bug#49877: [Emacs 28.0.50 Trunk] *ERROR*: No applicable method: frame-creation-function

bug#49877: [Emacs 28.0.50 Trunk] *ERROR*: No applicable method: frame-creation-function

[Jacob Faibussowitsch]

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Hello Emacs Devs,

Full error message:

*ERROR*: No applicable method: frame-creation-function, ((client . #<process server <15>>) (environment "_=/usr/local/bin/emacsclient" "TERM_PROGRAM=iTerm.app" "__CF_USER_TEXT_ENCODING=0x1F5:0x0:0x0" "OLDPWD=/Users/jacobfaibussowitsch/NoSync/petsc" "MFEM_DIR=/Users/jacobfaibussowitsch/NoSync/mfem" "REMOTE_USER=jacobfaibussowitsch" "PATH=/usr/local/opt/ccache/libexec:/usr/local/opt/gnu-sed/libexec/gnubin:/Users/jacobfaibussowitsch/NoSync/petscpackages/bin:/Users/jacobfaibussowitsch/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/Users/jacobfaibussowitsch/.cargo/bin" "PS1=[darwin-c-debug]\\[\\][\\[\\]LOC\\[\\]\\[\\]]\\[\\]\\[\\033[36m\\]$(parse_git_branch)\\[\\033[m\\]@\\[\\033[33;1m\\]\\w\\[\\033[m\\]$ " "XPC_SERVICE_NAME=0" "SHLVL=1" "DISPLAY=/private/tmp/com.apple.launchd.7c2LVKTrQr/org.xquartz:0" "LC_TERMINAL_VERSION=3.4.9beta1" "PETSC_ARCH=arch-darwin-c-debug" "olcftutorialdir=/ccs/hom

How to reproduce:

1. Build latest trunk
2. $ emacsclient -c ./path/to/file
*in another terminal window*
3. $ emacsclient -c

Possible culprit(?):

This recent merge https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/?id=6535fd1fa9ac21238a168916249ac59677a6118e <https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/?id=6535fd1fa9ac21238a168916249ac59677a6118e> introduced

diff --git a/lisp/frame.el b/lisp/frame.el
index 9b3d120598..8c05ad2fe5 100644
--- a/lisp/frame.el
+++ b/lisp/frame.el
@@ -36,7 +36,11 @@ as its argument.")
(cl-generic-define-context-rewriter window-system (value)
;; If `value' is a `consp', it's probably an old-style specializer,
;; so just use it, and anyway `eql' isn't very useful on cons cells.
- `(window-system ,(if (consp value) value `(eql ,value))))
+ `(window-system ,(if (consp value) value
+ ;; WARNING: unsure whether this eql expression
+ ;; is actually an eql specializer.
+ ;; Bug #47327
+ `(eql ',value))))

Specifically the last line `(eql ‘,value). Removing the quote from value (i.e. `(eql ,value) ) fixed things on my end. Seems the warning was salient ;)

Best regards,

Jacob Faibussowitsch
(Jacob Fai - booss - oh - vitch)


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bug#49877: [Emacs 28.0.50 Trunk] *ERROR*: No applicable method: frame-creation-function

[Lars Ingebrigtsen]

Jacob Faibussowitsch <jacob.fai@gmail.com> writes:

> 1. Build latest trunk
> 2. $ emacsclient -c ./path/to/file
> *in another terminal window*
> 3. $ emacsclient -c

I'm unable to reproduce this on the current trunk.  Is this with a fresh
checkout (or "make bootstrap")?

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
   bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no

bug#49877: [Emacs 28.0.50 Trunk] *ERROR*: No applicable method: frame-creation-function

[Jacob Faibussowitsch]

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Hello,

> Is this with a fresh
> checkout (or "make bootstrap")?

I’m not sure I follow, what is the difference? I am able to reproduce/build emacs via:

1. git checkout master
2. make clean
3. ./reconfigure.sh (attached)
3. make all

I’ve attached the “reconfigure” script that should produce an identical configuration to mine. I’ve also attached all the info normally generated from “M-x report-emacs-bug”, but bear in mind this was generated after applying my “fix” I listed below.

Best regards,

Jacob Faibussowitsch
(Jacob Fai - booss - oh - vitch)


> On Aug 5, 2021, at 07:12, Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> wrote:
> 
> Jacob Faibussowitsch <jacob.fai@gmail.com> writes:
> 
>> 1. Build latest trunk
>> 2. $ emacsclient -c ./path/to/file
>> *in another terminal window*
>> 3. $ emacsclient -c
> 
> I'm unable to reproduce this on the current trunk.  Is this with a fresh
> checkout (or "make bootstrap")?
> 
> -- 
> (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
>   bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no


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./configure \
CC=clang \
CXX=clang++ \
CFLAGS="-O3 -march=native -flto=thin -flto-jobs=5 -std=gnu17 -Wno-unused-command-line-argument" \
CXXFLAGS="-O3 -march=native -flto=thin -flto-jobs=5 -std=gnu++17 -Wno-unused-command-line-argument" \
LDFLAGS="-mmacosx-version-min=11.5" \
LIBS="-lpng -ljpeg" \
--with-native-compilation \
--with-gnutls \
--without-x \
--with-xml2 \
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--with-modules \
--with-json \
--without-ns \
--with-jpeg \
--with-tiff \
--with-gif \
--with-png \
--with-rsvg \
--with-libsystemd \
--with-cairo \
--with-zlib \
--with-libgmp \
--with-toolkit-scroll-bars \
--disable-gcc-warnings

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In GNU Emacs 28.0.50 (build 5, x86_64-apple-darwin20.6.0)
 of 2021-08-04 built on Jacobs-MBP.fios-router.home
Repository revision: 1910800f93cdc5fd9bc657e7f65e9db9c8e94de0
Repository branch: master
System Description:  macOS 11.5.1

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 'LIBS=-lpng -ljpeg' --with-native-compilation --with-gnutls --without-x
 --with-xml2 --with-dbus --with-modules --with-json --without-ns
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 --with-libsystemd --with-cairo --with-zlib --with-libgmp
 --with-toolkit-scroll-bars --disable-gcc-warnings'

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Load-path shadows:
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bug#49877: [Emacs 28.0.50 Trunk] *ERROR*: No applicable method: frame-creation-function

[Lars Ingebrigtsen]

Jacob Faibussowitsch <jacob.fai@gmail.com> writes:

>  Is this with a fresh
>  checkout (or "make bootstrap")?
>
> I’m not sure I follow, what is the difference?

Sorry, that was unclear.  I meant that as an inclusive or, and as
opposed to doing an incremental build.

> I am able to reproduce/build emacs via:
>
> 1. git checkout master
> 2. make clean
> 3. ./reconfigure.sh (attached)
> 3. make all

I'm still not able to reproduce the problem, but a different user
reported exactly the same problem...  which then went away.  So
something's definitely going on here.

So I've added Stefan to the CCs -- could you take a look at this?  It
looks like a possible problem with the recent eql changes, but is
weirdly difficult to reproduce.  

diff --git a/lisp/frame.el b/lisp/frame.el
index 9b3d120598..8c05ad2fe5 100644
--- a/lisp/frame.el
+++ b/lisp/frame.el
@@ -36,7 +36,11 @@ as its argument.")
(cl-generic-define-context-rewriter window-system (value)
;; If `value' is a `consp', it's probably an old-style specializer,
;; so just use it, and anyway `eql' isn't very useful on cons cells.
- `(window-system ,(if (consp value) value `(eql ,value))))
+ `(window-system ,(if (consp value) value
+ ;; WARNING: unsure whether this eql expression
+ ;; is actually an eql specializer.
+ ;; Bug #47327
+ `(eql ',value))))


-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
   bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no

bug#49877: [Emacs 28.0.50 Trunk] *ERROR*: No applicable method: frame-creation-function

[Jacob Faibussowitsch]

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> I'm still not able to reproduce the problem, but a different user
> reported exactly the same problem...  which then went away.  So
> something's definitely going on here.


Ok so on a whim I went and started bisecting my init file, and lo and behold it turns out there is some sort of subtle interaction with doom mode-line. Specifically, I configure it via:

(use-package-select doom-modeline
  :after all-the-icons
  :hook (after-init . doom-modeline-mode)
  :config
  (column-number-mode 1)
  :custom
  (doom-modeline-icon t)
  (doom-modeline-project-detection ‘project) <——— commenting out this line fixes the problem
  (doom-modeline-major-mode-icon t)
  (doom-modeline-major-mode-color-icon t)
  (doom-modeline-buffer-state-icon t)
  (doom-modeline-buffer-modification-icon t)
  (doom-modeline-unicode-fallback nil)
  (doom-modeline-modal-icon t)
  (doom-modeline-minor-modes nil)
  (doom-modeline-indent-info nil)
  (doom-modeline-lsp t))

So somehow this new eql change is related to the project root detection? I tried byte-compiling doom modeling again to see if perhaps there is an additional warning triggered, but the only warning emitted was

In doom-modeline--project-root:
doom-modeline-core.el:1193:26: Warning: ‘project-roots’ is an obsolete function (as of 0.3.0); use ‘project-root’ instead.

From this function:

(defun doom-modeline--project-root ()
  "Get the path to the root of your project.
Return nil if no project was found."
  (or doom-modeline--project-root
      (setq doom-modeline--project-root
            (pcase doom-modeline-project-detection
              ('ffip
               (when (fboundp 'ffip-get-project-root-directory)
                 (let ((inhibit-message t))
                   (ffip-get-project-root-directory))))
              ('projectile
               (when (fboundp 'projectile-project-root)
                 (projectile-project-root)))
              ('project
               (when (fboundp 'project-current)
                 (when-let ((project (project-current)))
                   (car (project-roots project))))))))) <——————— here

Best regards,

Jacob Faibussowitsch
(Jacob Fai - booss - oh - vitch)

> On Aug 6, 2021, at 05:45, Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> wrote:
> 
> Jacob Faibussowitsch <jacob.fai@gmail.com> writes:
> 
>> Is this with a fresh
>> checkout (or "make bootstrap")?
>> 
>> I’m not sure I follow, what is the difference?
> 
> Sorry, that was unclear.  I meant that as an inclusive or, and as
> opposed to doing an incremental build.
> 
>> I am able to reproduce/build emacs via:
>> 
>> 1. git checkout master
>> 2. make clean
>> 3. ./reconfigure.sh (attached)
>> 3. make all
> 
> I'm still not able to reproduce the problem, but a different user
> reported exactly the same problem...  which then went away.  So
> something's definitely going on here.
> 
> So I've added Stefan to the CCs -- could you take a look at this?  It
> looks like a possible problem with the recent eql changes, but is
> weirdly difficult to reproduce.  
> 
> diff --git a/lisp/frame.el b/lisp/frame.el
> index 9b3d120598..8c05ad2fe5 100644
> --- a/lisp/frame.el
> +++ b/lisp/frame.el
> @@ -36,7 +36,11 @@ as its argument.")
> (cl-generic-define-context-rewriter window-system (value)
> ;; If `value' is a `consp', it's probably an old-style specializer,
> ;; so just use it, and anyway `eql' isn't very useful on cons cells.
> - `(window-system ,(if (consp value) value `(eql ,value))))
> + `(window-system ,(if (consp value) value
> + ;; WARNING: unsure whether this eql expression
> + ;; is actually an eql specializer.
> + ;; Bug #47327
> + `(eql ',value))))
> 
> 
> -- 
> (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
>   bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no


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bug#49877: [Emacs 28.0.50 Trunk] *ERROR*: No applicable method: frame-creation-function

[Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors]

merge 49877 49866
thanks

> I'm still not able to reproduce the problem, but a different user
> reported exactly the same problem...  which then went away.  So
> something's definitely going on here.
>
> So I've added Stefan to the CCs -- could you take a look at this?  It
> looks like a possible problem with the recent eql changes, but is
> weirdly difficult to reproduce.  
>
> diff --git a/lisp/frame.el b/lisp/frame.el
> index 9b3d120598..8c05ad2fe5 100644
> --- a/lisp/frame.el
> +++ b/lisp/frame.el
> @@ -36,7 +36,11 @@ as its argument.")
> (cl-generic-define-context-rewriter window-system (value)
> ;; If `value' is a `consp', it's probably an old-style specializer,
> ;; so just use it, and anyway `eql' isn't very useful on cons cells.
> - `(window-system ,(if (consp value) value `(eql ,value))))
> + `(window-system ,(if (consp value) value
> + ;; WARNING: unsure whether this eql expression
> + ;; is actually an eql specializer.
> + ;; Bug #47327
> + `(eql ',value))))

I hope this is the same as bug#49866.


        Stefan

bug#49877: [Emacs 28.0.50 Trunk] *ERROR*: No applicable method: frame-creation-function

[Christian Albrecht via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors]

>
> I hope this is the same as bug#49866.
>
>
>         Stefan

It is for me. Commit [1] fixes the error described in bug#49877 while
previous commit [2] still trigggers.

[1]
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/?id=75de09b9de2c800d074e2b65a03483d0d44ce3de
[2]
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/?id=0509f3921b52feb6b1916e4ba64c91a603991bfe

Thanks,
Christian

bug#49877: [Emacs 28.0.50 Trunk] *ERROR*: No applicable method: frame-creation-function

[Christian Albrecht via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors]

> It is for me. Commit [1] fixes the error described in bug#49877 while
> previous commit [2] still trigggers.

Dang. I ment bug#49866 of course.

Thanks,
Christian

bug#49877: [Emacs 28.0.50 Trunk] *ERROR*: No applicable method: frame-creation-function

[Christian Albrecht via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors]

>> It is for me. Commit [1] fixes the error described in bug#49877 while
>> previous commit [2] still trigggers.
>
> Dang. I ment bug#49866 of course.

It's embarrassing, but for the sake of clarity, indeed i was referring
bug#49877: [Emacs 28.0.50 Trunk] *ERROR*: No applicable method:
frame-creation-function

Now i stop hasty spamming.

Sorry,
Christian

bug#49877: [Emacs 28.0.50 Trunk] *ERROR*: No applicable method: frame-creation-function

[Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors]

Hi Christian,

Christian Albrecht [2021-08-10 08:14:25] wrote:
>>> It is for me. Commit [1] fixes the error described in bug#49877 while
>>> previous commit [2] still trigggers.
>> Dang. I ment bug#49866 of course.
> It's embarrassing, but for the sake of clarity, indeed i was referring
> bug#49877: [Emacs 28.0.50 Trunk] *ERROR*: No applicable method:
> frame-creation-function
> Now i stop hasty spamming.

Thanks for confirming.  I'm thus closing this bug report.
You still have a few weeks to add a couple more clarifications of your
clarifications, of course (after which, the bug will be "archived")  ;-)


        Stefan

bug#49877: [Emacs 28.0.50 Trunk] *ERROR*: No applicable method: frame-creation-function

[Christian Albrecht via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors]

>Thanks for confirming.  I'm thus closing this bug report.
>You still have a few weeks to add a couple more clarifications of your
>clarifications, of course (after which, the bug will be "archived")  ;-)
>
>
>        Stefan
>

Thanks for your kind words, they made me laugh.

Cheers,
Christian

bug#49877: [Emacs 28.0.50 Trunk] *ERROR*: No applicable method: frame-creation-function

[Christian Albrecht via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors]

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Hello Emacs,

Here is one way to reliably produce the behavior, please excuse
if you think the method or tools that are used are inappropriate,
this is the best i could come up with.

Unfortunatly, for me it isn't reproducible on a docker silex/emacs
image based on Debian. It hit me on my NixOS machine, so i wanted
to create a setup that could be shared to this list.

Bisecting the Github mirror source results in the already mentioned
commit with the message header "Evaluate eql specializers"
> 6535fd1fa9ac21238a168916249ac59677a6118e is the first bad commit

The eval string "(prog1 'counsel (require 'counsel))" is the minimum
piece of code that triggers the bug. This is the stripped down expansion
of the form that is generated by the package leaf.el.

Note that counsel is not the only package that produces the error.
Consequently, some package, e.g. 'package does not invoke it.

Edebugging the scenario leads to frame.el at
    (setq frame (let ((window-system w)) ; Hack attack!
                  (frame-creation-function params)))
where the crash happens.

Maybe the attached Dockerfile and brief usage info is of help for
someone to debug it, i do lack the knowledge to make sense of the behavior.

Also a diff of the config.status from my experiments with the debian
image is available, and if requested or needed, i might provide more
information.

Following command lines might be handy to inspect and observe what
is happening.

To create the image
% docker build -t emacs-49877 .

To run the drafted crash
% docker run --rm -it emacs-49877

To inspect in a shell or run emacs inside the container
% docker run --rm -it --entrypoint /bin/sh --name emacs emacs-49877

To show the build log
# source .env && nix log $BINPATH

To inspect the state of build environment
# source .env && nix show-derivation $BINPATH

To observe the bug while running in an emacsclient in one terminal
% docker run --rm -it --entrypoint /bin/sh --name emacs emacs-49877
# result/bin/emacs -Q --daemon
# result/bin/emacsclient -t

And in another terminal, two times, the second will crash
% docker exec -it emacs /emacs-overlay-master/result/bin/emacsclient -t --eval "(prog1 'counsel (require 'counsel))"
C-x 5 0

Cheers,
Christian


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bug#49877: [Emacs 28.0.50 Trunk] *ERROR*: No applicable method: frame-creation-function

[Christian Albrecht via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors]

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... and the Dockerfile in readable mime type ^^

Cheers,
Christian


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FROM nixos/nix

RUN nix-channel --add https://nixos.org/channels/nixpkgs-unstable nixpkgs
RUN nix-channel --update
RUN nix-env -i bash

RUN wget https://github.com/nix-community/emacs-overlay/archive/master.tar.gz \
  && tar xf master.tar.gz

WORKDIR /emacs-overlay-master

RUN echo -e "{ pkgs ? (import <nixpkgs> { overlays = [ (import ./.) ]; }) }:\n\n\
  let\n\
    emacsWithPackages = (pkgs.emacsPackagesFor pkgs.emacsGit-nox).emacsWithPackages;\n\
  in\n\
    emacsWithPackages (epkgs: (with epkgs.elpaPackages; [ counsel ]))\n\
" >> emacs.nix

RUN nix-build ./emacs.nix

RUN echo -e "\
  export EMACS=$(awk '/exec/ {print $2}' result/bin/emacs)\n\
  export EMACSCLIENT=$(awk '/exec/ {print $2}' result/bin/emacsclient)\n\
  export ELPA=$(awk -F= '/export emacsWithPackages_siteLisp=/ {print $2}' result/bin/emacs)/elpa\n\
" >> .env

RUN source .env && echo -e "\
  export IVY=$(find $ELPA -type d -name ivy*)\n\
  export COUNSEL=$(find $ELPA -type d -name counsel*)\n\
  export SWIPER=$(find $ELPA -type d -name swiper*)\n\
  export LISPPATH=$(realpath $(dirname $EMACS)/../share/emacs/28.0.50/lisp)\n\
  export BINPATH=$(dirname $EMACS)\n\
" >> .env

RUN echo -e "\
  source .env\n\
  export PATH=\$BINPATH\n\
  export EMACSLOADPATH=\$LISPPATH:\$IVY:\$COUNSEL:\$SWIPER\n\
  unset EMACS EMACSCLIENT ELPA IVY COUNSEL SWIPER LISPPATH BINPATH\n\
  export ALTERNATE_EDITOR=\n\
  export TERM=xterm\n\
  emacs --version\n\
  emacs -Q --bg-daemon --eval \"(prog1 'counsel (require 'counsel))\"\n\
  emacsclient -t --eval \"(progn (save-buffers-kill-emacs))\"\n\
" >> emacs.sh

RUN chmod 755 emacs.sh

ENTRYPOINT bash -c "exec -c /emacs-overlay-master/emacs.sh"