From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.ciao.gmane.io!not-for-mail From: Maxim Cournoyer Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#39823: 26.3; update-directory-autoloads regression from Emacs 26 to Emacs 27 Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2020 22:06:26 -0400 Message-ID: <87o8sz3d25.fsf@gmail.com> References: <87zhd2lpad.fsf@gmail.com> <87o8t16q5e.fsf@gmail.com> <83v9n88xmx.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="ciao.gmane.io:159.69.161.202"; logging-data="125341"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.3 (gnu/linux) Cc: 39823@debbugs.gnu.org, Noam Postavsky To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sat Mar 14 03:07:12 2020 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 1jCwCk-000WUR-NN for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sat, 14 Mar 2020 03:07:10 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:40022 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jCwCj-0002tN-PL for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 13 Mar 2020 22:07:09 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:37682) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jCwCd-0002t3-5N for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Mar 2020 22:07:04 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1jCwCc-0005xy-65 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Mar 2020 22:07:03 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:54450) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1jCwCc-0005xr-2d for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Mar 2020 22:07:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1jCwCb-0005TL-Tq for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Mar 2020 22:07:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Maxim Cournoyer Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2020 02:07:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 39823 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 39823-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B39823.158415159521004 (code B ref 39823); Sat, 14 Mar 2020 02:07:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 39823) by debbugs.gnu.org; 14 Mar 2020 02:06:35 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:60423 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1jCwCB-0005Sh-Bt for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 13 Mar 2020 22:06:35 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-qk1-f173.google.com ([209.85.222.173]:40185) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1jCwC9-0005SU-2M for 39823@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 13 Mar 2020 22:06:34 -0400 Original-Received: by mail-qk1-f173.google.com with SMTP id j2so3318569qkl.7 for <39823@debbugs.gnu.org>; Fri, 13 Mar 2020 19:06:33 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=from:to:cc:subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id :user-agent:mime-version; bh=N0ecydpPvMtfgyyySCpQfR2dd8JMUNz6oZ86t3e9k2M=; b=EsT0w/vMiwfm2MqBFmiZBBQyU9pewXTePSH4OAeNaBRC8XMXy8iURaq5CCECQjwCxS D8BaEGI4qjuh3pkE2oZrYx4GCb3xJQfnfNu0UadfkGzVQN/bcWf7bSmRRUA/sD3r/E6Y hlCJfDklWOhdT5SWbcCrGN2x8eovHKDrcFtxFZgdV9IHkEWp6NcmJMxmg6P2DPTdFcK2 ggmyBumchi6cfG+Af1YZ+WcUnoYQ8iRmyrBgV4dugxQb6/9CNLqPIHj2i796ulQqAkeX jdikYhDbsOn5vsXvoK5rBkDqFjqMPcx605LnaehF9khWmkl05qqLSczCxLUNXL5mxfEg zeCA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:references:date:in-reply-to :message-id:user-agent:mime-version; bh=N0ecydpPvMtfgyyySCpQfR2dd8JMUNz6oZ86t3e9k2M=; b=coTnT7/XolJ3cdchGfjovCJ3bFwc1QX2q6ABwaYoJlihHHg/DLaeC/yPlZXW5e4iwV xomeHZ6eBU9HFoDSTOg5QXofmh0CqwH2tssEb/W+wpQ0qK80sspG7aZVERDcuQ116NSa eIoY6UEoID7H/L7MGJ90NaelWH7OdNvA8UwsFXNnCuIzsD09vrjolYcfpxOt2M6LXtYg ILuc4q3HGpw0i3WBbRXpeWvWJSiXfgF4ckPQo8HttUn95/7rY/ansaszUCaSwxx1CX91 FrsoHaRjIWJGRIN3lNCdjapxtBg6/acO28DoTVOaJJ4AqHPn+3uivX8hiYjZSge649jl TWDQ== X-Gm-Message-State: ANhLgQ3mtdFOkFSesi2HSISZ9zpuMSQ0Nft9CJ8vndTw8WnLRPVYgUWK AAl7FbvbzfD/s0DSi8ycrBXHPx8d X-Google-Smtp-Source: ADFU+vtAAtV7JmeU75VNplY0GNZWL8taHLvacpxehqbTv/Sajptgw1A/oGvylzmHlt+LWVe+0q7etw== X-Received: by 2002:a37:95c6:: with SMTP id x189mr15444668qkd.19.1584151587536; Fri, 13 Mar 2020 19:06:27 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from apteryx (dsl-10-128-88.b2b2c.ca. [72.10.128.88]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id g6sm4594479qtd.85.2020.03.13.19.06.26 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Fri, 13 Mar 2020 19:06:27 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <83v9n88xmx.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Fri, 13 Mar 2020 10:30:46 +0200") 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: 209.51.188.43 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:177314 Archived-At: Hello again, Eli Zaretskii writes: >> From: Noam Postavsky >> Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2020 20:43:09 -0400 >> Cc: , 39823@debbugs.gnu.org >> >> > Works on Emacs 26.3, but fails on Emacs 27.0.50, with the error message: >> > >> > Wrong type argument: stringp, nil >> >> The difference is that --eval now evaluates with lexical-binding >> enabled, so the let-binding of generated-autoload-file is lexical unless >> autoload.el, with its (defvar generated-autoload-file nil ...), has been >> loaded. >> [...] >> See also https://lists.gnu.org/r/emacs-devel/2020-03/msg00173.html for >> (much) more discussion on this. > > The "wrap with eval" trick suggested by Stefan in the latter > discussion does work here: > > emacs --quick --batch --eval "(eval '(progn > (let ((backup-inhibited t) > (generated-autoload-file \"/tmp/toto\")) > (update-directory-autoloads \"/tmp\"))))" Oh, that's an interesting trick. I had not realized `eval' could be switched to either lexical or dynamic (the default). Thanks! Maxim