bug#19745: 25.0.50; startup error

bug#19745: 25.0.50; startup error

[Sam Steingold]

I am getting this error on startup now:

Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-number-of-arguments format 0)
  format()
  apply(format nil)
  custom-save-all()
  customize-save-variable(package-selected-packages (vlf ensime edit-server))
  package-initialize()
  command-line()
  normal-top-level()

I just rebuilt emacs from scratch.
I wonder why is does customize-save-variable on startup...

In GNU Emacs 25.0.50.3 (x86_64-apple-darwin14.1.0, NS appkit-1344.72 Version 10.10.2 (Build 14C109))
 of 2015-02-02 on sds-MacBook-Pro.local
Repository revision: 219119e906f2e49e37567f29a7d9a1f82ece1760
Windowing system distributor `Apple', version 10.3.1344
Configured using:
 `configure --with-ns'

Configured features:
IMAGEMAGICK ACL LIBXML2 ZLIB

Important settings:
  value of $LANG: C
  locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix

Major mode: Debugger

Minor modes in effect:
  rcirc-track-minor-mode: t
  which-function-mode: t
  url-handler-mode: t
  show-paren-mode: t
  desktop-save-mode: t
  shell-dirtrack-mode: t
  tooltip-mode: t
  global-eldoc-mode: t
  electric-indent-mode: t
  mouse-wheel-mode: t
  menu-bar-mode: t
  file-name-shadow-mode: t
  global-font-lock-mode: t
  font-lock-mode: t
  blink-cursor-mode: t
  auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-encryption-mode: t
  auto-compression-mode: t
  buffer-read-only: t
  column-number-mode: t
  line-number-mode: t

Recent messages:
Loading paren...done
Loading url-handlers...done
Loading which-func...done
Loading rcirc...done
Loading gnus...done
Loading /Users/sds/src/clisp/current/emacs/clisp-ffi...done
Loading /Users/sds/src/clisp/current/emacs/misc...done
Entering debugger...
next-line: End of buffer [3 times]
mouse-2, RET: find function's definition

Load-path shadows:
None found.

Features:
(shadow sort bbdb-message mailalias cookie1 vc-dispatcher vc-hg
mail-extr gnus-msg gnus-art mm-uu mml2015 mm-view mml-smime smime dig
mailcap gnus-sum gnus-group gnus-undo gnus-start gnus-cloud nnimap
nnmail mail-source tls utf7 netrc nnoo parse-time gnus-spec gnus-int
gnus-range gnus-win emacsbug message dired rfc822 mml mml-sec mm-decode
mm-bodies mm-encode mail-parse rfc2231 gmm-utils mailheader sendmail
rfc2047 rfc2045 ietf-drums add-log help-mode debug cus-edit package
epg-config warnings midnight gnus gnus-ems nnheader mail-utils wid-edit
bbdb-mua bbdb-com crm mailabbrev bbdb-loaddefs bbdb bbdb-site timezone
rcirc server which-func imenu url-handlers url-parse auth-source cl-macs
eieio byte-opt bytecomp byte-compile cl-extra seq cconv eieio-core
cl-generic pcase gnus-util mm-util mail-prsvr password-cache url-vars
paren help-at-pt desktop frameset cus-start cus-load ido ess-toolbar
ess-mouse mouseme thingatpt browse-url ess-menu ess-swv ess-noweb
ess-noweb-font-lock-mode ess-bugs-l essd-els ess-sas-d ess-sas-l
ess-sas-a shell pcomplete ess-sta-d ess-sta-l cc-vars cc-defs
make-regexp ess-sp6-d ess-sp3-d ess-julia ess-r-d compile ess-tracebug
format-spec ess-roxy advice help-fns hideshow ess-help ess-developer
ess-r-args ess-s-l ess ess-inf comint ansi-color ring ess-mode
ess-noweb-mode ess-utils ess-custom executable easymenu ess-compat
ess-site cl gv cl-loaddefs cl-lib time-date tooltip eldoc electric
uniquify ediff-hook vc-hooks lisp-float-type mwheel ns-win tool-bar dnd
fontset image regexp-opt fringe tabulated-list newcomment elisp-mode
lisp-mode prog-mode register page menu-bar rfn-eshadow timer select
scroll-bar mouse jit-lock font-lock syntax facemenu font-core frame cham
georgian utf-8-lang misc-lang vietnamese tibetan thai tai-viet lao
korean japanese hebrew greek romanian slovak czech european ethiopic
indian cyrillic chinese case-table epa-hook jka-cmpr-hook help simple
abbrev minibuffer cl-preloaded nadvice loaddefs button faces cus-face
macroexp files text-properties overlay sha1 md5 base64 format env
code-pages mule custom widget hashtable-print-readable backquote
make-network-process cocoa ns multi-tty emacs)

Memory information:
((conses 16 362587 26938)
 (symbols 48 60833 0)
 (miscs 40 5963 60)
 (strings 32 165608 8426)
 (string-bytes 1 3854802)
 (vectors 16 42005)
 (vector-slots 8 687646 5018)
 (floats 8 314 20)
 (intervals 56 343 0)
 (buffers 976 16))

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bug#19745: 25.0.50; startup error

[Alexis]

Sam Steingold <sds@gnu.org> writes: 
 
> I am getting this error on startup now: 
> 
> Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-number-of-arguments format 
> 0) 
>   format() apply(format nil) custom-save-all() 
>   customize-save-variable(package-selected-packages (vlf ensime 
>   edit-server)) package-initialize() command-line() 
>   normal-top-level() 
> 
> I just rebuilt emacs from scratch.  I wonder why is does 
> customize-save-variable on startup... 
> 
> In GNU Emacs 25.0.50.3 (x86_64-apple-darwin14.1.0, NS 
> appkit-1344.72 Version 10.10.2 (Build 14C109)) 
>  of 2015-02-02 on sds-MacBook-Pro.local 

Hi Sam,

Sorry it's taken so long to get back to you. Do you still observe 
this behaviour with more recent builds of Emacs?    Alexis.

bug#19745: 25.0.50; startup error

[Alan Third]

Alexis <flexibeast@gmail.com> writes:

> Sam Steingold <sds@gnu.org> writes: 
>
>> I am getting this error on startup now: 
>>
>> Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-number-of-arguments format 0)
>> format() apply(format nil) custom-save-all()
>> customize-save-variable(package-selected-packages (vlf ensime
>> edit-server)) package-initialize() command-line()
>> normal-top-level() 
>>
>> I just rebuilt emacs from scratch.  I wonder why is does
>> customize-save-variable on startup... 
>>
>> In GNU Emacs 25.0.50.3 (x86_64-apple-darwin14.1.0, NS appkit-1344.72
>> Version 10.10.2 (Build 14C109))  of 2015-02-02 on
>> sds-MacBook-Pro.local 
>
> Hi Sam,
>
> Sorry it's taken so long to get back to you. Do you still observe this
> behaviour with more recent builds of Emacs?    Alexis.

19 weeks with no response. Closing.
-- 
Alan Third