lisp/semantic/semantic-util-modes.elc Compiling /usr/share/xemacs21/site-lisp/semantic/semantic-util.el... Wrote /usr/share/xemacs21/site-lisp/semantic/semantic-util.elc Compiling /usr/share/xemacs21/site-lisp/semantic/semantic.el... Wrote /usr/share/xemacs21/site-lisp/semantic/semantic.elc Compiling /usr/share/xemacs21/site-lisp/semantic/semanticdb.el... Wrote /usr/share/xemacs21/site-lisp/semantic/semanticdb.elc Compiling /usr/share/xemacs21/site-lisp/semantic/senator.el... Wrote /usr/share/xemacs21/site-lisp/semantic/senator.elc Compiling /usr/share/xemacs21/site-lisp/semantic/sformat.el... Wrote /usr/share/xemacs21/site-lisp/semantic/sformat.elc Compiling /usr/share/xemacs21/site-lisp/semantic/working.el... Wrote /usr/share/xemacs21/site-lisp/semantic/working.elc Done -- by Rocket to the Moon, by Airplane to the Rocket, by Taxi to the Airport, by Frontdoor to the Taxi, by throwing back the blanket and laying down the legs ... - They Might Be Giants -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

