23.0.50; vc-diff bombs with wrong-type-argument stringp

23.0.50; vc-diff bombs with wrong-type-argument stringp

[Bill Wohler]

When I run `C-x v =' on a Subversion-controlled file, I get the appended
stack trace. I do not get this error with emacs -Q; however, the NEWS
file does not indicate any incompatible changes which would point out
which of my settings might be to blame.

If the problem is not apparent, please let me know and I'll try to find
the offending settings in my environment.

Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument stringp ("/home/wohler/.emacs"))
  call-process("svn" nil t nil "status" "-v" ("/home/wohler/.emacs"))
  apply(call-process "svn" nil t nil ("status" "-v" ("/home/wohler/.emacs")))
  (let ((status ...)) (goto-char (point-min)) (if (not ...) (if ... nil ...) (vc-svn-parse-status)))
  (save-excursion (set-buffer (get-buffer-create " *Subversion Output*")) (erase-buffer) (let (...) (goto-char ...) (if ... ... ...)))
  (vc-svn-with-output-buffer (let (...) (goto-char ...) (if ... ... ...)))
  vc-svn-run-status(("/home/wohler/.emacs"))
  (let* ((diff-switches-list ...) (status ...) (local ...) (changed ...) (rev1 ...) (rev-switches-list ...) (async ...)) (let (...) (if ... 1 0)))
  vc-svn-diff(("/home/wohler/.emacs"))
  apply(vc-svn-diff ("/home/wohler/.emacs"))
  vc-call-backend(SVN diff ("/home/wohler/.emacs"))
  byte-code("\b‰\x19A@)ÃÄÅ\n!Æ\"!=ƒ\x1e\0\b‰\x19AA)@Ç=„%\0È\b@\bA\"‡ÉÅ\nC!Æ\nC#‡" [err x file indirect-function vc-find-backend-function vc-backend diff 4 signal vc-call-backend] 6)
  vc-default-workfile-unchanged-p(SVN "/home/wohler/.emacs")
  apply(vc-default-workfile-unchanged-p SVN "/home/wohler/.emacs")
  vc-call-backend(SVN workfile-unchanged-p "/home/wohler/.emacs")
  vc-workfile-unchanged-p("/home/wohler/.emacs")
  vc-diff(nil t)
  call-interactively(vc-diff)

Re: 23.0.50; vc-diff bombs with wrong-type-argument stringp

[Glenn Morris]

Bill Wohler wrote:

> When I run `C-x v =' on a Subversion-controlled file, I get the appended
> stack trace. I do not get this error with emacs -Q; however, the NEWS
> file does not indicate any incompatible changes which would point out
> which of my settings might be to blame.

[...]
>   (vc-svn-with-output-buffer (let (...) (goto-char ...) (if ... ... ...)))

`vc-svn-with-output-buffer' does not appear in the Emacs CVS, so at a
guess, you are using a different version of vc-svn.el that shadows the
Emacs one.

Re: 23.0.50; vc-diff bombs with wrong-type-argument stringp

[Bill Wohler]

Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> wrote:

> Bill Wohler wrote:
> 
> > When I run `C-x v =' on a Subversion-controlled file, I get the appended
> > stack trace. I do not get this error with emacs -Q; however, the NEWS
> > file does not indicate any incompatible changes which would point out
> > which of my settings might be to blame.
> 
> [...]
> >   (vc-svn-with-output-buffer (let (...) (goto-char ...) (if ... ... ...)))
> 
> `vc-svn-with-output-buffer' does not appear in the Emacs CVS, so at a
> guess, you are using a different version of vc-svn.el that shadows the
> Emacs one.

Yes. I found the offending (old) version. Removing the old vc-svn.el
file fixed this problem as well as the problem I reported under the
Subject "23.0.50; vc-svn-parse-status can't parse output." Thanks for
the feedback.

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