From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#24920: 24.5; Error on customize-update-all Date: Fri, 03 Sep 2021 11:03:51 +0200 Message-ID: <87lf4eyqrs.fsf@gnus.org> References: <0b68d593-eddc-4b62-b8bc-7322367aaff1@default> <87zil6nayi.fsf@users.sourceforge.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="19162"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: Frank Roland , 24920@debbugs.gnu.org To: npostavs@users.sourceforge.net Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Fri Sep 03 11:10:03 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1mM5D1-0004mS-4c for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 03 Sep 2021 11:10:03 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:47704 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mM5Cz-0006ce-AR for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 03 Sep 2021 05:10:01 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:43704) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mM58B-0007g8-Hx for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 03 Sep 2021 05:05:03 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:59618) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mM58A-0006au-3G for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 03 Sep 2021 05:05:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1mM589-0005AV-OD for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 03 Sep 2021 05:05:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 03 Sep 2021 09:05:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 24920 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 24920-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B24920.163065984319787 (code B ref 24920); Fri, 03 Sep 2021 09:05:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 24920) by debbugs.gnu.org; 3 Sep 2021 09:04:03 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:42931 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1mM57C-000594-OY for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 03 Sep 2021 05:04:02 -0400 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([95.216.78.240]:55444) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1mM57B-00058Z-OT for 24920@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 03 Sep 2021 05:04:02 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnus.org; s=20200322; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:Date: References:Subject:Cc:To:From:Sender:Reply-To:Content-Transfer-Encoding: Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender: Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=iPzVNIWEVRXIa57/0Q0SU2SKR1tD/EjTgqvg3IFlhuY=; b=qyTceH3g0a2WI7wUl3g8UYwcTE Repk/ONosIbzpgiwpakWox8qXCy2zEKDgewkKMK1X85E2vwyOaSG+IRCUCXM47pIkxU203iWi23l8 q8J9bvIwBLr5EbqOtmvpUHeOiUwrFgu+XLJ7jM3+44GO8X6mN+zvMW72kZhKhg4BJGFk=; Original-Received: from [84.212.220.105] (helo=elva) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1mM571-0003sN-Vj; Fri, 03 Sep 2021 11:03:54 +0200 In-Reply-To: <87zil6nayi.fsf@users.sourceforge.net> (npostavs@users.sourceforge.net's message of "Thu, 10 Nov 2016 18:59:01 -0500") X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:213343 Archived-At: npostavs@users.sourceforge.net writes: > Running "M-x customize-option Tex-auto-global" works fine. However, it > throws an error if I hit "Save for future sessions": > Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument stringp nil) > file-name-directory(nil) > (expand-file-name "../var/auctex" (file-name-directory load-file-name)) > eval((expand-file-name "../var/auctex" (file-name-directory load-file-name))) > custom-push-theme(theme-value TeX-auto-global user set > "d:/home/.emacs.d/var/auctex") [...] > AFAICT, the problem is that auctex uses a standard-value for > Tex-auto-global that includes (file-name-directory load-file-name) as > part of the expression. (I'm going through old bug reports that unfortunately weren't resolved at the time.) Hm... this is the definition of that variable: (defcustom TeX-auto-global (if (file-writable-p "/usr/local/var/auctex") "/usr/local/var/auctex" "~/.emacs.d/auctex") "Directory containing automatically generated information. For storing automatic extracted information about the TeX macros shared by all users of a site." :group 'TeX-file :type 'directory) Doesn't seem to be any mention of load-file-name. There's stuff like (defvar TeX-lisp-directory (file-name-directory load-file-name) but that shouldn't affect this user option, surely? Hm... anybody know what's going on? (Or has this been fixed in the years since it was reported? I haven't tried to reproduce the problem.) -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no