From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#33510: 26.1.90; M-x man crashes if invoking man fails Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2018 18:21:25 +0200 Message-ID: <838t1fizcq.fsf@gnu.org> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1543249212 5278 195.159.176.226 (26 Nov 2018 16:20:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2018 16:20:12 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 33510@debbugs.gnu.org To: Richard Copley Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Nov 26 17:20:07 2018 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1gRJcF-0001Cy-5u for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 26 Nov 2018 17:20:07 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:37470 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gRJeL-00058H-Po for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 26 Nov 2018 11:22:17 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:34858) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gRJeA-00057D-Am for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 26 Nov 2018 11:22:07 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gRJe7-0000Er-8U for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 26 Nov 2018 11:22:06 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:45750) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gRJe7-0000El-5i for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 26 Nov 2018 11:22:03 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1gRJe6-00084W-VY for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 26 Nov 2018 11:22:03 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2018 16:22:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 33510 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 33510-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B33510.154324929030982 (code B ref 33510); Mon, 26 Nov 2018 16:22:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 33510) by debbugs.gnu.org; 26 Nov 2018 16:21:30 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:50008 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1gRJda-00083c-An for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 26 Nov 2018 11:21:30 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:53135) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1gRJdY-00083Q-Qe for 33510@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 26 Nov 2018 11:21:29 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gRJdQ-0008G8-35 for 33510@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 26 Nov 2018 11:21:23 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:50739) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gRJdP-0008Fp-Vo; Mon, 26 Nov 2018 11:21:20 -0500 Original-Received: from [176.228.60.248] (port=1332 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1gRJdP-0005lo-JR; Mon, 26 Nov 2018 11:21:19 -0500 In-reply-to: (message from Richard Copley on Mon, 26 Nov 2018 12:34:41 +0000) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:152790 Archived-At: > From: Richard Copley > Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2018 12:34:41 +0000 > > If invoking 'man' fails, M-x man crashes, with errors: > error in process sentinel: read-event: Buffer is read-only: # > error in process sentinel: Buffer is read-only: # Signaling an error is a far cry from a crash... > To reproduce from 'emacs -Q': > M-x man RET > xyzzy RET I cannot reproduce this, at least not on GNU/Linux: there, I get Can't find the xyzzy manpage as expected. On MS-Windows I get this instead: No manual entry for xyzzy. So I think the problem is triggered by something done by the 'man' port you have installed (an MSYS2 'man', perhaps?). What does it say if you invoke it from the shell prompt?