bug#60813: 30.0.50; error ("Version must be a string")

bug#60813: 30.0.50; error ("Version must be a string")

[Manuel Uberti via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors]

Hi,

I pulled commit 48bd17923a98f49a30bdce2f3a52e03fe45d63f0 from master 
andI am trying to build with:

- ./configure
- make -j`proc` bootstrap

I have tried `git clean -fdx` already, but the same error appears.

The error I get is the following:

Error: error ("Version must be a string")
   mapbacktrace(#f(compiled-function (evald func args flags) #<bytecode 
0x1c0070d2dfae86a0>))
   debug-early-backtrace()
   debug-early(error (error "Version must be a string"))
   signal(error ("Version must be a string"))
   error("Version must be a string")
   version-to-list(29.1)
   version<("19.29" 29.1)
   (closure (t) (e1 e2) (version< (car e1) (car e2)))(("19.29" 
time-stamp) (29.1 htmlfontify))
   sort(((29.1 htmlfontify) ("19.29" time-stamp) ("20.3.3" dos-vars) 
("26.3" help-fns) ("24.5" vc-hg erc-stamp mml2015 flyspell erc) ("22" 
ps-print ebnf2ps) ("28.0" verilog-mode) ("22.3" message) ("23.4" ede) 
("26.2" shadowfile imenu calc mail-source) ("27.2" ox-html) ("23.2" 
desktop bytecomp calendar rmailmm ansi-color tramp-gvfs mm-encode comint 
lunar diary-lib doc-view elint message gnus-group help-fns auth-source 
gdb-mi dired gnus-sum) ("30.1" esh-io elide-head vc-git bs doc-view 
rcirc gdb-mi tramp-container) ("20.1" time-stamp) ("20.4" hilit-chg 
compile) ("20.3" compile xscheme find-func mailabbrev dabbrev msb 
vcursor debug add-log cus-edit ffap hexl diary-lib avoid rmail 
which-func) ("22.1" binhex vc comint facemenu mail-extr hi-lock dabbrev 
ielm descr-text uudecode hl-line find-func calendar mm-view diff-mode 
sql add-log time sh-script glasses gnus-int imap latin1-disp pgtk-dnd 
sendmail gnus-delay cus-edit make-mode vc-svn spam mml-sec view imenu 
pop3 gnus-msg ispell ange-ftp mml2015 compare-w deuglify locate mm-uu 
mml grep cal-tex mm-util gnus-score mm-decode smime shadowfile flow-fill 
ffap outline org-faces autorevert vc-cvs gnus-cite keypad gnus-util 
gnus-win diary-lib server compile gdb-mi gnus-art fortran gnus-srvr 
tex-mode cal-dst warnings rmail mm-url dired gnus tcl allout message 
gnus-start info gnus-fun gnus-agent gnus-group gnus-sum sgml-mode 
desktop nnmail) ("21.3" sql gnus-agent ange-ftp) ("20.8" sql) ("24.3" 
server sh-script erc-backend org-capture cus-edit ob-julia ob-groovy 
message hexl icalendar calendar ox-odt minibuf-eldef org-datetree wdired 
gnus-picon ob-C which-func ido org org-id gdb-mi flymake debug calc 
tramp avoid gnus-msg perl-mode diff-mode ediff-wind pcmpl-gnu 
semantic/complete sql proced vhdl-mode erc-match ffap emacs-lock compile 
tramp-smb ol-doi rcirc em-term verilog-mode org-agenda cal-html man 
nnmail apropos pcmpl-rpm smerge-mode allout reftex-vars) ("20" ps-print 
ebnf2ps) ("25.2" ffap tramp-sh) ("22.2" bibtex-style sql mail-source 
gdb-mi find-dired gnus-sum css-mode vc-hg dired desktop) ("27.1" 
esh-mode sendmail vc-hg image-mode dired-aux cua-base flymake flymake-cc 
ox-texinfo ido url-vars gnus-win windmove edebug nxml-mode gnus-sum gud 
arc-mode image-converter server erc tramp-sh epg-config gnutls bytecomp 
vc-dispatcher dired project flyspell tree-widget time-stamp remember 
verilog-mode hideif backtrace add-log flymake-proc vc-git rmailout eww 
man network-stream auth-source rcirc js compile thread tramp-cmds 
gnus-async xref shr package char-fold nsm org-agenda autoinsert 
display-fill-column-indicator erc-button message diff-mode bibtex 
bookmark pcmpl-gnu tex-mode footnote cc-vars tramp-rclone tar-mode 
auth-source-pass vc org comint browse-url smtpmail doc-view autorevert 
python mm-uu cus-edit tab-line nnmail hi-lock term winner gnus-art 
find-dired grep mm-decode sql tramp gravatar) ("26.1" ob-scheme ol-bbdb 
debug ob-core ob-exp org-faces org-duration cpp ox-md message perl-mode 
dig org-keys org-attach-git dired-x gnus-cloud tex-mode package edebug 
icomplete gnus-search executable url-vars dunnet flyspell ediff-init 
pixel-scroll org-fold org-src shr ruby-mode ol-bibtex sieve-manage 
enriched gnus-art ox-publish ox-odt ob-lisp ox-ascii vc-git dired tramp 
epa grep mhtml-mode bytecomp js org-colview ange-ftp image-dired erc 
dns-mode gnus-mh browse-url sql ox-beamer display-line-numbers net-utils 
cc-vars term ox-html mailcap vc-hg css-mode flymake ibuf-ext wdired 
add-log org-timer python comint org-table man gdb-mi org ox-latex 
org-agenda ibuffer ob-lua ox org-clock checkdoc org-attach 
image-dired-external ox-texinfo) ("23.1" gnus-bookmark allout fortune 
gnus-util dired-aux smiley imap checkdoc informat face-remap vc-git 
nnmail hideif pop3 fortran rmailmm vc-hg mm-decode gnus-draft pcmpl-unix 
misearch gnus-msg smime f90 gnus-art cus-edit copyright rmail gnus-group 
ffap time sendmail mm-uu server info woman bibtex browse-url vc-cvs 
filesets descr-text gdb-mi spam-report mml holidays gnus-sum tex-mode 
gnus-dired gnus calendar nnmairix epa-mail message gnus-score) ("25.1" 
diff-mode erc vc-hg checkdoc sgml-mode xt-mouse ldap info find-func 
check-declare gud newst-treeview url-tramp vc-cvs 
erc-desktop-notifications tramp-adb whitespace epg-config mm-decode 
gnus-sum vhdl-mode tex-mode gdb-mi cl-indent sh-script hideif vc mml-sec 
calendar shr gnus-registry vc-annotate verilog-mode eudc-vars 
newst-reader ls-lisp sql filecache browse-url package vc-git 
url-handlers gnus-art arc-mode rmailmm vc-bzr nsm compare-w rcirc python 
em-term js gnus-fun eww vc-svn rect icalendar tildify net-utils) ("29.1" 
diff dired-x go-ts-mode word-wrap-mode delsel rust-ts-mode erc-button 
java-ts-mode pixel-fill tramp webjump calc ange-ftp url-irc edmacro 
flymake glyphless-mode char-fold smime imap newst-reader ansi-osc 
eudc-vars image-converter woman json-ts-mode rmail info xwidget vc-bzr 
em-ls help-mode server gnus-art gnus-group cmake-ts-mode log-edit 
tramp-sh textsec-check tramp-cache find-func tetris emacs-news-mode 
typescript-ts-mode c-ts-mode gnus-html recentf string-edit toml-ts-mode 
hi-lock icon mml table icons pp package-vc diff-mode xref gnus dabbrev 
auth-source-pass gnus-search face-remap hashcash compile doc-view 
rmailsum vc debug dired-aux browse-url files-x battery gdb-mi vtable 
ruby-mode gnus-util dired em-term shr outline multisession treesit 
image-dired-external tramp-container sh-script eglot help-fns message 
nnselect package eww image-mode python term emacs-authors-mode 
smerge-mode gnus-sum animate ecomplete shell proced image-crop wallpaper 
rcirc cperl-mode ielm comint wdired bookmark pixel-scroll esh-var 
image-dired mm-decode comp ffap bib-mode project emoji esh-cmd) ("24.4" 
m4-mode mml-smime man sql verilog-mode vc-svn imenu org-protocol 
reftex-vars tramp-smb ansi-color term org-attach-git smie js info-xref 
ob-lilypond flymake-proc epa tramp-adb bibtex strokes unrmail f90 
hi-lock gnus-sum shr ol-gnus org-archive org-clock apropos saveplace 
package ob-ditaa gnus tramp-cache recentf gnus-start ob-ocaml autorevert 
em-term gdb-mi message idlwave type-break timeclock find-file calendar 
desktop cfengine sh-script gnutls ede/linux pcmpl-x org elec-pair 
compare-w log-edit dired org-src calc ido ob-python vhdl-mode rmail 
ruby-mode python ox-man ox-latex nnimap org-faces ox-html eww icomplete 
flymake ox-beamer mm-util org-mobile octave mml2015 ob-core info 
sieve-manage remember cookie1 pop3 ox flyspell tramp ox-odt doc-view 
org-agenda ob-ruby ox-ascii ox-texinfo) ("24.1" pcmpl-unix package-x 
glasses ange-ftp esh-cmd ob-R esh-util em-banner find-dired gssapi mml 
calendar ibuffer copyright gnus-art etags gnus-picon ob-exp org-crypt 
facemenu em-smart em-rebind woman doc-view diary-lib tramp esh-arg 
em-glob esh-proc em-pred em-cmpl em-term em-dirs em-hist em-unix 
gnus-registry battery sieve-manage mml2015 dirtrack rmail org-fold 
cus-edit ob-plantuml ob-js ob-ditaa f90 elec-pair auth-source info 
erc-join org-entities org-inlinetask erc-backend gnus-group vc vc-sccs 
gnus-msg gnus esh-var org-keys gnus-util dired-x sendmail vc-svn em-ls 
smtpmail cc-fonts em-alias log-edit bibtex gnus-sum ox-icalendar js 
cus-theme smiley org-mobile ob-core vc-cvs appt mm-view gnus-int package 
vc-bzr allout saveplace cc-guess arc-mode esh-ext rst vc-git man ob-lisp 
gnus-html server shr flyspell org-refile esh-io org-faces org-capture 
message sql pop3 url-queue ido calc ses gnus-srvr cc-vars rcirc compile 
esh-mode em-script url-cache gnus-start vc-rcs hl-line org-habit 
emacs-lock em-prompt verilog-mode ob-tangle org-archive org-attach 
allout-widgets cl-indent gnus-gravatar org-ctags feedmail ox-odt prolog 
org-clock ol-bibtex org-list org-table image-mode browse-url ol org 
org-agenda gnus-search) ("21.1" ezimage gnus-start speedbar debug 
sgml-mode cal-hebrew wid-edit fortran strokes latin1-disp dabbrev 
net-utils etags message nnmail cperl-mode smtpmail cus-edit gnus-agent 
find-func ps-print server browse-url rmailedit flyspell vc-rcs vc-cvs 
gnus-art hideshow rmail sendmail vc ange-ftp gnus-group add-log gnus-sum 
vc-sccs) ("23.3" rmail diary-lib rmailsum calendar desktop) ("28.1" 
browse-url erc-services imenu ido reveal comint reftex-vars arc-mode 
perl-mode log-view vc-hg ffap goto-addr autoinsert epa-mail bookmark 
find-func smiley windmove life tramp-gvfs tramp-smb icomplete gnus etags 
tramp-sshfs rmail nnimap grep info newst-treeview texinfo calc erc 
apropos gnus-registry nnselect bibtex battery hideshow compile vc-git 
calendar epa-ks tramp-adb mpc ethio-util help-fns time gnus-art python 
display-line-numbers diff-mode shortdoc image-dired tramp-fuse xref 
erc-button epa bug-reference gnus-topic hideif remember which-func 
smtpmail auth-source cl-indent mb-depth gnus-sum repeat rcirc 
tramp-crypt tramp-sh shell flyspell hl-line ansi-color eww project comp 
saveplace dired-aux term dired shr ispell tramp xwidget package server 
wid-edit message dictionary gdb-mi vc-dir outline bytecomp checkdoc 
tab-line cal-dst gnus-search)) (closure (t) (e1 e2) (version< (car e1) 
(car e2))))
   (prin1 (sort version-alist #'(lambda (e1 e2) (version< (car e1) (car 
e2)))) (current-buffer))
   (let ((version-alist nil) groups) (mapatoms #'(lambda (symbol) (let 
((version (get symbol 'custom-version)) where) (if version (progn (setq 
where (get symbol 'custom-where)) (if where (progn (if (or 
(custom-variable-p symbol) (facep symbol)) (progn (if (assoc version 
version-alist) (if (member where (cdr (assoc version version-alist))) 
nil (let* ((v (assoc version version-alist))) (setcdr v (cons where (cdr 
v))))) (setq version-alist (cons (list version where) version-alist)))) 
(setq groups (cons (list (symbol-name symbol) (let ((standard-output 
(generate-new-buffer " *string-output*" t))) (unwind-protect (progn (let 
((standard-output standard-output)) (prin1 version)) 
(save-current-buffer (set-buffer standard-output) (buffer-string))) 
(kill-buffer standard-output))) (let ((standard-output 
(generate-new-buffer " *string-output*" t))) (unwind-protect (progn (let 
((standard-output standard-output)) (prin1 (get symbol 
'group-documentation))) (save-current-buffer (set-buffer 
standard-output) (buffer-string))) (kill-buffer standard-output))) (if 
(get symbol 'custom-tag) (let ((standard-output (generate-new-buffer " 
*string-output*" t))) (unwind-protect (progn (let ((standard-output 
standard-output)) (prin1 (get symbol 'custom-tag))) (save-current-buffer 
(set-buffer standard-output) (buffer-string))) (kill-buffer 
standard-output))))) groups)))))))))) (let ((tail (sort groups #'(lambda 
(e1 e2) (string< (car e1) (car e2)))))) (while tail (let ((e (car 
tail))) (insert "(custom-put-if-not '" (car e) " 'custom-version '" (nth 
1 e) ")\n") (insert "(custom-put-if-not '" (car e) " 
'group-documentation " (nth 2 e) ")\n") (if (nth 3 e) (insert 
"(custom-put-if-not '" (car e) " 'custom-tag " (nth 3 e) ")\n")) (setq 
tail (cdr tail))))) (insert "\n(defvar custom-versions-load-alist " (if 
version-alist "'" "")) (prin1 (sort version-alist #'(lambda (e1 e2) 
(version< (car e1) (car e2)))) (current-buffer)) (insert "\n  \"For 
internal use by custom.\nThis is an alist whose members have as car a 
version string, and as\nelements the files that have variables or faces 
that contain that\nversion.  These files should be loaded before showing 
the customization\nbuffer that `customize-changed' generates.\")\n\n"))
   custom-make-dependencies()
   command-line-1(("-l" "cus-dep" "--eval" "(setq 
generated-custom-dependencies-file (unmsys--file-name 
\"./cus-load.el\"))" "-f" "custom-make-dependencies" "." "./calc" 
"./calendar" "./cedet" "./cedet/ede" "./cedet/semantic" 
"./cedet/semantic/analyze" "./cedet/semantic/bovine" 
"./cedet/semantic/decorate" "./cedet/semantic/symref" 
"./cedet/semantic/wisent" "./cedet/srecode" "./emacs-lisp" "./emulation" 
"./erc" "./eshell" "./gnus" "./image" "./international" "./language" 
"./leim" "./leim/quail" "./mail" "./mh-e" "./net" "./nxml" "./org" 
"./play" "./progmodes" "./textmodes" "./url" "./use-package" "./vc"))
   command-line()
   normal-top-level()
Version must be a string
make[3]: *** [Makefile:156: cus-load.el] Error 255
make[3]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
   ELC      org/ol.elc
   ELC      emacs-lisp/cl-lib.elc

In org-element-cache-map:
org/org-element.el:7559:50: Warning: ‘eq’ called with literal list that 
may never match (arg 1)
org/org-element.el:7567:44: Warning: ‘eq’ called with literal list that 
may never match (arg 1)
make[4]: Leaving directory '/home/manuel/emacs/lisp'
make[3]: Leaving directory '/home/manuel/emacs/lisp'
make[2]: *** [Makefile:533: lisp] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/manuel/emacs'
make[1]: *** [Makefile:1260: actual-bootstrap] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/manuel/emacs'
make[1]: Entering directory '/home/manuel/emacs'
***
*** "make bootstrap" failed with exit status 2.
***
*** You could try to:
*** - run "make extraclean" and run "make" again (or, equivalently, run
***   "make bootstrap configure=default"), to rebuild Emacs with the
***   default configuration options, which might fix the problem
*** - run "git clean -fdx" and run "make bootstrap" again, which might
***   fix the problem if "make bootstrap configure=default" did not
***   !BEWARE! "git clean -fdx" deletes all files that are not under
***   !BEWARE! version control, which means that all changes to such
***   !BEWARE! files will be lost and cannot be restored later
*** - run "make V=1", which displays the full commands invoked by make,
***   to further investigate the problem
*** - report the problem and ask for help by sending an email to
***   bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org, mentioning at least the build error
***   message, the platform, and the repository revision displayed by
***   "git rev-parse HEAD"
***
make[1]: *** [Makefile:414: advice-on-failure] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/manuel/emacs'
make: *** [Makefile:1243: bootstrap] Error 2



In GNU Emacs 30.0.50 (build 2, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version
  3.24.33, cairo version 1.16.0) of 2023-01-11 built on baruch
Repository revision: 37d93975780f294fd7b3fefe6281a0a36638192f
Repository branch: master
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-- 
Manuel Uberti
https://manueluberti.eu

bug#60813: 30.0.50; error ("Version must be a string")

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2023 17:11:04 +0100
> From:  Manuel Uberti via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs,
>  the Swiss army knife of text editors" <bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I pulled commit 48bd17923a98f49a30bdce2f3a52e03fe45d63f0 from master 
> andI am trying to build with:
> 
> - ./configure
> - make -j`proc` bootstrap
> 
> I have tried `git clean -fdx` already, but the same error appears.
> 
> The error I get is the following:
> 
> Error: error ("Version must be a string")
>    mapbacktrace(#f(compiled-function (evald func args flags) #<bytecode 
> 0x1c0070d2dfae86a0>))

Sorry, should be fixed now.

bug#60813: 30.0.50; error ("Version must be a string")

[Manuel Uberti via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors]

On 14/01/23 17:16, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> Sorry, should be fixed now.

No problem at all, thanks for the quick reply and fix.

However, I tried `git pull` but I don't see any changes.

-- 
Manuel Uberti
https://manueluberti.eu

bug#60813: 30.0.50; error ("Version must be a string")

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2023 17:19:19 +0100
> Cc: 60813-done@debbugs.gnu.org
> From: Manuel Uberti <manuel.uberti@inventati.org>
> 
> On 14/01/23 17:16, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > Sorry, should be fixed now.
> 
> No problem at all, thanks for the quick reply and fix.
> 
> However, I tried `git pull` but I don't see any changes.

Try again.

bug#60813: 30.0.50; error ("Version must be a string")

[Manuel Uberti via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors]

On 14/01/23 17:30, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> Try again.

Was it by any chance pushed on the emacs-29 branch and not on master? I 
still see 48bd17923a98f49a30bdce2f3a52e03fe45d63f0 as the last commit on 
master.

-- 
Manuel Uberti
https://manueluberti.eu

bug#60813: 30.0.50; error ("Version must be a string")

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2023 19:14:00 +0100
> Cc: 60813-done@debbugs.gnu.org
> From: Manuel Uberti <manuel.uberti@inventati.org>
> 
> On 14/01/23 17:30, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > Try again.
> 
> Was it by any chance pushed on the emacs-29 branch and not on master? I 
> still see 48bd17923a98f49a30bdce2f3a52e03fe45d63f0 as the last commit on 
> master.

Of course to emacs-29: that's where the problematic change was done,
so that's where it should be fixed.

I've now merged to master, so you should see the problem fixed on
master as well.