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: Wed, 29 Sep 2010 03:58:19 -0400 Message-ID: References: <19618.29737.497771.713881@parhasard.net> <4i7hi5a1po.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <19618.59394.954066.964412@parhasard.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1285747909 14324 80.91.229.12 (29 Sep 2010 08:11:49 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2010 08:11:49 +0000 (UTC) To: 7127@debbugs.gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Sep 29 10:11:48 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 1P0rlT-0004zv-PR for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 29 Sep 2010 10:11:48 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:40777 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1P0rlQ-0002W9-Io for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 29 Sep 2010 04:11:44 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=38026 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1P0rl9-0002Mo-EA for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Sep 2010 04:11:35 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1P0rl4-0006WD-C1 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Sep 2010 04:11:27 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:35924) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1P0rl4-0006W0-AZ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Sep 2010 04:11:22 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1P0rWD-0001iY-Op; Wed, 29 Sep 2010 03:56:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org 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: Wed, 29 Sep 2010 07:56:01 +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=B7127.12857469306596 (code B ref 7127); Wed, 29 Sep 2010 07:56:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 7127) by debbugs.gnu.org; 29 Sep 2010 07:55:30 +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 1P0rVh-0001iL-I2 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 29 Sep 2010 03:55:29 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1P0rVf-0001iG-QJ for 7127@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 29 Sep 2010 03:55:28 -0400 Original-Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1P0rYR-0001Bk-IQ; Wed, 29 Sep 2010 03:58:19 -0400 X-Spook: AMW propaganda David John Oates militia pre-emptive X-Ran: jlVF?aHwzmw(m9r:370*vV!`0.j`n,c@L`5+UL1Q[Hs!$EQ]=Y)]E57vE:I{F4'u1t5w]1 X-Hue: blue X-Attribution: GM In-Reply-To: <19618.59394.954066.964412@parhasard.net> (Aidan Kehoe's message of "Wed\, 29 Sep 2010 08\:17\:22 +0100") 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: Wed, 29 Sep 2010 03:56:01 -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:40536 Archived-At: This may be Cygwin-specific? Aidan Kehoe wrote: > (symbol-function 'help-for-help-internal) (h-f-h-i being what help > eventually resolves to) gives me a compiled function with a nil > documentation slot; help.elc has (defalias 'help-for-help-internal > ...) with a compiled function and what seems to be the correct lazy > doc reference. The DOC file seems correct, with an entry > =1FFhelp-for-help-internal Help command.=1F > > But (documentation #'custom-declare-variable-early) and (documentation > #'when) both give nil for me, and the same seems to be true for all the > dumped compiled functions with docstrings. I don=E2=80=99t know why that = is, and I > don=E2=80=99t especially care to debug it right now, but this binary is w= hat Cygwin > installed, I=E2=80=99m certain I=E2=80=99m not the only one affected. > > > > In GNU Emacs 23.2.1 (i686-pc-cygwin, GTK+ Version 2.18.6) > > > of 2010-05-08 on laptop