From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Mosur Mohan Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#4592: Bug in built-in function substitute-in-file-name Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 15:58:04 -0700 Message-ID: <7f5ab920910061558n38eb6a8br4668129367089930@mail.gmail.com> References: <7f5ab920909291737r4b739331v40b9d9ea703ef440@mail.gmail.com> <8hd455coyo.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <7f5ab920910030013n1b4b88f8he564ae610cb90236@mail.gmail.com> Reply-To: Mosur Mohan , 4592@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1254870454 27278 80.91.229.12 (6 Oct 2009 23:07:34 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 23:07:34 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 4592@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com To: Lennart Borgman Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Oct 07 01:07:24 2009 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 4.50) id 1MvJ7q-0001IS-O3 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 07 Oct 2009 01:07:23 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:55222 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MvJ7p-0006x2-Ov for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 06 Oct 2009 19:07:21 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MvJ7l-0006w6-Es for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Oct 2009 19:07:17 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MvJ7g-0006vA-Py for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Oct 2009 19:07:17 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=57945 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MvJ7g-0006v1-Mj for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Oct 2009 19:07:12 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]:45305) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MvJ7g-0003y8-0i for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Oct 2009 19:07:12 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu (rzlab.ucr.edu [127.0.0.1]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id n96N78Tr032566; Tue, 6 Oct 2009 16:07:10 -0700 Original-Received: (from debbugs@localhost) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n96N5FVk031831; Tue, 6 Oct 2009 16:05:15 -0700 Resent-Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 16:05:15 -0700 X-Loop: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com Resent-From: Mosur Mohan Resent-To: bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs 2Resent-Date: Tue, 06 Oct 2009 23:05:14 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com X-Emacs-PR-Message: followup 4592 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: unreproducible moreinfo Original-Received: via spool by 4592-submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com id=B4592.125486988730254 (code B ref 4592); Tue, 06 Oct 2009 23:05:14 +0000 Original-Received: (at 4592) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 6 Oct 2009 22:58:07 +0000 X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. Original-Received: from qw-out-2122.google.com (qw-out-2122.google.com [74.125.92.25]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id n96Mw5Y6030251 for <4592@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Tue, 6 Oct 2009 15:58:06 -0700 Original-Received: by qw-out-2122.google.com with SMTP id 9so1477830qwb.13 for <4592@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:58:04 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=UeaPObzjOGpBPugPFGzMYVzMPucl0QfgF4zk+w++xtE=; b=WnDxyYv1Y67/1YhH21yDTB5NmwIgl1L3pP9xqVUXbCD36KOL4pP6fVIiaNIiueEpkO hUXrR/WhrHNn3yB6m+lOzsS+dO4BGwmTv9jaFzZpRwU2kOlupP9L0ZJ1dIpcMy/IT7ZE 02KuWnWnX5v46Oa9kAc/XBpBMp1Q13YRgF/fg= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=bqbZHOMWlg/WLiDBQQ0+CLVUR5ZjwVLP8bWdL679rwONveOv1XwmrL6XY/dY/mc8so uuBogrBxrKMaZGcYcRimEMLoAk1xVAOvfRilZ6+RZ7FCFbhRLVmhPds4xh5BTJQarUi8 65zUsl82H68nAePsqryMsSVF1icg2FkRL8d2g= Original-Received: by 10.224.3.74 with SMTP id 10mr1929553qam.302.1254869884814; Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:58:04 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) Resent-Date: Tue, 06 Oct 2009 19:07:17 -0400 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list 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:31742 Archived-At: Sorry, didn't notice your question earlier... yes, I will upgrade at least to 22.3 (that is the latest version that our IT group has installed internally). But I have quite a bit of customization, which takes a while to transition, so it will probably be some time before I can switch versions. So, if I notice the bug before that happens, maybe I can figure out what triggers it -- that's what I meant. Thanks, -- Mohan On Sat, Oct 3, 2009 at 12:18 PM, Lennart Borgman wrote: > Why do you do that instead of upgrade to Emacs 23? > > > On Sat, Oct 3, 2009 at 9:13 AM, Mosur Mohan wrote: >> I was afraid you were gonna say that... :-) Unfortunately I haven't >> been able to pin down the exact recipe; in the "good" session, I'm >> still chugging along and the error hasn't occurred yet. >> >> Thanks for your help anyway! =A0If I figure out the recipe to trigger >> this behavior, I will get in touch with you again. >> -- >> Mohan >> >> On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 5:15 PM, Glenn Morris wrote: >>> Mosur Mohan wrote: >>> >>>> I am running Emacs version 21.3 on a Linux x86_64 machine. >>> [...] >>>> After running for a while, I notice that filename completion starts >>>> giving errors. =A0At this point, I re-try the above experiment: >>>> =A0 =A0 (substitute-in-file-name "/~/") >>>> But now, I get: >>>> =A0 =A0 "/~/" >>> >>> Unfortunately, this seems a rather obscure problem, and Emacs 21 is >>> quite old, so you are unlikely to get much help unless you can give a >>> simple recipe showing how to get into this state (starting from emacs >>> -q --no-site-file). In any case, I would recommend upgrading to Emacs 2= 3. >>> >> >> >> >> >