From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Chong Yidong Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#5303: 23.1.91; Cannot load .emacs-history from savehist.el Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2010 14:33:30 -0500 Message-ID: <87bpgtu9o5.fsf@stupidchicken.com> References: <8F73D1539CE042B8A9B48F767127C43B@us.oracle.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1263670777 3915 80.91.229.12 (16 Jan 2010 19:39:37 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2010 19:39:37 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 5303@debbugs.gnu.org To: "Drew Adams" Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jan 16 20:39:29 2010 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 1NWEUY-0003J4-EL for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 16 Jan 2010 20:39:26 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:48672 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NWEUZ-0005QT-Bb for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 16 Jan 2010 14:39:27 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NWEUT-0005Pi-DB for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 16 Jan 2010 14:39:21 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NWEUO-0005P4-9y for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 16 Jan 2010 14:39:20 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=33571 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NWEUO-0005P1-43 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 16 Jan 2010 14:39:16 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:36709) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NWEUN-0003rF-LF for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 16 Jan 2010 14:39:15 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NWEPK-0007tN-2H; Sat, 16 Jan 2010 14:34:02 -0500 X-Loop: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org In-Reply-To: <8F73D1539CE042B8A9B48F767127C43B@us.oracle.com> Resent-From: Chong Yidong Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2010 19:34:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Emacs-PR-Message: followup 5303 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 5303-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B5303.126367041730318 (code B ref 5303); Sat, 16 Jan 2010 19:34:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 5303) by debbugs.gnu.org; 16 Jan 2010 19:33:37 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NWEOu-0007sv-1C for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 16 Jan 2010 14:33:36 -0500 Original-Received: from pantheon-po43.its.yale.edu ([130.132.50.104]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NWEOs-0007sq-LZ for 5303@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 16 Jan 2010 14:33:34 -0500 Original-Received: from furry (173-14-147-246-NewEngland.hfc.comcastbusiness.net [173.14.147.246]) (authenticated bits=0) by pantheon-po43.its.yale.edu (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id o0GJXU6Q014339 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Sat, 16 Jan 2010 14:33:30 -0500 Original-Received: by furry (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 407E4C05D; Sat, 16 Jan 2010 12:33:30 -0700 (MST) X-YaleITSMailFilter: Version 1.2c (attachment(s) not renamed) X-Spam-Score: -3.5 (---) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list X-Spam-Score: -3.5 (---) Resent-Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2010 14:34:02 -0500 X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org 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:34390 Archived-At: > Trying to load the attached file raises the error "End of file during > parsing: c:/.emacs-history". > > There is no real end-of-file problem, however: This file was created > by savehist.el using Emacs 23.1, and it loads fine in all releases of > Emacs (20 through 23). An error is raised only for the Emacs > 23.1.91.1 pretest. > > However, something weird is going on. If the file is in c:/ when I try > to load it, then the error is raised. If the file is in c:/mydir/ when > I try to load it, then it loads with no error. I do not understand > this at all. Exactly the same file, different behavior. And it doesn't > matter whether I make the file copy using Emacs C-x C-w or using > Windows copy+paste. I'm afraid I can't reproduce this. There's no error loading the file. Maybe it's a Windows-only bug.