From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Glenn Morris Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#25395: 25.1; Emacs/W3 crashes on every url with elisp error (void-variable w3--args) Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2017 23:26:25 -0500 Message-ID: References: <78e2b7ed-dae2-822e-1c94-4990160e50fe@earthlink.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1484108840 7979 195.159.176.226 (11 Jan 2017 04:27:20 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2017 04:27:20 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) Cc: 25395@debbugs.gnu.org To: Steven Litvintchouk Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jan 11 05:27:15 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1cRAVA-0000qt-MP for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 11 Jan 2017 05:27:08 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:51332 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cRAVF-0000jP-5W for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 10 Jan 2017 23:27:13 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:55518) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cRAV5-0000jK-PA for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 10 Jan 2017 23:27:04 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cRAV4-0005Rr-QP for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 10 Jan 2017 23:27:03 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:33887) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cRAV4-0005Rh-N5 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 10 Jan 2017 23:27:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1cRAV4-0001qV-Ek for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 10 Jan 2017 23:27:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Glenn Morris Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2017 04:27:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 25395 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 25395-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B25395.14841088007063 (code B ref 25395); Wed, 11 Jan 2017 04:27:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 25395) by debbugs.gnu.org; 11 Jan 2017 04:26:40 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:49286 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1cRAUi-0001pq-9K for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 10 Jan 2017 23:26:40 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:36240) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1cRAUf-0001pY-UC for 25395@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 10 Jan 2017 23:26:38 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cRAUZ-0005HF-Rc for 25395@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 10 Jan 2017 23:26:32 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:43846) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cRAUU-0005Gj-Ho; Tue, 10 Jan 2017 23:26:26 -0500 Original-Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1cRAUT-0002UE-P2; Tue, 10 Jan 2017 23:26:25 -0500 X-Spook: Suicide bomber Cain and Abel Cartel mailbomb Ruby Ridge X-Ran: qj*]xi^$'h$O&`C7pc!kEN=%zKSZ?E?r7w_'E#4u=wswlOe(!>G2WqXA!/7OrTpxf_nlw{ X-Hue: brightred X-Attribution: GM In-Reply-To: (Glenn Morris's message of "Sun, 08 Jan 2017 13:41:58 -0500") X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] 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: 208.118.235.43 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.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:127981 Archived-At: Glenn Morris wrote: > Still, doesn't seem actively maintained, based on > http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/elpa.git/?h=externals/w3 To expand on this: According to the above url: The package was last developed 8.5 years ago. It was added to elpa.gnu.org 3 years ago, with 4 commits. The error you are seeing comes from one of those commits ("try to fix compiler warnings"). "M-x w3" has the same error. So I can only assume this package has not been tested or used by anyone since it was added to elpa.gnu.org. So I have to wonder what the value of having it there is. I suggest you use M-x eww instead, and that if no-one wants to maintain w3 it be removed from elpa.gnu.org.