> > 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And I think we should upgrade freetype, since the sage freetype package is really out of date (and causing this problem all over). William > > 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 Washington http://wstein.org --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to sage-support@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-support URLs: http://sage.math.washington.edu/sage/ and http://sage.scipy.org/sage/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---