[racket] what this compile time error mean?

From: Sam Tobin-Hochstadt (samth at ccs.neu.edu)
Date: Tue Jun 14 08:16:21 EDT 2011

Probably you can fix the problem by removing the `compiled' directory
from wherever "filename.rkt" is.

On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 4:01 AM, Veer <diggerrrrr at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks for replying.
> Problem still persist , even after running raco setup .
> I did not compiled the racket from the source, I downloaded the binary package.
>
> When I run ~/racket/bin/racket filename.rkt in console , it runs fine
> , no problem there,
> but in DrRacket it show the same error :
> compile: access from an uncertified context to unexported variable
> from module: "/home/vvv/racket/collects/racket/contract/private/base.rkt"
> in: apply-contract
>
> I am running ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala , if that help somehow.
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 1:07 AM, Danny Yoo <dyoo at cs.wpi.edu> wrote:
>> On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 10:26 AM, Veer <diggerrrrr at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> When I run the code(shown below) in DrRacket , I get the error :
>>>
>>> compile: access from an uncertified context to unexported variable
>>> from module: "/home/vvv/racket/collects/racket/contract/private/base.rkt"
>>> in: apply-contract
>>
>>
>> Odd; I can't replicate your issue; I see the expected 'oops' error
>> when I try to replicate your set-up.
>>
>> It looks like you've compiled your own version of Racket, at least
>> from the error message.  Let's make sure we can discount one
>> possibility: can you make sure that Racket's installation went
>> smoothly?  You can do so with:
>>
>>    $ raco setup
>>
>> (This may take a while.)  This should make sure that the Racket
>> standard library has been compiled.
>>
>> Once this is done, try running your example again and see if you can
>> still see that error.
>>
>
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