Subject: bug#11519: "Wrong type argument: characterp" building custom-deps while boostrapping

From: Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 21 May 2012 05:51:16 +0300

> From: Stefan Monnier <[email-masked]>
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]>,  [email-masked]
> Date: Sun, 20 May 2012 21:50:04 -0400
> 
> > The bug disappears if you revert this change:
> [...]
> >   Remove no-byte-compile setting from some lisp/language files.
> 
> My gut tells me this is just a trigger but not the cause of the bug :-(

What could be the cause, given that this commit triggers it?