Emacs error “Failed to initialize color list unarchiver” when I call it in the terminal

Question

I\'ve just installed emacs on my MacBook Pro, but when I type \"emacs\" in my terminal I get this error :

Emacs-x86_64-10_10[5647:247335] Failed to initi

Answer 1

Thank you, @Fabrizio-Miano. I lack the reputation to comment on your answer, but it guided me in the right direction. I was able to suppress this error with a simple one-liner added to the end of my init.el. For others who are interested, I just added:

(delete-file "~/Library/Colors/Emacs.clr")

For what it's worth, I placed this in a progn statement so that it occurs after my theme gets loaded. I'm not sure that it makes a difference, but it seemed like a logical thing to do. Perhaps not an ideal solution, but better than waiting for things to get sorted out in the emacs-26 branch.