summary - V5.2.0 void-function executable-find "acroread" error on XP

[john.gavin at ubs.com]

Hi,

Fyi, I recently upgraded from ESS 5.2.0 to 5.2.1 
but encountered an error at startup 
which Stephen kindly helped me solve.
Here is a summary, in case others encounter it.

The error is the message 

"Symbol's function definition is void: executable-find"

and the problem seems to come from

essa-sas.el:98:    (setq ess-tmp-file (executable-find "acroread"))

The fix is to put 

(require 'executable)

in my .init.el file (XEmacs) before (require 'ess-site).

A groups.google.com reference on this thread is at

http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&threadm=m33cuewvh3.fsf%40chadfield.org&rnum=1&prev=/groups%3Fq%3DSymbol%27s%2520function%2520definition%2520is%2520void%253A%2520executable-find%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26sa%3DN%26tab%3Dwg

I am on Windows XP, XEmacs 21.4, ESS 5.2.1.

Thanks to Stephen for his time.

Regards,

John.

John Gavin <john.gavin at ubs.com>,
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