GNU bug report logs - #15215
24.3; quit abnormally when find-file

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Message #8 received at 15215 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: forward <eude.xj <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 15215 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#15215: 24.3; quit abnormally when find-file
Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2013 03:04:33 -0400

forward wrote:

> In definition of function `find-file-noselect' in file "files.el"
> from line 1807 to 1816
>
>             ;; Certain files should be reverted automatically
>             ;; if they have changed on disk and not in the buffer.
>             ((and (not (buffer-modified-p buf))
>                   (let ((tail revert-without-query)
>                     (found nil))
>                 (while tail
>                   (if (string-match (car tail) filename)  ===>
>                       (setq found t))
>                   (setq tail (cdr tail)))
>                 found))
>
>    ==> when tail is `t' since `revert-without-query' is `t' ,  it signals a
> "Wrong type argument: listp, t".

`t' is not a documented value for revert-without-query.
It is supposed to be a list of regexps.
Set it to '(".") if you really want to revert everything without asking.

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