From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Glenn Morris Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#7127: 23.2; M-x help throws an error Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2010 03:12:18 -0400 Message-ID: References: <19618.29737.497771.713881@parhasard.net> <4i7hi5a1po.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <19618.59394.954066.964412@parhasard.net> <4CA338F1.1080402@cornell.edu> <4CA37093.6040304@cornell.edu> <4CA38C71.3040906@cornell.edu> <4CA3F2A7.5070906@cornell.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1285832499 7533 80.91.229.12 (30 Sep 2010 07:41:39 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2010 07:41:39 +0000 (UTC) Cc: "7127@debbugs.gnu.org" <7127@debbugs.gnu.org> To: Ken Brown Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Sep 30 09:41:35 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1P1Dlk-0002j7-Vr for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 30 Sep 2010 09:41:33 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:42280 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1P1Dlk-0007Ws-FS for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 30 Sep 2010 03:41:32 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=60111 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1P1Dle-0007Wn-VL for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 30 Sep 2010 03:41:27 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1P1Dld-0001WV-PX for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 30 Sep 2010 03:41:26 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:59180) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1P1Dld-0001WO-NE for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 30 Sep 2010 03:41:25 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1P1DHH-0005gd-7a; Thu, 30 Sep 2010 03:10:03 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org In-Reply-To: <19618.29737.497771.713881@parhasard.net> Resent-From: Glenn Morris Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2010 07:10:03 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 7127 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 7127-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B7127.128583056521850 (code B ref 7127); Thu, 30 Sep 2010 07:10:03 +0000 Original-Received: (at 7127) by debbugs.gnu.org; 30 Sep 2010 07:09:25 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1P1DGf-0005gN-Kb for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 30 Sep 2010 03:09:25 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1P1DGe-0005gI-Bi for 7127@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 30 Sep 2010 03:09:24 -0400 Original-Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1P1DJS-0004cN-UX; Thu, 30 Sep 2010 03:12:18 -0400 X-Spook: Saddam Hussein Bush Wired Fortezza InfoSec bce bluebird X-Ran: 6g#'p0_KI5,c7DT%TT_oV]i6V>hZC6Zc'dq8U^~R?9q)s.X\*FvDSkw)0@77gX7~W<#zc) X-Hue: red X-Attribution: GM User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2010 03:10:03 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:40569 Archived-At: Ken Brown wrote: >> Did 23.1 have the same problem? > > No, it doesn't. So that changes things completely. I guess I have to > try a bisection to find the revision between 23.1 and 23.2 where the > bug first appears. It may be a little while before I have time to do > this. The first thing you could try is just a straight rebuild of the 23.2 package (if you were testing a pre-built binary). I have a vague memory of some transient DOC related weirdness with emacs-snapshot packages that just seemed to go away on its own (?). So maybe it was just a build glitch.