On Nov 13, 12:48 am, "William Stein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > sage: hg_sage.commit()
> > > cd "/home/wdj/sagestuff/sage-2.8.7.rc1/devel/sage" && hg diff | less
> > > cd "/home/wdj/sagestuff/sage-2.8.7.rc1/devel/sage" && hg commit
> > > emacs: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/libcairo.so.2: undefined symbol:
> > > FT_Library_SetLcdFilter
> > > transaction abort!
> > > rollback completed
> > > abort: edit failed: emacs exited with status 127
>
> > The problem is that emacs cannot be started due to library issues:
> > LD_LIBRARY_PATH is set to include SAGE_LOCAL/lib, consequently some
> > system libraries aren't linked, but the Sage version which can produce
> > and doesd produce problems like the one you experince. That issue is
> > described in trac ticket #975, but in your particular case even the
> > work-around described there doesn't work.
>
> And I think we should upgrade freetype, since the sage freetype
> package is really out of date (and causing this problem all over).
>
I would guess someone needs to open a ticket then :)
> William
Cheers,
Michael
> > One way to fix this in your particular case is to write a small script
> > that does "export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=" before starting emacs. Let me know
> > if you need some more info on that and I will send you some example
> > script.
>
> > > I also tried this with another editor (kate) with the same error.
> > > However, when I set export EDITOR=vi, everything worked fine.
>
> > > This is using ubuntu 7.10, 64 bit. Should I create a trac ticket for this
> > > or am I doing something wrong?
>
> > Nope, :)
>
> > > - David Joyner
>
> > Cheers,
>
> > Michael
>
> --
> William Stein
> Associate Professor of Mathematics
> University of Washingtonhttp://wstein.org
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