From: Dmitry Gutov <dmitry@gutov.dev>
To: Beth Lake <beth_15_@hotmail.com>, 62674@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#62674: vc-next-action prints error message: "Cannot open load file: No such file or directory, vc-nil
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2023 04:53:49 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <d69f92b3-f7ed-8c43-6545-451dd628cd90@gutov.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <DM4P221MB0881335C67954109BC323D29D0939@DM4P221MB0881.NAMP221.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM>
Hi!
On 05/04/2023 01:12, Beth Lake wrote:
> Create a CVS repository in the present working directory:
> $ cvs -d "$PWD/cvsroot" init
>
> Create multiple working directories:
> $ cvs -d "$PWD/cvsroot" checkout -d dir1 .
> $ cvs -d "$PWD/cvsroot" checkout -d dir2 .
>
> Create a file in one of the working directories:
> $ touch dir1/file
>
> Check in the file:
> C-x v d dir1 RET
> SPC m C-x v v C-x v v C-c C-c q
>
> Mark the file in the other working directory:
> C-x v d dir2 RET
> SPC m
>
> vc-next-action prints an error message:
> C-x v v yes RET
>
> Cannot open load file: No such file or directory, vc-nil
The patch below seems to fix this particular scenario.
I'm not sure we want to expend much effort on supporting CVS this day
and age, but if the one-liner change is enough, all the better.
You'd have to upgrade to a newer Emacs, though. 26.3 is quite old.
diff --git a/lisp/vc/vc.el b/lisp/vc/vc.el
index 90905edb887..6ec70b566f9 100644
--- a/lisp/vc/vc.el
+++ b/lisp/vc/vc.el
@@ -1594,7 +1594,7 @@ vc-checkout
(vc-call make-version-backups-p file)
(vc-up-to-date-p file)
(vc-make-version-backup file))
- (let ((backend (vc-backend file)))
+ (let ((backend (or vc-dir-backend (vc-backend file))))
(with-vc-properties (list file)
(condition-case err
(vc-call-backend backend 'checkout file rev)
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-04-11 1:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-04-04 22:12 bug#62674: vc-next-action prints error message: "Cannot open load file: No such file or directory, vc-nil Beth Lake
2023-04-11 1:53 ` Dmitry Gutov [this message]
2023-04-11 6:18 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-04-11 21:01 ` Dmitry Gutov
2023-04-14 3:50 ` Beth Lake
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