Public bug reported:
[This is a reposting of Bug#1898083, which I reported against Emacs. I
don't know what package to report for Emacs snap bugs, so I am initially
guessing that the package should be "snap" in the form. If "snap" is
wrong, please reassign it to the appropriate package, which apparently
is not "emacs".]
I just upgraded to Ubuntu 20.04 and my first shell command was 'emacs'.
The response was:
Command 'emacs' not found, but can be installed with:
sudo snap install emacs # version 27.1, or
sudo apt install e3 # version 1:2.71-2
sudo apt install emacs-gtk # version 1:26.3+1-1ubuntu2
sudo apt install emacs-lucid # version 1:26.3+1-1ubuntu2
sudo apt install emacs-nox # version 1:26.3+1-1ubuntu2
sudo apt install jove # version 4.17.2.7-1
See 'snap info emacs' for additional versions.
So I tried the first command 'sudo snap install emacs'. So I tried it:
$ sudo snap install emacs
[sudo] password for eggert:
error: This revision of snap "emacs" was published using classic confinement
and thus may perform arbitrary system changes outside of the security
sandbox that snaps are usually confined to, which may put your system at
risk.
If you understand and want to proceed repeat the command including
--classic.
That didn't look promising, but I was stubborn, and continued as
follows:
$ sudo snap install --classic emacs
emacs 27.1 from Alex Murray (alexmurray) installed
Great! Now I can run Emacs. But the experience was not good at all:
$ emacs notes
(emacs:5050): Gtk-WARNING **: 09:40:34.782: Theme parsing error:
gtk.css:1521:23: 'font-feature-settings' is not a valid property name
(emacs:5050): Gtk-WARNING **: 09:40:34.786: Theme parsing error:
gtk.css:3460:25: 'font-feature-settings' is not a valid property name
(emacs:5050): Gtk-WARNING **: 09:40:34.787: Theme parsing error:
gtk.css:3922:23: 'font-feature-settings' is not a valid property name
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/10-hinting-slight.conf", line 4: unknown
element "its:rules"
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/10-hinting-slight.conf", line 5: unknown
element "its:translateRule"
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/10-hinting-slight.conf", line 5: invalid
attribute 'translate'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/10-hinting-slight.conf", line 5: invalid
attribute 'selector'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/10-hinting-slight.conf", line 6: invalid
attribute 'xmlns:its'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/10-hinting-slight.conf", line 6: invalid
attribute 'version'
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/10-hinting-slight.conf", line 8: unknown
element "description"
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/10-scale-bitmap-fonts.conf", line 4:
unknown element "its:rules"
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/10-scale-bitmap-fonts.conf", line 5:
unknown element "its:translateRule"
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/10-scale-bitmap-fonts.conf", line 5:
invalid attribute 'translate'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/10-scale-bitmap-fonts.conf", line 5:
invalid attribute 'selector'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/10-scale-bitmap-fonts.conf", line 6:
invalid attribute 'xmlns:its'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/10-scale-bitmap-fonts.conf", line 6:
invalid attribute 'version'
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/10-scale-bitmap-fonts.conf", line 8:
unknown element "description"
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/11-lcdfilter-default.conf", line 4:
unknown element "its:rules"
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/11-lcdfilter-default.conf", line 5:
unknown element "its:translateRule"
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/11-lcdfilter-default.conf", line 5:
invalid attribute 'translate'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/11-lcdfilter-default.conf", line 5:
invalid attribute 'selector'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/11-lcdfilter-default.conf", line 6:
invalid attribute 'xmlns:its'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/11-lcdfilter-default.conf", line 6:
invalid attribute 'version'
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/11-lcdfilter-default.conf", line 8:
unknown element "description"
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/20-unhint-small-vera.conf", line 4:
unknown element "its:rules"
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/20-unhint-small-vera.conf", line 5:
unknown element "its:translateRule"
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/20-unhint-small-vera.conf", line 5:
invalid attribute 'translate'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/20-unhint-small-vera.conf", line 5:
invalid attribute 'selector'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/20-unhint-small-vera.conf", line 6:
invalid attribute 'xmlns:its'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/20-unhint-small-vera.conf", line 6:
invalid attribute 'version'
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/20-unhint-small-vera.conf", line 8:
unknown element "description"
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/30-metric-aliases.conf", line 4: unknown
element "its:rules"
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/30-metric-aliases.conf", line 5: unknown
element "its:translateRule"
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/30-metric-aliases.conf", line 5: invalid
attribute 'translate'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/30-metric-aliases.conf", line 5: invalid
attribute 'selector'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/30-metric-aliases.conf", line 6: invalid
attribute 'xmlns:its'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/30-metric-aliases.conf", line 6: invalid
attribute 'version'
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/30-metric-aliases.conf", line 8: unknown
element "description"
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/40-nonlatin.conf", line 4: unknown
element "its:rules"
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/40-nonlatin.conf", line 5: unknown
element "its:translateRule"
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/40-nonlatin.conf", line 5: invalid
attribute 'translate'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/40-nonlatin.conf", line 5: invalid
attribute 'selector'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/40-nonlatin.conf", line 6: invalid
attribute 'xmlns:its'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/40-nonlatin.conf", line 6: invalid
attribute 'version'
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/40-nonlatin.conf", line 8: unknown
element "description"
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/45-generic.conf", line 4: unknown
element "its:rules"
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/45-generic.conf", line 5: unknown
element "its:translateRule"
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/45-generic.conf", line 5: invalid
attribute 'translate'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/45-generic.conf", line 5: invalid
attribute 'selector'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/45-generic.conf", line 6: invalid
attribute 'xmlns:its'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/45-generic.conf", line 6: invalid
attribute 'version'
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/45-generic.conf", line 8: unknown
element "description"
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/45-latin.conf", line 4: unknown element
"its:rules"
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/45-latin.conf", line 5: unknown element
"its:translateRule"
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/45-latin.conf", line 5: invalid attribute
'translate'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/45-latin.conf", line 5: invalid attribute
'selector'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/45-latin.conf", line 6: invalid attribute
'xmlns:its'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/45-latin.conf", line 6: invalid attribute
'version'
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/45-latin.conf", line 8: unknown element
"description"
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/49-sansserif.conf", line 4: unknown
element "its:rules"
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/49-sansserif.conf", line 5: unknown
element "its:translateRule"
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/49-sansserif.conf", line 5: invalid
attribute 'translate'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/49-sansserif.conf", line 5: invalid
attribute 'selector'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/49-sansserif.conf", line 6: invalid
attribute 'xmlns:its'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/49-sansserif.conf", line 6: invalid
attribute 'version'
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/49-sansserif.conf", line 8: unknown
element "description"
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/50-user.conf", line 4: unknown element
"its:rules"
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/50-user.conf", line 5: unknown element
"its:translateRule"
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/50-user.conf", line 5: invalid attribute
'translate'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/50-user.conf", line 5: invalid attribute
'selector'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/50-user.conf", line 6: invalid attribute
'xmlns:its'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/50-user.conf", line 6: invalid attribute
'version'
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/50-user.conf", line 8: unknown element
"description"
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/51-local.conf", line 4: unknown element
"its:rules"
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/51-local.conf", line 5: unknown element
"its:translateRule"
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/51-local.conf", line 5: invalid attribute
'translate'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/51-local.conf", line 5: invalid attribute
'selector'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/51-local.conf", line 6: invalid attribute
'xmlns:its'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/51-local.conf", line 6: invalid attribute
'version'
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/51-local.conf", line 8: unknown element
"description"
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/60-generic.conf", line 4: unknown
element "its:rules"
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/60-generic.conf", line 5: unknown
element "its:translateRule"
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/60-generic.conf", line 5: invalid
attribute 'translate'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/60-generic.conf", line 5: invalid
attribute 'selector'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/60-generic.conf", line 6: invalid
attribute 'xmlns:its'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/60-generic.conf", line 6: invalid
attribute 'version'
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/60-generic.conf", line 8: unknown
element "description"
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/60-latin.conf", line 4: unknown element
"its:rules"
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/60-latin.conf", line 5: unknown element
"its:translateRule"
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/60-latin.conf", line 5: invalid attribute
'translate'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/60-latin.conf", line 5: invalid attribute
'selector'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/60-latin.conf", line 6: invalid attribute
'xmlns:its'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/60-latin.conf", line 6: invalid attribute
'version'
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/60-latin.conf", line 8: unknown element
"description"
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/65-fonts-persian.conf", line 34: unknown
element "its:rules"
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/65-fonts-persian.conf", line 35: unknown
element "its:translateRule"
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/65-fonts-persian.conf", line 35: invalid
attribute 'translate'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/65-fonts-persian.conf", line 35: invalid
attribute 'selector'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/65-fonts-persian.conf", line 36: invalid
attribute 'xmlns:its'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/65-fonts-persian.conf", line 36: invalid
attribute 'version'
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/65-nonlatin.conf", line 4: unknown
element "its:rules"
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/65-nonlatin.conf", line 5: unknown
element "its:translateRule"
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/65-nonlatin.conf", line 5: invalid
attribute 'translate'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/65-nonlatin.conf", line 5: invalid
attribute 'selector'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/65-nonlatin.conf", line 6: invalid
attribute 'xmlns:its'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/65-nonlatin.conf", line 6: invalid
attribute 'version'
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/65-nonlatin.conf", line 8: unknown
element "description"
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/69-unifont.conf", line 4: unknown
element "its:rules"
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/69-unifont.conf", line 5: unknown
element "its:translateRule"
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/69-unifont.conf", line 5: invalid
attribute 'translate'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/69-unifont.conf", line 5: invalid
attribute 'selector'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/69-unifont.conf", line 6: invalid
attribute 'xmlns:its'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/69-unifont.conf", line 6: invalid
attribute 'version'
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/70-no-bitmaps.conf", line 4: unknown
element "its:rules"
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/70-no-bitmaps.conf", line 5: unknown
element "its:translateRule"
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/70-no-bitmaps.conf", line 5: invalid
attribute 'translate'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/70-no-bitmaps.conf", line 5: invalid
attribute 'selector'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/70-no-bitmaps.conf", line 6: invalid
attribute 'xmlns:its'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/70-no-bitmaps.conf", line 6: invalid
attribute 'version'
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/70-no-bitmaps.conf", line 8: unknown
element "description"
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/80-delicious.conf", line 4: unknown
element "its:rules"
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/80-delicious.conf", line 5: unknown
element "its:translateRule"
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/80-delicious.conf", line 5: invalid
attribute 'translate'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/80-delicious.conf", line 5: invalid
attribute 'selector'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/80-delicious.conf", line 6: invalid
attribute 'xmlns:its'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/80-delicious.conf", line 6: invalid
attribute 'version'
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/90-synthetic.conf", line 4: unknown
element "its:rules"
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/90-synthetic.conf", line 5: unknown
element "its:translateRule"
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/90-synthetic.conf", line 5: invalid
attribute 'translate'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/90-synthetic.conf", line 5: invalid
attribute 'selector'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/90-synthetic.conf", line 6: invalid
attribute 'xmlns:its'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/90-synthetic.conf", line 6: invalid
attribute 'version'
I then did a bit of reading to discover what snaps were and how they're
controversial in Ubuntu and perhaps are not ready for prime-time, and
thought, OK, I'll use apt instead. I did this:
$ sudo snap remove emacs
emacs removed
$ sudo apt install emacs
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
dwz gcc-8-base:i386 gir1.2-javascriptcoregtk-3.0 libaribb24-0 libavresample3
libbison-dev libbrotli-dev libcamlp4-ocaml-dev libcddb2
libdbusmenu-qt5-2 libdca0 libdrm-dev libdvdread4 libebml4v5 libfaad2
libffi6:i386 libfile-stripnondeterminism-perl libfindlib-ocaml
libgfortran4 libglew2.0 libgtkglext1 libixml10 libjavascriptcoregtk-3.0-0
libjavascriptcoregtk-3.0-dev libjbig0:i386 libjpeg8:i386 libkate1
libkf5codecs-data libkf5configwidgets-data libkf5dbusaddons-bin
libkf5iconthemes-data libkf5jobwidgets-data libkf5jobwidgets5
libkf5notifications-data libkf5solid5-data libkf5textwidgets-data
libkf5wallet-data liblua5.2-0 liblvm2app2.2 libmad0 libmatroska6v5
libmicrodns0 libmysqlclient20 libobjc-7-dev libomp5 libpangox-1.0-0
libpostproc54 libprotobuf-lite10 libproxy-tools libpsl-dev libqgsttools-p1
libsidplay2 libsndio7.0 libsoup2.4-dev libspatialaudio0 libsrt1 libssh2-1
libstdc++-7-dev libsub-override-perl libtagsoup-java libwebp6:i386
libx11-xcb-dev libxcb-dri3-dev libxcb-glx0-dev mesa-common-dev php7.2-common
php7.2-readline po-debconf python-cairo python-enum34
python-gobject-2 python-idna python-libxml2 python-urllib3 qemu-efi-arm
qemu-system-arm qemu-system-misc qemu-user qtcore4-l10n
x11proto-composite-dev
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
The following additional packages will be installed:
emacs-bin-common emacs-common emacs-el emacs-gtk
Suggested packages:
mailutils emacs-common-non-dfsg
The following NEW packages will be installed:
emacs emacs-bin-common emacs-common emacs-el emacs-gtk
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Setting up emacs-bin-common (1:26.3+1-1ubuntu2) ...
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/ctags.emacs to provide /usr/bin/ctags
(ctags) in auto mode
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/ebrowse.emacs to provide /usr/bin/ebrowse
(ebrowse) in auto mode
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/emacsclient.emacs to provide
/usr/bin/emacsclient (emacsclient) in auto mode
Setting up emacs-gtk (1:26.3+1-1ubuntu2) ...
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/emacs-gtk to provide /usr/bin/emacs (emacs)
in auto mode
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Install cmake-data for emacs
Install emacsen-common for emacs
emacsen-common: Handling install of emacsen flavor emacs
Install dictionaries-common for emacs
install/dictionaries-common: Byte-compiling for emacsen flavour emacs
Setting up emacs (1:26.3+1-1ubuntu2) ...
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Fine. Now I can run Emacs, right? Wrong:
$ emacs
bash: /snap/bin/emacs: No such file or directory
$ type emacs
emacs is hashed (/snap/bin/emacs)
The fix was to start up a new shell:
$ exec bash
$ emacs
And I finally got a nice Emacs that didn't have so many problems. Yay!
Now, the Emacs I'm running is 26.3, whereas the snap version is 27.1.
I'd rather be running 27.1, but not if it has that many problems.
OK, now I'd like to file a bug report against the Emacs 27.1 snap. There
seems to be no way to do it. apport doesn't seem right, since my snap
isn't installed. I spent a lot of time Googling for how to file a bug
report. I eventually find https://launchpad.net/~alexmurray/+snap/emacs/
which suggests that the Emacs 27.1 snap is maintained by Alex Murray,
but there's no link from that page to any bug-reporting mechanism.
So, my suggestions:
1. Make it clear how to report bugs against snaps. The current bug-
reporting mechanism is so vague that I expect you're missing a lot of
useful bug reports. People just give up and don't report many snap-
related bugs.
2. For Emacs, when one types 'emacs' and it's not installed, suggest the
snap at the end not at the start, since the snap for Emacs is not ready
for ordinary users.
3. Fix the Emacs snap so that it works, without having all the problems
that put all those diagnostics on my terminal.
Thanks.
** Affects: emacs (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Summary changed:
- emacs snap has many errors on startup
+ emacs snap has many errors on startup - how to report snap-related bugs?
** Bug watch added: github.com/alexmurray/emacs-snap/issues #10
https://github.com/alexmurray/emacs-snap/issues/10
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1901776
Title:
emacs snap has many errors on startup - how to report snap-related
bugs?
Status in emacs package in Ubuntu:
New
Bug description:
[This is a reposting of Bug#1898083, which I reported against Emacs. I
don't know what package to report for Emacs snap bugs, so I am
initially guessing that the package should be "snap" in the form. If
"snap" is wrong, please reassign it to the appropriate package, which
apparently is not "emacs".]
I just upgraded to Ubuntu 20.04 and my first shell command was
'emacs'. The response was:
Command 'emacs' not found, but can be installed with:
sudo snap install emacs # version 27.1, or
sudo apt install e3 # version 1:2.71-2
sudo apt install emacs-gtk # version 1:26.3+1-1ubuntu2
sudo apt install emacs-lucid # version 1:26.3+1-1ubuntu2
sudo apt install emacs-nox # version 1:26.3+1-1ubuntu2
sudo apt install jove # version 4.17.2.7-1
See 'snap info emacs' for additional versions.
So I tried the first command 'sudo snap install emacs'. So I tried it:
$ sudo snap install emacs
[sudo] password for eggert:
error: This revision of snap "emacs" was published using classic confinement
and thus may perform arbitrary system changes outside of the security
sandbox that snaps are usually confined to, which may put your system
at
risk.
If you understand and want to proceed repeat the command including
--classic.
That didn't look promising, but I was stubborn, and continued as
follows:
$ sudo snap install --classic emacs
emacs 27.1 from Alex Murray (alexmurray) installed
Great! Now I can run Emacs. But the experience was not good at all:
$ emacs notes
(emacs:5050): Gtk-WARNING **: 09:40:34.782: Theme parsing error:
gtk.css:1521:23: 'font-feature-settings' is not a valid property name
(emacs:5050): Gtk-WARNING **: 09:40:34.786: Theme parsing error:
gtk.css:3460:25: 'font-feature-settings' is not a valid property name
(emacs:5050): Gtk-WARNING **: 09:40:34.787: Theme parsing error:
gtk.css:3922:23: 'font-feature-settings' is not a valid property name
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/10-hinting-slight.conf", line 4:
unknown element "its:rules"
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/10-hinting-slight.conf", line 5:
unknown element "its:translateRule"
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/10-hinting-slight.conf", line 5: invalid
attribute 'translate'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/10-hinting-slight.conf", line 5: invalid
attribute 'selector'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/10-hinting-slight.conf", line 6: invalid
attribute 'xmlns:its'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/10-hinting-slight.conf", line 6: invalid
attribute 'version'
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/10-hinting-slight.conf", line 8:
unknown element "description"
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/10-scale-bitmap-fonts.conf", line 4:
unknown element "its:rules"
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/10-scale-bitmap-fonts.conf", line 5:
unknown element "its:translateRule"
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/10-scale-bitmap-fonts.conf", line 5:
invalid attribute 'translate'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/10-scale-bitmap-fonts.conf", line 5:
invalid attribute 'selector'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/10-scale-bitmap-fonts.conf", line 6:
invalid attribute 'xmlns:its'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/10-scale-bitmap-fonts.conf", line 6:
invalid attribute 'version'
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/10-scale-bitmap-fonts.conf", line 8:
unknown element "description"
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/11-lcdfilter-default.conf", line 4:
unknown element "its:rules"
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/11-lcdfilter-default.conf", line 5:
unknown element "its:translateRule"
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/11-lcdfilter-default.conf", line 5:
invalid attribute 'translate'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/11-lcdfilter-default.conf", line 5:
invalid attribute 'selector'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/11-lcdfilter-default.conf", line 6:
invalid attribute 'xmlns:its'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/11-lcdfilter-default.conf", line 6:
invalid attribute 'version'
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/11-lcdfilter-default.conf", line 8:
unknown element "description"
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/20-unhint-small-vera.conf", line 4:
unknown element "its:rules"
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/20-unhint-small-vera.conf", line 5:
unknown element "its:translateRule"
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/20-unhint-small-vera.conf", line 5:
invalid attribute 'translate'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/20-unhint-small-vera.conf", line 5:
invalid attribute 'selector'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/20-unhint-small-vera.conf", line 6:
invalid attribute 'xmlns:its'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/20-unhint-small-vera.conf", line 6:
invalid attribute 'version'
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/20-unhint-small-vera.conf", line 8:
unknown element "description"
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/30-metric-aliases.conf", line 4:
unknown element "its:rules"
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/30-metric-aliases.conf", line 5:
unknown element "its:translateRule"
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/30-metric-aliases.conf", line 5: invalid
attribute 'translate'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/30-metric-aliases.conf", line 5: invalid
attribute 'selector'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/30-metric-aliases.conf", line 6: invalid
attribute 'xmlns:its'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/30-metric-aliases.conf", line 6: invalid
attribute 'version'
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/30-metric-aliases.conf", line 8:
unknown element "description"
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/40-nonlatin.conf", line 4: unknown
element "its:rules"
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/40-nonlatin.conf", line 5: unknown
element "its:translateRule"
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/40-nonlatin.conf", line 5: invalid
attribute 'translate'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/40-nonlatin.conf", line 5: invalid
attribute 'selector'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/40-nonlatin.conf", line 6: invalid
attribute 'xmlns:its'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/40-nonlatin.conf", line 6: invalid
attribute 'version'
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/40-nonlatin.conf", line 8: unknown
element "description"
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/45-generic.conf", line 4: unknown
element "its:rules"
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/45-generic.conf", line 5: unknown
element "its:translateRule"
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/45-generic.conf", line 5: invalid
attribute 'translate'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/45-generic.conf", line 5: invalid
attribute 'selector'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/45-generic.conf", line 6: invalid
attribute 'xmlns:its'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/45-generic.conf", line 6: invalid
attribute 'version'
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/45-generic.conf", line 8: unknown
element "description"
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/45-latin.conf", line 4: unknown
element "its:rules"
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/45-latin.conf", line 5: unknown
element "its:translateRule"
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/45-latin.conf", line 5: invalid
attribute 'translate'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/45-latin.conf", line 5: invalid
attribute 'selector'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/45-latin.conf", line 6: invalid
attribute 'xmlns:its'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/45-latin.conf", line 6: invalid
attribute 'version'
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/45-latin.conf", line 8: unknown
element "description"
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/49-sansserif.conf", line 4: unknown
element "its:rules"
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/49-sansserif.conf", line 5: unknown
element "its:translateRule"
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/49-sansserif.conf", line 5: invalid
attribute 'translate'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/49-sansserif.conf", line 5: invalid
attribute 'selector'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/49-sansserif.conf", line 6: invalid
attribute 'xmlns:its'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/49-sansserif.conf", line 6: invalid
attribute 'version'
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/49-sansserif.conf", line 8: unknown
element "description"
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/50-user.conf", line 4: unknown element
"its:rules"
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/50-user.conf", line 5: unknown element
"its:translateRule"
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/50-user.conf", line 5: invalid attribute
'translate'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/50-user.conf", line 5: invalid attribute
'selector'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/50-user.conf", line 6: invalid attribute
'xmlns:its'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/50-user.conf", line 6: invalid attribute
'version'
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/50-user.conf", line 8: unknown element
"description"
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/51-local.conf", line 4: unknown
element "its:rules"
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/51-local.conf", line 5: unknown
element "its:translateRule"
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/51-local.conf", line 5: invalid
attribute 'translate'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/51-local.conf", line 5: invalid
attribute 'selector'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/51-local.conf", line 6: invalid
attribute 'xmlns:its'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/51-local.conf", line 6: invalid
attribute 'version'
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/51-local.conf", line 8: unknown
element "description"
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/60-generic.conf", line 4: unknown
element "its:rules"
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/60-generic.conf", line 5: unknown
element "its:translateRule"
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/60-generic.conf", line 5: invalid
attribute 'translate'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/60-generic.conf", line 5: invalid
attribute 'selector'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/60-generic.conf", line 6: invalid
attribute 'xmlns:its'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/60-generic.conf", line 6: invalid
attribute 'version'
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/60-generic.conf", line 8: unknown
element "description"
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/60-latin.conf", line 4: unknown
element "its:rules"
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/60-latin.conf", line 5: unknown
element "its:translateRule"
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/60-latin.conf", line 5: invalid
attribute 'translate'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/60-latin.conf", line 5: invalid
attribute 'selector'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/60-latin.conf", line 6: invalid
attribute 'xmlns:its'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/60-latin.conf", line 6: invalid
attribute 'version'
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/60-latin.conf", line 8: unknown
element "description"
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/65-fonts-persian.conf", line 34:
unknown element "its:rules"
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/65-fonts-persian.conf", line 35:
unknown element "its:translateRule"
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/65-fonts-persian.conf", line 35: invalid
attribute 'translate'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/65-fonts-persian.conf", line 35: invalid
attribute 'selector'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/65-fonts-persian.conf", line 36: invalid
attribute 'xmlns:its'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/65-fonts-persian.conf", line 36: invalid
attribute 'version'
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/65-nonlatin.conf", line 4: unknown
element "its:rules"
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/65-nonlatin.conf", line 5: unknown
element "its:translateRule"
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/65-nonlatin.conf", line 5: invalid
attribute 'translate'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/65-nonlatin.conf", line 5: invalid
attribute 'selector'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/65-nonlatin.conf", line 6: invalid
attribute 'xmlns:its'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/65-nonlatin.conf", line 6: invalid
attribute 'version'
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/65-nonlatin.conf", line 8: unknown
element "description"
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/69-unifont.conf", line 4: unknown
element "its:rules"
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/69-unifont.conf", line 5: unknown
element "its:translateRule"
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/69-unifont.conf", line 5: invalid
attribute 'translate'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/69-unifont.conf", line 5: invalid
attribute 'selector'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/69-unifont.conf", line 6: invalid
attribute 'xmlns:its'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/69-unifont.conf", line 6: invalid
attribute 'version'
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/70-no-bitmaps.conf", line 4: unknown
element "its:rules"
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/70-no-bitmaps.conf", line 5: unknown
element "its:translateRule"
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/70-no-bitmaps.conf", line 5: invalid
attribute 'translate'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/70-no-bitmaps.conf", line 5: invalid
attribute 'selector'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/70-no-bitmaps.conf", line 6: invalid
attribute 'xmlns:its'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/70-no-bitmaps.conf", line 6: invalid
attribute 'version'
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/70-no-bitmaps.conf", line 8: unknown
element "description"
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/80-delicious.conf", line 4: unknown
element "its:rules"
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/80-delicious.conf", line 5: unknown
element "its:translateRule"
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/80-delicious.conf", line 5: invalid
attribute 'translate'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/80-delicious.conf", line 5: invalid
attribute 'selector'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/80-delicious.conf", line 6: invalid
attribute 'xmlns:its'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/80-delicious.conf", line 6: invalid
attribute 'version'
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/90-synthetic.conf", line 4: unknown
element "its:rules"
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/90-synthetic.conf", line 5: unknown
element "its:translateRule"
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/90-synthetic.conf", line 5: invalid
attribute 'translate'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/90-synthetic.conf", line 5: invalid
attribute 'selector'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/90-synthetic.conf", line 6: invalid
attribute 'xmlns:its'
Fontconfig error: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/90-synthetic.conf", line 6: invalid
attribute 'version'
I then did a bit of reading to discover what snaps were and how
they're controversial in Ubuntu and perhaps are not ready for prime-
time, and thought, OK, I'll use apt instead. I did this:
$ sudo snap remove emacs
emacs removed
$ sudo apt install emacs
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer
required:
dwz gcc-8-base:i386 gir1.2-javascriptcoregtk-3.0 libaribb24-0
libavresample3 libbison-dev libbrotli-dev libcamlp4-ocaml-dev libcddb2
libdbusmenu-qt5-2 libdca0 libdrm-dev libdvdread4 libebml4v5 libfaad2
libffi6:i386 libfile-stripnondeterminism-perl libfindlib-ocaml
libgfortran4 libglew2.0 libgtkglext1 libixml10 libjavascriptcoregtk-3.0-0
libjavascriptcoregtk-3.0-dev libjbig0:i386 libjpeg8:i386 libkate1
libkf5codecs-data libkf5configwidgets-data libkf5dbusaddons-bin
libkf5iconthemes-data libkf5jobwidgets-data libkf5jobwidgets5
libkf5notifications-data libkf5solid5-data libkf5textwidgets-data
libkf5wallet-data liblua5.2-0 liblvm2app2.2 libmad0 libmatroska6v5
libmicrodns0 libmysqlclient20 libobjc-7-dev libomp5 libpangox-1.0-0
libpostproc54 libprotobuf-lite10 libproxy-tools libpsl-dev libqgsttools-p1
libsidplay2 libsndio7.0 libsoup2.4-dev libspatialaudio0 libsrt1 libssh2-1
libstdc++-7-dev libsub-override-perl libtagsoup-java libwebp6:i386
libx11-xcb-dev libxcb-dri3-dev libxcb-glx0-dev mesa-common-dev
php7.2-common php7.2-readline po-debconf python-cairo python-enum34
python-gobject-2 python-idna python-libxml2 python-urllib3 qemu-efi-arm
qemu-system-arm qemu-system-misc qemu-user qtcore4-l10n
x11proto-composite-dev
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
The following additional packages will be installed:
emacs-bin-common emacs-common emacs-el emacs-gtk
Suggested packages:
mailutils emacs-common-non-dfsg
The following NEW packages will be installed:
emacs emacs-bin-common emacs-common emacs-el emacs-gtk
0 upgraded, 5 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
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1:26.3+1-1ubuntu2 [12.7 kB]
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Selecting previously unselected package emacs-common.
(Reading database ... 329381 files and directories currently installed.)
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Selecting previously unselected package emacs.
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Unpacking emacs (1:26.3+1-1ubuntu2) ...
Selecting previously unselected package emacs-el.
Preparing to unpack .../emacs-el_1%3a26.3+1-1ubuntu2_all.deb ...
Unpacking emacs-el (1:26.3+1-1ubuntu2) ...
Setting up emacs-common (1:26.3+1-1ubuntu2) ...
Setting up emacs-el (1:26.3+1-1ubuntu2) ...
Setting up emacs-bin-common (1:26.3+1-1ubuntu2) ...
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/ctags.emacs to provide /usr/bin/ctags
(ctags) in auto mode
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/ebrowse.emacs to provide /usr/bin/ebrowse
(ebrowse) in auto mode
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/emacsclient.emacs to provide
/usr/bin/emacsclient (emacsclient) in auto mode
Setting up emacs-gtk (1:26.3+1-1ubuntu2) ...
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/emacs-gtk to provide /usr/bin/emacs
(emacs) in auto mode
Install a2ps for emacs
Install cmake-data for emacs
Install emacsen-common for emacs
emacsen-common: Handling install of emacsen flavor emacs
Install dictionaries-common for emacs
install/dictionaries-common: Byte-compiling for emacsen flavour emacs
Setting up emacs (1:26.3+1-1ubuntu2) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.64ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.17-2) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.36.0-1ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.9.1-1) ...
Processing triggers for install-info (6.7.0.dfsg.2-5) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.24-1ubuntu3) ...
Fine. Now I can run Emacs, right? Wrong:
$ emacs
bash: /snap/bin/emacs: No such file or directory
$ type emacs
emacs is hashed (/snap/bin/emacs)
The fix was to start up a new shell:
$ exec bash
$ emacs
And I finally got a nice Emacs that didn't have so many problems. Yay!
Now, the Emacs I'm running is 26.3, whereas the snap version is 27.1.
I'd rather be running 27.1, but not if it has that many problems.
OK, now I'd like to file a bug report against the Emacs 27.1 snap.
There seems to be no way to do it. apport doesn't seem right, since my
snap isn't installed. I spent a lot of time Googling for how to file a
bug report. I eventually find
https://launchpad.net/~alexmurray/+snap/emacs/ which suggests that the
Emacs 27.1 snap is maintained by Alex Murray, but there's no link from
that page to any bug-reporting mechanism.
So, my suggestions:
1. Make it clear how to report bugs against snaps. The current bug-
reporting mechanism is so vague that I expect you're missing a lot of
useful bug reports. People just give up and don't report many snap-
related bugs.
2. For Emacs, when one types 'emacs' and it's not installed, suggest
the snap at the end not at the start, since the snap for Emacs is not
ready for ordinary users.
3. Fix the Emacs snap so that it works, without having all the
problems that put all those diagnostics on my terminal.
Thanks.
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