Re: emacs locked when internet connection is cut... [+ help-gnu-emacs: Invalid read syntax: ")" ]

[Jean-Christophe Helary <jean.christophe.helary@gmail.com>]

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> On May 8, 2018, at 3:05, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:
> 
>> When I reconfigured emacs with  --enable-checking='yes,glyphs' --enable-check-lisp-object-type
>> CFLAGS='-O0 -g3', to attach gdb, I ended up with a build that generated an "Invalid read syntax ")" error every
>> time I started emacs *even though I had not modified my init file* (~/.emacs.el).
>> 
>> Once I reverted to a normal configuration, that same init file was evaluated without any issues.
>> 
>> Also, When I was running emacs -q on that modified configuration the issue seemed to center on the (require
>> 'package) line, but when I commented it out I still had the same error...
>> 
>> What can I do to investigate this ?
> 
> Put a breakpoint in Fsignal, and when it reports this error, show the backtrace.

When I check the emacs manual, the only reference to Fsignal is:

"To make Lisp errors stop Emacs and return to GDB, put a breakpoint at Fsignal."

Also, there is no reference to Fsignal in the GDB manual.


Jean-Christophe Helary
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