bug#17527: emacs 24.3.91: magit error

[jeremy@barbay.cl]

Hi Glenn.

Glenn> Hello, still waiting for more information on this issue...
Glenn> http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=17527#14

Sorry for the delay: I was busy with academic deadlines.

After further experimentation, I think the problem does come from
magit and not from emacs itself:

- I installed and compiled GNU Emacs 24.3.92.1 from the git repository:

  - No error is generated when 
    - starting with emacs -q and emacs -Q without loading any file.

  - The error is generated when
    - starting with emacs (and my .emacs file) without loading any file, OR
    - starting with emacs -q and emacs -Q loading a file under git control.

- It is distinct from https://github.com/magit/magit/issues/1274

  - I don't have any Makefile inside any .git folder.
  - I will contact the magit team if the bug persists after I am done
    refactoring my .emacs configuration into .emacs.d and adapting it
    to the latest version of emacs.

Sorry if I wasted your time on this :(
-- 
Jeremy                                    (http://www.barbay.cl/)

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Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument listp 769)
  magit-max-args-internal(delete-directory)
  byte-code("\300\301!\203\x0e\0\302\303\301\"\210\202\x13\0\302\303\304\"\210\305\306!\204\x1e\0\302\306\307\"\210\305\310!\203,\0\302\311\310\"\210\2021\0\302\311\312\"\210\313\314!\315Y\203A\0\302\316\314\"\210\202F\0\302\316\317\"\210\300\207" [functionp start-file-process defalias magit-start-process start-process fboundp string-match-p #[(regexp string &optional start) "\304\x18\305	\n\v#)\207" [inhibit-changing-match-data regexp string start t string-match] 4 "Same as `string-match' except this function does not\nchange the match data."] with-silent-modifications magit-with-silent-modifications (macro . #[(&rest body) "\301\302\303\304\305\bBBED\207" [body set-buffer-modified-p prog1 (buffer-modified-p) let ((buffer-undo-list t) before-change-functions after-change-functions)] 6 "Execute body without changing `buffer-modified-p'. Also, do not\nrecord undo information."]) magit-max-args-internal delete-directory 2 magit-delete-directory #[(directory &optional recursive) "\304\b!\204\f\0\305\b!\204\x10\0\306\b!\207	\2030\0\307\b\310\311#\312\x1a\211^[\203/\0\v@\x12\313\n	\"\210\vA\211\x13\204 \0*\314\b!\207" [directory recursive file --cl-dolist-temp-- file-symlink-p file-directory-p delete-file directory-files full "\\([^.]\\|\\.\\([^.]\\|\\..\\)\\).*" nil magit-delete-directory delete-directory] 5 "Deletes a directory named DIRECTORY.  If RECURSIVE is non-nil,\nrecursively delete all of DIRECTORY's contents as well.\n\nDoes not follow symlinks."]] 3)
  require(magit)
  eval-buffer(#<buffer  *load*> nil "/home/jbarbay/.emacs" nil t)  ; Reading at buffer position 50927
  load-with-code-conversion("/home/jbarbay/.emacs" "/home/jbarbay/.emacs" t t)
  load("~/.emacs" t t)
  #[0 "\b\205\262\0	\306=\203\x11\0\307\b\310Q\202;\0	\311=\204\x1e\0\307\b\312Q\202;\0\313\307\314\315#\203*\0\316\202;\0\313\307\314\317#\203:\0\320\nB\x12\321\202;\0\316\322\x13\323\x01\322\211#\210\v\322=\203a\0\324\325\326\307\b\327Q!\"\323\x01\322\211#\210\v\322=\203`\0\x01\x13\210\v\203\243\0\330\v!\331\232\203\243\0\332\v!\211\333P\334\x01!\203}\0\211\202\210\0\334\x02!\203\207\0\x01\202\210\0\314\262\x02\x01\203\241\0\335\x02\v\"\203\237\0\336\337\x03\v#\210\340\341!\210\x01\x13\266\x02\f?\205\260\0\314\x1d\323\342\322\211#)\262\x01\207" [init-file-user system-type delayed-warnings-list user-init-file inhibit-default-init inhibit-startup-screen ms-dos "~" "/_emacs" windows-nt "/.emacs" directory-files nil "^\\.emacs\\(\\.elc?\\)?$" "~/.emacs" "^_emacs\\(\\.elc?\\)?$" (initialization "`_emacs' init file is deprecated, please use `.emacs'") "~/_emacs" t load expand-file-name "init" file-name-as-directory "/.emacs.d" file-name-extension "elc" file-name-sans-extension ".el" file-exists-p file-newer-than-file-p message "Warning: %s is newer than %s" sit-for 1 "default"] 7 "\n\n(fn)"]()
  command-line()
  normal-top-level()
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