Emacs 31.0.50 (2f1052d9b0de) will line-number in some buffers which shouldn't show it, is there some changed in recent master branch related to display-line-number

Emacs 31.0.50 (2f1052d9b0de) will line-number in some buffers which shouldn't show it, is there some changed in recent master branch related to display-line-number

[Eval EXEC]

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Hello, I am building Emacs from source, and I’ve noticed something
unusual. Line numbers appear in my rg and xref buffers, but they
disappear after approximately 100ms. This happens even though I’ve only
configured display-line-number-mode to be enabled in prog-mode via an
add-hook.

Has there been any recent change in the code related to display-line-number-mode that might explain this behavior?

Thank you for your help!

Best regards,
Eval Exec

Re: Emacs 31.0.50 (2f1052d9b0de) will line-number in some buffers which shouldn't show it, is there some changed in recent master branch related to display-line-number

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Eval EXEC <execvy@gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, 03 Jan 2025 13:45:11 +0800
> 
> 
> -- 
> 
> 
> Hello, I am building Emacs from source, and I’ve noticed something
> unusual. Line numbers appear in my rg and xref buffers, but they
> disappear after approximately 100ms. This happens even though I’ve only
> configured display-line-number-mode to be enabled in prog-mode via an
> add-hook.

Can you show a minimal recipe for reproducing this problem starting
from "emacs -Q"?

It is best to post that using "M-x report-emacs-bug", so that this and
the following discussion get recorded by our issue tracker.

> Has there been any recent change in the code related to display-line-number-mode that might explain this behavior?

Not that I know of, but that doesn't mean we couldn't introduce some
inadvertent changes!

Re: Emacs 31.0.50 (2f1052d9b0de) will line-number in some buffers which shouldn't show it, is there some changed in recent master branch related to display-line-number

[Konstantin Kharlamov]

On Fri, 2025-01-03 at 13:45 +0800, Eval EXEC wrote:
> Hello, I am building Emacs from source, and I’ve noticed something
> unusual. Line numbers appear in my rg and xref buffers, but they
> disappear after approximately 100ms. This happens even though I’ve
> only
> configured display-line-number-mode to be enabled in prog-mode via an
> add-hook.
> 
> Has there been any recent change in the code related to display-line-
> number-mode that might explain this behavior?
> 
> Thank you for your help!

FWIW, I just tried building Emacs from latest commit to look at it, but
it doesn't even build with `Error: void-function (rx)`.

Now, I know Emacs build system has some controversial design decisions
that were discussed a few months ago (which basically lead to errors
like that), so I tried removing `build/` dir completely and `find -type
f -name "*.elc" -delete` but it didn't help. 🤷

Re: Emacs 31.0.50 (2f1052d9b0de) will line-number in some buffers which shouldn't show it, is there some changed in recent master branch related to display-line-number

[Stefan Kangas]

Konstantin Kharlamov <Hi-Angel@yandex.ru> writes:

> On Fri, 2025-01-03 at 13:45 +0800, Eval EXEC wrote:
>> Hello, I am building Emacs from source, and I’ve noticed something
>> unusual. Line numbers appear in my rg and xref buffers, but they
>> disappear after approximately 100ms. This happens even though I’ve
>> only
>> configured display-line-number-mode to be enabled in prog-mode via an
>> add-hook.
>>
>> Has there been any recent change in the code related to display-line-
>> number-mode that might explain this behavior?
>>
>> Thank you for your help!
>
> FWIW, I just tried building Emacs from latest commit to look at it, but
> it doesn't even build with `Error: void-function (rx)`.
>
> Now, I know Emacs build system has some controversial design decisions
> that were discussed a few months ago (which basically lead to errors
> like that), so I tried removing `build/` dir completely and `find -type
> f -name "*.elc" -delete` but it didn't help. 🤷

Did you try make bootstrap?

Re: Emacs 31.0.50 (2f1052d9b0de) will line-number in some buffers which shouldn't show it, is there some changed in recent master branch related to display-line-number

[Eval Exec]

No, I didn't build emacs by `make bootstrap`, I build emacs by:
```bash
#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -ex

make extraclean

BRANCH_NAME=$(git branch --show-current | sed 's/\//_/g')
COMMIT_ID=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
BUILD_DIR=${BRANCH_NAME}-${COMMIT_ID}-ld
INSTALL_PREFIX=$(realpath ../emacs-build/${BUILD_DIR})

./autogen.sh
./configure  CFLAGS='-O3 -march=native' LDFLAGS='-O3 -march=native' \
  --prefix=${INSTALL_PREFIX} \
  --with-imagemagick  \
  --with-modules \
  --with-cairo --with-cairo-xcb \
  --without-compress-install \
  --with-native-compilation  --with-mailutils\
  --enable-link-time-optimization \
  --with-tree-sitter --with-xinput2 \
  --with-dbus  --with-native-compilation=aot \
  --with-file-notification=inotify\
  && make -j30 install
```

On Fri, Jan 3, 2025 at 5:21 PM Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Konstantin Kharlamov <Hi-Angel@yandex.ru> writes:
>
> > On Fri, 2025-01-03 at 13:45 +0800, Eval EXEC wrote:
> >> Hello, I am building Emacs from source, and I’ve noticed something
> >> unusual. Line numbers appear in my rg and xref buffers, but they
> >> disappear after approximately 100ms. This happens even though I’ve
> >> only
> >> configured display-line-number-mode to be enabled in prog-mode via an
> >> add-hook.
> >>
> >> Has there been any recent change in the code related to display-line-
> >> number-mode that might explain this behavior?
> >>
> >> Thank you for your help!
> >
> > FWIW, I just tried building Emacs from latest commit to look at it, but
> > it doesn't even build with `Error: void-function (rx)`.
> >
> > Now, I know Emacs build system has some controversial design decisions
> > that were discussed a few months ago (which basically lead to errors
> > like that), so I tried removing `build/` dir completely and `find -type
> > f -name "*.elc" -delete` but it didn't help. 🤷
>
> Did you try make bootstrap?

Re: Emacs 31.0.50 (2f1052d9b0de) will line-number in some buffers which shouldn't show it, is there some changed in recent master branch related to display-line-number

[Konstantin Kharlamov]

On Fri, 2025-01-03 at 03:21 -0600, Stefan Kangas wrote:
> Konstantin Kharlamov <Hi-Angel@yandex.ru> writes:
> 
> > On Fri, 2025-01-03 at 13:45 +0800, Eval EXEC wrote:
> > > Hello, I am building Emacs from source, and I’ve noticed
> > > something
> > > unusual. Line numbers appear in my rg and xref buffers, but they
> > > disappear after approximately 100ms. This happens even though
> > > I’ve
> > > only
> > > configured display-line-number-mode to be enabled in prog-mode
> > > via an
> > > add-hook.
> > > 
> > > Has there been any recent change in the code related to display-
> > > line-
> > > number-mode that might explain this behavior?
> > > 
> > > Thank you for your help!
> > 
> > FWIW, I just tried building Emacs from latest commit to look at it,
> > but
> > it doesn't even build with `Error: void-function (rx)`.
> > 
> > Now, I know Emacs build system has some controversial design
> > decisions
> > that were discussed a few months ago (which basically lead to
> > errors
> > like that), so I tried removing `build/` dir completely and `find -
> > type
> > f -name "*.elc" -delete` but it didn't help. 🤷
> 
> Did you try make bootstrap?

Nope. I just have specific directory where I assembly Emacs Arch
package, whereas the building uses the usual `./configure` and `make`
process. For this test I figured I'd update the Emacs package and test
the same problem at the same time, but I get this.

I think if I remove the repo completely, the error will go away,
because that's how it usually works with that kind of errors. But IMO
this is a bug in build system, because build system should handle
rebuilds without any kind of cleaning or removing specific files.

Re: Emacs 31.0.50 (2f1052d9b0de) will line-number in some buffers which shouldn't show it, is there some changed in recent master branch related to display-line-number

[Konstantin Kharlamov]

On Fri, 2025-01-03 at 17:22 +0800, Eval Exec wrote:
> No, I didn't build emacs by `make bootstrap`

You don't need to, Stefan was replying to my build error 😊

Re: Emacs 31.0.50 (2f1052d9b0de) will line-number in some buffers which shouldn't show it, is there some changed in recent master branch related to display-line-number

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Konstantin Kharlamov <Hi-Angel@yandex.ru>
> Date: Fri, 03 Jan 2025 12:08:37 +0300
> 
> On Fri, 2025-01-03 at 13:45 +0800, Eval EXEC wrote:
> > Hello, I am building Emacs from source, and I’ve noticed something
> > unusual. Line numbers appear in my rg and xref buffers, but they
> > disappear after approximately 100ms. This happens even though I’ve
> > only
> > configured display-line-number-mode to be enabled in prog-mode via an
> > add-hook.
> > 
> > Has there been any recent change in the code related to display-line-
> > number-mode that might explain this behavior?
> > 
> > Thank you for your help!
> 
> FWIW, I just tried building Emacs from latest commit to look at it, but
> it doesn't even build with `Error: void-function (rx)`.

It builds fine here, FWIW.

Re: Emacs 31.0.50 (2f1052d9b0de) will line-number in some buffers which shouldn't show it, is there some changed in recent master branch related to display-line-number

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Konstantin Kharlamov <Hi-Angel@yandex.ru>
> Date: Fri, 03 Jan 2025 12:31:23 +0300
> 
> On Fri, 2025-01-03 at 03:21 -0600, Stefan Kangas wrote:
> > Konstantin Kharlamov <Hi-Angel@yandex.ru> writes:
> > 
> > > On Fri, 2025-01-03 at 13:45 +0800, Eval EXEC wrote:
> > > > Hello, I am building Emacs from source, and I’ve noticed
> > > > something
> > > > unusual. Line numbers appear in my rg and xref buffers, but they
> > > > disappear after approximately 100ms. This happens even though
> > > > I’ve
> > > > only
> > > > configured display-line-number-mode to be enabled in prog-mode
> > > > via an
> > > > add-hook.
> > > > 
> > > > Has there been any recent change in the code related to display-
> > > > line-
> > > > number-mode that might explain this behavior?
> > > > 
> > > > Thank you for your help!
> > > 
> > > FWIW, I just tried building Emacs from latest commit to look at it,
> > > but
> > > it doesn't even build with `Error: void-function (rx)`.
> > > 
> > > Now, I know Emacs build system has some controversial design
> > > decisions
> > > that were discussed a few months ago (which basically lead to
> > > errors
> > > like that), so I tried removing `build/` dir completely and `find -
> > > type
> > > f -name "*.elc" -delete` but it didn't help. 🤷
> > 
> > Did you try make bootstrap?
> 
> Nope.

Why not?

> I think if I remove the repo completely, the error will go away,
> because that's how it usually works with that kind of errors. But IMO
> this is a bug in build system, because build system should handle
> rebuilds without any kind of cleaning or removing specific files.

As already abundantly explained in the past, there are valid reasons
for us not to reach that ideal in 100% of cases.  That's why when a
build fails, the Makefile suggests "make bootstrap".  To make
shortcuts, you need to know many intimate details of how Emacs is
built and how it works, and we don't expect that from casual builders.

Re: Emacs 31.0.50 (2f1052d9b0de) will line-number in some buffers which shouldn't show it, is there some changed in recent master branch related to display-line-number

[Konstantin Kharlamov]

On Fri, 2025-01-03 at 13:50 +0200, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > From: Konstantin Kharlamov <Hi-Angel@yandex.ru>
> > Date: Fri, 03 Jan 2025 12:31:23 +0300
> > 
> > On Fri, 2025-01-03 at 03:21 -0600, Stefan Kangas wrote:
> > > Konstantin Kharlamov <Hi-Angel@yandex.ru> writes:
> > > 
> > > > On Fri, 2025-01-03 at 13:45 +0800, Eval EXEC wrote:
> > > > > Hello, I am building Emacs from source, and I’ve noticed
> > > > > something
> > > > > unusual. Line numbers appear in my rg and xref buffers, but
> > > > > they
> > > > > disappear after approximately 100ms. This happens even though
> > > > > I’ve
> > > > > only
> > > > > configured display-line-number-mode to be enabled in prog-
> > > > > mode
> > > > > via an
> > > > > add-hook.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Has there been any recent change in the code related to
> > > > > display-
> > > > > line-
> > > > > number-mode that might explain this behavior?
> > > > > 
> > > > > Thank you for your help!
> > > > 
> > > > FWIW, I just tried building Emacs from latest commit to look at
> > > > it,
> > > > but
> > > > it doesn't even build with `Error: void-function (rx)`.
> > > > 
> > > > Now, I know Emacs build system has some controversial design
> > > > decisions
> > > > that were discussed a few months ago (which basically lead to
> > > > errors
> > > > like that), so I tried removing `build/` dir completely and
> > > > `find -
> > > > type
> > > > f -name "*.elc" -delete` but it didn't help. 🤷
> > > 
> > > Did you try make bootstrap?
> > 
> > Nope.
> 
> Why not?

Just did, worked out fine, thanks.

The reason was that I didn't remember what `make bootstrap` does. Over
a year I contribute to dozens of unrelated projects in different langs
and with different build systems. So understandably after some time I
forget things I worked on. E.g. I remember what change-log-mode is
about after sending an email that I don't get what it does, but it took
some time for memories of working with it to flow up.

> > I think if I remove the repo completely, the error will go away,
> > because that's how it usually works with that kind of errors. But
> > IMO
> > this is a bug in build system, because build system should handle
> > rebuilds without any kind of cleaning or removing specific files.
> 
> As already abundantly explained in the past, there are valid reasons
> for us not to reach that ideal in 100% of cases.  That's why when a
> build fails, the Makefile suggests "make bootstrap".  To make
> shortcuts, you need to know many intimate details of how Emacs is
> built and how it works, and we don't expect that from casual
> builders.

Based on past discussions I don't think I could convince you, but IMO
making sure build system works is more important than its performance.
The case we discuss here is a perfect example: I tried to help someone,
so was going to check on the problem and maybe try to bisect. But I
only have so much motivation. I don't want to fight build system. I
want to just be able to build (and before you say "use bootstrap", as I
mentioned in prev. paragraph, I need to remember the workaround when I
stumble upon the problem). So after I saw Emacs is unbuildable again,
and I tried a few workarounds I remember and it didn't work, wouldn't I
have sent the letter to ML, I'd have just dropped the ball.

It's not just me, that's how people work. You have some motivation +
spare time, and both get reduced with each problem you stumble upon.
For any project ecosystem it is important to reduce such unexpected
problems for contributors as much as possible. I'm certain Emacs may be
missing hundreds of improvements for the decades of its existence, that
people would've sent, but didn't because some similarly unrelated to
hacking problem was the last straw (build system is not the only
example, I can give others).

Regarding Makeilfes, I have some anecdotal experience: there's a
proprietary project I was working on as part of my job. Before me it
was using Makefiles, and despite people's efforts we frequently were
getting sporadic builds. Sometimes deps were executed in the wrong
order due to `-jX` (and we had a lot of them). Other times
removing/renaming a file would result in error about not having the
source file for `.o` one. This was coming up in CI, on local systems,
in chats… I think that took a lot of shared human-hours. Then I rewrote
it to Meson, and for the next 2 years can't remember even a single
build-system related failure (well, besides one, but not because of
Meson but because of mixed artifacts from makefile times). So much
saved human-hours in the years that passed and ones that to come…

Re: Emacs 31.0.50 (2f1052d9b0de) will line-number in some buffers which shouldn't show it, is there some changed in recent master branch related to display-line-number

[Konstantin Kharlamov]

On Fri, 2025-01-03 at 10:45 +0200, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > From: Eval EXEC <execvy@gmail.com>
> > Date: Fri, 03 Jan 2025 13:45:11 +0800
> > 
> > 
> > -- 
> > 
> > 
> > Hello, I am building Emacs from source, and I’ve noticed something
> > unusual. Line numbers appear in my rg and xref buffers, but they
> > disappear after approximately 100ms. This happens even though I’ve
> > only
> > configured display-line-number-mode to be enabled in prog-mode via
> > an
> > add-hook.
> 
> Can you show a minimal recipe for reproducing this problem starting
> from "emacs -Q"?
> 
> It is best to post that using "M-x report-emacs-bug", so that this
> and
> the following discussion get recorded by our issue tracker.

I join the Eli's comment: I just built Emacs and I can't reproduce your
problem. Please try reducing it to minimal steps.

Even better would be if you'd find the commit that brought the problem
(see git-bisect, it's somewhat fast, e.g. for 2000 commits you can find
the culprit in just 11 steps).