[Bug 1530667] Re: Loading pylint.elc causes emacs24 to hang for a VERY LONG TIME at startup

Mon Oct 2 10:36:31 UTC 2017

I had the same issue in xenial and could resolve it.

The problem occurs when pylint package was installed before emacs.
The postinst script of pylint installs the pylint.el properly only if emacs has been installed.

To workaround the problem, reconfigure pylint as:

sudo dpkg-reconfigure pylint

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Title:
  Loading pylint.elc causes emacs24 to hang for a VERY LONG TIME at
  startup

Status in pylint package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  On stock Wily. Workaround is to "emacs --no-site-file"

  Note the "ERROR" line below:

  $ sudo apt-get install emacs24 pylint
  Reading package lists... Done
  Building dependency tree       
  Reading state information... Done
  The following extra packages will be installed:
    emacs24-bin-common emacs24-common emacs24-common-non-dfsg liblockfile-bin liblockfile1 libm17n-0
    libotf0 m17n-db python-astroid python-egenix-mxdatetime python-egenix-mxtools python-logilab-common
  Suggested packages:
    emacs24-el m17n-docs python-egenix-mxdatetime-dbg python-egenix-mxdatetime-doc
    python-egenix-mxtools-dbg python-egenix-mxtools-doc pyro python-unittest2
  The following NEW packages will be installed:
    emacs24 emacs24-bin-common emacs24-common emacs24-common-non-dfsg liblockfile-bin liblockfile1
    libm17n-0 libotf0 m17n-db pylint python-astroid python-egenix-mxdatetime python-egenix-mxtools
    python-logilab-common
  0 upgraded, 14 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
  Need to get 594 kB/22.9 MB of archives.
  After this operation, 106 MB of additional disk space will be used.
  Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y
  Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ wily/main python-logilab-common all 1.0.2-1 [384 kB]
  Get:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ wily/main python-astroid all 1.3.8-1 [67.8 kB]
  Get:3 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ wily/main python-egenix-mxtools amd64 3.2.8-1 [75.2 kB]
  Get:4 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ wily/main python-egenix-mxdatetime amd64 3.2.8-1 [67.3 kB]
  Fetched 594 kB in 1s (380 kB/s)                    
  Selecting previously unselected package liblockfile-bin.
  (Reading database ... 174286 files and directories currently installed.)
  Preparing to unpack .../liblockfile-bin_1.09-6ubuntu1_amd64.deb ...
  Unpacking liblockfile-bin (1.09-6ubuntu1) ...
  Selecting previously unselected package liblockfile1:amd64.
  Preparing to unpack .../liblockfile1_1.09-6ubuntu1_amd64.deb ...
  Unpacking liblockfile1:amd64 (1.09-6ubuntu1) ...
  Selecting previously unselected package libotf0:amd64.
  Preparing to unpack .../libotf0_0.9.13-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb ...
  Unpacking libotf0:amd64 (0.9.13-1ubuntu1) ...
  Selecting previously unselected package emacs24-common-non-dfsg.
  Preparing to unpack .../emacs24-common-non-dfsg_24.4+1-2_all.deb ...
  Unpacking emacs24-common-non-dfsg (24.4+1-2) ...
  Selecting previously unselected package emacs24-common.
  Preparing to unpack .../emacs24-common_24.5+1-1ubuntu2_all.deb ...
  Unpacking emacs24-common (24.5+1-1ubuntu2) ...
  Selecting previously unselected package emacs24-bin-common.
  Preparing to unpack .../emacs24-bin-common_24.5+1-1ubuntu2_amd64.deb ...
  Unpacking emacs24-bin-common (24.5+1-1ubuntu2) ...
  Selecting previously unselected package m17n-db.
  Preparing to unpack .../m17n-db_1.6.5-1_all.deb ...
  Unpacking m17n-db (1.6.5-1) ...
  Selecting previously unselected package libm17n-0.
  Preparing to unpack .../libm17n-0_1.6.4-3_amd64.deb ...
  Unpacking libm17n-0 (1.6.4-3) ...
  Selecting previously unselected package emacs24.
  Preparing to unpack .../emacs24_24.5+1-1ubuntu2_amd64.deb ...
  Unpacking emacs24 (24.5+1-1ubuntu2) ...
  Selecting previously unselected package python-logilab-common.
  Preparing to unpack .../python-logilab-common_1.0.2-1_all.deb ...
  Unpacking python-logilab-common (1.0.2-1) ...
  Selecting previously unselected package python-astroid.
  Preparing to unpack .../python-astroid_1.3.8-1_all.deb ...
  Unpacking python-astroid (1.3.8-1) ...
  Selecting previously unselected package pylint.
  Preparing to unpack .../pylint_1.3.1-3ubuntu1_all.deb ...
  Unpacking pylint (1.3.1-3ubuntu1) ...
  Selecting previously unselected package python-egenix-mxtools.
  Preparing to unpack .../python-egenix-mxtools_3.2.8-1_amd64.deb ...
  Unpacking python-egenix-mxtools (3.2.8-1) ...
  Selecting previously unselected package python-egenix-mxdatetime.
  Preparing to unpack .../python-egenix-mxdatetime_3.2.8-1_amd64.deb ...
  Unpacking python-egenix-mxdatetime (3.2.8-1) ...
  Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.4-1) ...
  Processing triggers for install-info (6.0.0.dfsg.1-3) ...
  Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.15-0ubuntu1) ...
  Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-6ubuntu1) ...
  Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1ubuntu3) ...
  Processing triggers for mime-support (3.58ubuntu1) ...
  Setting up liblockfile-bin (1.09-6ubuntu1) ...
  Setting up liblockfile1:amd64 (1.09-6ubuntu1) ...
  Setting up libotf0:amd64 (0.9.13-1ubuntu1) ...
  Setting up emacs24-common-non-dfsg (24.4+1-2) ...
  Setting up emacs24-common (24.5+1-1ubuntu2) ...
  Setting up emacs24-bin-common (24.5+1-1ubuntu2) ...
  update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/ctags.emacs24 to provide /usr/bin/ctags (ctags) in auto mode
  update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/ebrowse.emacs24 to provide /usr/bin/ebrowse (ebrowse) in auto mode
  update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/emacsclient.emacs24 to provide /usr/bin/emacsclient (emacsclient) in auto mode
  update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/etags.emacs24 to provide /usr/bin/etags (etags) in auto mode
  update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/grep-changelog.emacs24 to provide /usr/bin/grep-changelog (grep-changelog) in auto mode
  Setting up m17n-db (1.6.5-1) ...
  Setting up libm17n-0 (1.6.4-3) ...
  Setting up emacs24 (24.5+1-1ubuntu2) ...
  update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/emacs24-x to provide /usr/bin/emacs (emacs) in auto mode
  Install emacsen-common for emacs24
  emacsen-common: Handling install of emacsen flavor emacs24
  Wrote /etc/emacs24/site-start.d/00debian-vars.elc
  Wrote /usr/share/emacs24/site-lisp/debian-startup.elc
  Install pylint for emacs24
  install/pylint: Handling install for emacsen flavor emacs24
  Loading 00debian-vars...
  Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50dictionaries-common.el (source)...
  Info: Skip debian-el loading if run under dpkg control.
  Wrote /usr/share/emacs24/site-lisp/pylint/pylint.elc
  Install dictionaries-common for emacs24
  install/dictionaries-common: Byte-compiling for emacsen flavour emacs24
  Wrote /usr/share/emacs24/site-lisp/dictionaries-common/debian-ispell.elc
  Setting up python-logilab-common (1.0.2-1) ...
  Setting up python-astroid (1.3.8-1) ...
  Setting up pylint (1.3.1-3ubuntu1) ...
  ERROR: pylint is broken - called emacs-package-install as a new-style add-on, but has no compat file.
  Install pylint for emacs
  Install pylint for emacs24
  install/pylint: Handling install for emacsen flavor emacs24
  Loading 00debian-vars...
  Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50dictionaries-common.el (source)...
  Info: Skip debian-el loading if run under dpkg control.
  Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50pylint.el (source)...
  Loading pylint (compiled; note, source file is newer)...
  Wrote /usr/share/emacs24/site-lisp/pylint/pylint.elc
  Setting up python-egenix-mxtools (3.2.8-1) ...
  Setting up python-egenix-mxdatetime (3.2.8-1) ...
  Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.21-0ubuntu4) ...

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10
  Package: pylint 1.3.1-3ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-22.27-generic 4.2.6
  Uname: Linux 4.2.0-22-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.19.1-0ubuntu5
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: GNOME
  Date: Sun Jan  3 11:06:33 2016
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm-256color
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: pylint
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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