(error "Cannot open doc string file \"/usr/share/emacs/24.1.50/etc/DOC-24.1.50.1\"")

[einSelbst]

Not sure if this is really a Emacs-Prelude thing, however

after updating Emacs on Ubuntu Lucid there seems to be no DOC file in the etc/ Directory anymore.
When I try to start Emacs with Prelude symlinked via .emacs.d I run into this issue:

Debugger entered--Lisp error: (error "Cannot open doc string file "/usr/share/emacs/24.1.50/etc/DOC-24.1.50.1"")
ad-real-documentation(#[(beg end &optional yank-handler) "�\203�
ad-make-advised-docstring(kill-region)
ad-real-documentation(#[(beg end &optional yank-handler) "\304�\305 \n�#\211�)\207" [ad-return-value beg end yank-handler nil ad-Orig-kill-region] 5 #("Advice doc string" 0 17 (ad-advice-info kill-region)) (byte-code "�\203\n
[...]

Renaming .emacs.d aka starting Emacs without Prelude seems to work just fine.
I have Emacs reinstalled twice via sudo aptitude reinstall emacs-snapshot, still no DOC file

So far, no one else seems to have this problem, so it might be just due to my configuration or system, in that case: Sorry for the noise.
Regards, Silvio

[pi3r]

I had this problem too, i think that 24.1.50/etc/DOC-24.1.50.1 is missing from the last emacs release.
Copy the file from another computer worked for me.

I do have another error, i can't do C-k no more... When i try to kill the current line i obtain this error :
Variable binding depth exceeds max-specpdl-size

I don't really know what to do about that :squirrel:

[karlsackett]

I'm having the same problem on my Debian workstation.

[nikved]

Yep! Have the same - debian/wheezy

[bbatsov]

This is not related to Prelude, but I''ll keep it open for the affected people to hash it out and share a solution.

[jjcomer]

A bug has been submitted to the emacs-snapshot PPA (https://bugs.launchpad.net/emacs-snapshot/+bug/1003928)

The current workaround is to make a symlink:

$ cd /usr/share/emacs/24.1.50/etc
$ sudo ln -s DOC-24.1.50.2 DOC-24.1.50.1

[exu]

jjcomer: your workaround works for me too (Ubuntu 12.04 emacs from emacs-snapshot PPA )

[mbolivar]

jjcomer's workaround works on Ubuntu 10.04 from emacs-snapshot PPA as well

[cies]

jjcomer: workaround works for me too (Ubuntu 11.04 emacs from emacs-snapshot PPA)

[drudru]

@jjcomer - worked great! (Ubuntu 11.04 emacs from emacs-snapshot PPA)