GNU bug report logs - #14120
invalid load-history in emacsen that CANNOT_DUMP

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: BT Templeton <bt <at> hcoop.net>

Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2013 22:55:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 27.0.50

Fixed in version 27.1

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Robert Weiner <rswgnu <at> gmail.com>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 14120 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Robert Weiner <rsw <at> gnu.org>
Subject: bug#14120: [Robert Weiner] Emacs history selection non-string arguments causing failures for a long time
Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2020 21:22:13 -0500

> On Feb 16, 2020, at 8:52 PM, Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca> wrote:
> 
> The docstring of `load-history` says that (car load-elt) should never be
> anything else than a string or nil.  So the right fix is likely
> elsewhere.

Yes, I noticed that too, so maybe this is just a patch that allows history to work while filtering out these errant entries which may be as much as 20% of my total entries.  I hope someone can find the injection source.

Bob
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