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"OZ" is not a flavor object
- To: Carl R. Manning <crm at MIT-OZ>, bug-lispm at MIT-OZ, LispM-Users at MIT-OZ
- Subject: "OZ" is not a flavor object
- From: David C. Plummer in disguise <DCP at SCRC-TENEX>
- Date: Wed ,14 Nov 84 00:03:00 EDT
- In-reply-to: The message of 13 Nov 84 18:31-EST from Carl R. Manning <crm at MIT-OZ>
- Mail-from: MLY created at 13-Nov-84 23:11:31
- Resent-date: Tue 13 Nov 84 23:11:30-EST
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- Resent-to: info-lispm@MIT-OZ
Date: Tuesday, 13 November 1984, 18:31-EST
From: Carl R. Manning <crm at MIT-OZ>
This bug is easily reproduced; just type <function> <help>. However
it seems to be deeply rooted, as the same error crops up if you then try
to send a bug report, either from the debugger or from ZMail. That's
why this message isn't in the form of a bug report.
I think something is finding a string where it expects a flavor object.
Error messages look something like:
...
The bug is in your init file.
(login-setq
...
zwei:*host-for-bug-reports* "OZ" ; Where to BUG- people.
)
zwei:*host-for-bug-reports* is supposed to be a host, not a string.
Many other people have reported this, but apparently our replies haven't
hit everybody. Therefore, I am sending this to LispM-Uses.
This applies for Symbolics machines running 5.2.
zwei:*host-for-bug-reports* must be a host object, not a string. If you
don't like the default value (I don't know what it is) and if you want
it to be OZ, you should use (net:parse-host "OZ") instead of just the
string "OZ". Everybody please update your init files.