From unknown Mon Jun 23 23:54:36 2025 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Subject: bug#17508: 24.3.91; Emacs without dbus support and unclear error message. Resent-From: Nicolas Richard Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 16 May 2014 11:23:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: report 17508 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: To: 17508@debbugs.gnu.org X-Debbugs-Original-To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Received: via spool by submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B.140023936518289 (code B ref -1); Fri, 16 May 2014 11:23:02 +0000 Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 16 May 2014 11:22:45 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:36809 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WlGDs-0004ku-FI for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 16 May 2014 07:22:44 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:52130) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WlGDp-0004ki-S4 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 16 May 2014 07:22:42 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WlGDa-0003UV-R7 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 16 May 2014 07:22:36 -0400 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on eggs.gnu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=disabled version=3.3.2 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::11]:56648) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WlGDa-0003UQ-Ib for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 16 May 2014 07:22:26 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:53737) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WlGDT-0004qI-0w for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 16 May 2014 07:22:26 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WlGDI-0003OG-H3 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 16 May 2014 07:22:18 -0400 Received: from mxin.ulb.ac.be ([164.15.128.112]:38888) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WlGDI-0003Nv-BM for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 16 May 2014 07:22:08 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Ap4HAKb0dVOkD4Xx/2dsb2JhbABZrmgFBgWCXgGYZ3SDYTQBiQwBFJ4gj3OdAQGGbheFVYF/hxiEKgSgK4xGgzk7 Received: from mathsrv4.ulb.ac.be (HELO geodiff-mac3.ulb.ac.be) ([164.15.133.241]) by smtp.ulb.ac.be with ESMTP; 16 May 2014 13:22:07 +0200 From: Nicolas Richard Date: Fri, 16 May 2014 13:23:06 +0200 Message-ID: <87a9aidl2d.fsf@geodiff-mac3.ulb.ac.be> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::11 X-Spam-Score: -5.0 (-----) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -5.0 (-----) When emacs is compiled --without-dbus and one runs: emacs -Q -l notifications --eval '(notifications-notify :title "foo" :body "bar")' the error is cryptic: Error: (void-variable dbus-message-type-method-call) I would in fact expect (require 'dbus) to give an error when no dbus support is available. (This happened to me because I had not installed dbus-1-dev prior to recompiling emacs.) -- Nico. From unknown Mon Jun 23 23:54:36 2025 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Subject: bug#17508: 24.3.91; Emacs without dbus support and unclear error message. Resent-From: Andreas Schwab Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 16 May 2014 12:15:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 17508 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: To: Nicolas Richard Cc: 17508@debbugs.gnu.org Received: via spool by 17508-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B17508.140024250027710 (code B ref 17508); Fri, 16 May 2014 12:15:02 +0000 Received: (at 17508) by debbugs.gnu.org; 16 May 2014 12:15:00 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:36820 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WlH2S-0007Cr-9R for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 16 May 2014 08:15:00 -0400 Received: from mail-out.m-online.net ([212.18.0.10]:46846) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WlH2P-0007Ch-Fm for 17508@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 16 May 2014 08:14:58 -0400 Received: from frontend1.mail.m-online.net (frontend1.mail.intern.m-online.net [192.168.8.180]) by mail-out.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3gVT8J1T1jz3hjDt; Fri, 16 May 2014 14:14:56 +0200 (CEST) Received: from localhost (dynscan1.mnet-online.de [192.168.6.68]) by mail.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3gVT8J05VLzbbfk; Fri, 16 May 2014 14:14:56 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at mnet-online.de Received: from mail.mnet-online.de ([192.168.8.180]) by localhost (dynscan1.mail.m-online.net [192.168.6.68]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id QRo-eYgsesBE; Fri, 16 May 2014 14:14:54 +0200 (CEST) X-Auth-Info: NPHRd9eWz1hG9dQTlEApiP3MYX3OklmLP1iti3939og= Received: from igel.home (ppp-188-174-155-7.dynamic.mnet-online.de [188.174.155.7]) by mail.mnet-online.de (Postfix) with ESMTPA; Fri, 16 May 2014 14:14:54 +0200 (CEST) Received: by igel.home (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 846D92C0C46; Fri, 16 May 2014 14:14:54 +0200 (CEST) From: Andreas Schwab References: <87a9aidl2d.fsf@geodiff-mac3.ulb.ac.be> X-Yow: These PRESERVES should be FORCE-FED to PENTAGON OFFICIALS!! Date: Fri, 16 May 2014 14:14:54 +0200 In-Reply-To: <87a9aidl2d.fsf@geodiff-mac3.ulb.ac.be> (Nicolas Richard's message of "Fri, 16 May 2014 13:23:06 +0200") Message-ID: <8761l5or7l.fsf@igel.home> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) Nicolas Richard writes: > I would in fact expect (require 'dbus) to give an error when no dbus > support is available. Just loading a library should never give an error. Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, schwab@linux-m68k.org GPG Key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5 "And now for something completely different." From unknown Mon Jun 23 23:54:36 2025 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MIME-tools 5.503 (Entity 5.503) X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org From: help-debbugs@gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System) To: Nicolas Richard Subject: bug#17508: closed (Re: bug#17508: 24.3.91; Emacs without dbus support and unclear error message.) Message-ID: References: <87ppjdamro.fsf@gmx.de> <87a9aidl2d.fsf@geodiff-mac3.ulb.ac.be> X-Gnu-PR-Message: they-closed 17508 X-Gnu-PR-Package: emacs Reply-To: 17508@debbugs.gnu.org Date: Fri, 16 May 2014 13:15:03 +0000 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="----------=_1400246103-2269-1" This is a multi-part message in MIME format... ------------=_1400246103-2269-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Your bug report #17508: 24.3.91; Emacs without dbus support and unclear error message. which was filed against the emacs package, has been closed. The explanation is attached below, along with your original report. If you require more details, please reply to 17508@debbugs.gnu.org. --=20 17508: http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=3D17508 GNU Bug Tracking System Contact help-debbugs@gnu.org with problems ------------=_1400246103-2269-1 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Received: (at 17508-done) by debbugs.gnu.org; 16 May 2014 13:14:51 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:36835 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WlHyM-0000a2-2x for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 16 May 2014 09:14:50 -0400 Received: from mout.gmx.net ([212.227.15.19]:62142) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WlHyI-0000Zf-OV for 17508-done@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 16 May 2014 09:14:47 -0400 Received: from detlef.gmx.de ([93.209.92.207]) by mail.gmx.com (mrgmx102) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 0LosFD-1XI9fo20qJ-00gt8Y; Fri, 16 May 2014 15:14:39 +0200 From: Michael Albinus To: Andreas Schwab Subject: Re: bug#17508: 24.3.91; Emacs without dbus support and unclear error message. References: <87a9aidl2d.fsf@geodiff-mac3.ulb.ac.be> <8761l5or7l.fsf@igel.home> Date: Fri, 16 May 2014 15:14:35 +0200 In-Reply-To: <8761l5or7l.fsf@igel.home> (Andreas Schwab's message of "Fri, 16 May 2014 14:14:54 +0200") Message-ID: <87ppjdamro.fsf@gmx.de> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.4.50 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Provags-ID: V03:K0:Y4uS5wgYWc9A96th5/hGEzoiCh+tdomYfGaSdP+LeQU/r4vw6JC 2x3ewGyQE4mJJg6+NzQ2R0ruC61z7gZlHNFZo9wLWaJ3O89ViyKz7tDVilpwpA9VjMSbaOo uXBQ2KiXxYfUO3L67/rIWPodzXuQ+2HqEiQ948DREwW0tnU8KZUVdzSxWveEKU4YFCv3Zu6 2cPdtwnBaZse2k2M6uP6w== X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 17508-done Cc: Nicolas Richard , 17508-done@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) Andreas Schwab writes: > Nicolas Richard writes: > >> I would in fact expect (require 'dbus) to give an error when no dbus >> support is available. > > Just loading a library should never give an error. Yep. I've added a check to `dbus-call-method' and friends, whether Emacs has been compiled with D-Bus support. Fixed in the emacs-24 branch. > Andreas. Best regards, Michael. ------------=_1400246103-2269-1 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 16 May 2014 11:22:45 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:36809 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WlGDs-0004ku-FI for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 16 May 2014 07:22:44 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:52130) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WlGDp-0004ki-S4 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 16 May 2014 07:22:42 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WlGDa-0003UV-R7 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 16 May 2014 07:22:36 -0400 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on eggs.gnu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=disabled version=3.3.2 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::11]:56648) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WlGDa-0003UQ-Ib for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 16 May 2014 07:22:26 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:53737) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WlGDT-0004qI-0w for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 16 May 2014 07:22:26 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WlGDI-0003OG-H3 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 16 May 2014 07:22:18 -0400 Received: from mxin.ulb.ac.be ([164.15.128.112]:38888) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WlGDI-0003Nv-BM for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 16 May 2014 07:22:08 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Ap4HAKb0dVOkD4Xx/2dsb2JhbABZrmgFBgWCXgGYZ3SDYTQBiQwBFJ4gj3OdAQGGbheFVYF/hxiEKgSgK4xGgzk7 Received: from mathsrv4.ulb.ac.be (HELO geodiff-mac3.ulb.ac.be) ([164.15.133.241]) by smtp.ulb.ac.be with ESMTP; 16 May 2014 13:22:07 +0200 From: Nicolas Richard To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Subject: 24.3.91; Emacs without dbus support and unclear error message. Date: Fri, 16 May 2014 13:23:06 +0200 Message-ID: <87a9aidl2d.fsf@geodiff-mac3.ulb.ac.be> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::11 X-Spam-Score: -5.0 (-----) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: submit X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -5.0 (-----) When emacs is compiled --without-dbus and one runs: emacs -Q -l notifications --eval '(notifications-notify :title "foo" :body "bar")' the error is cryptic: Error: (void-variable dbus-message-type-method-call) I would in fact expect (require 'dbus) to give an error when no dbus support is available. (This happened to me because I had not installed dbus-1-dev prior to recompiling emacs.) -- Nico. ------------=_1400246103-2269-1-- From unknown Mon Jun 23 23:54:36 2025 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Subject: bug#17508: 24.3.91; Emacs without dbus support and unclear error message. Resent-From: Nicolas Richard Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 19 May 2014 14:08:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 17508 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: To: Michael Albinus Cc: 17508-done@debbugs.gnu.org Received: via spool by 17508-done@debbugs.gnu.org id=D17508.140050843811396 (code D ref 17508); Mon, 19 May 2014 14:08:01 +0000 Received: (at 17508-done) by debbugs.gnu.org; 19 May 2014 14:07:18 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:53193 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WmODi-0002xe-67 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 19 May 2014 10:07:17 -0400 Received: from mxin.ulb.ac.be ([164.15.128.112]:4580) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WmODc-0002xL-HY for 17508-done@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 19 May 2014 10:07:12 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AqsBAKkOelOkD4Xx/2dsb2JhbAANTK1+AQEBAQEBBporAYEqgxoBAQQyAUUBEAshFg8JAwIBAgFFBg0BBQIBAYgoAQOsY4I8m3IBhwYXhVWCAIRmghUHhEABA4RcBJMMgW6GU4ZbiSU Received: from mathsrv4.ulb.ac.be (HELO [172.19.79.241]) ([164.15.133.241]) by smtp.ulb.ac.be with ESMTP; 19 May 2014 16:07:03 +0200 Message-ID: <537A1045.2030301@yahoo.fr> Date: Mon, 19 May 2014 16:08:05 +0200 From: Nicolas Richard User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.1.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <87a9aidl2d.fsf@geodiff-mac3.ulb.ac.be> <8761l5or7l.fsf@igel.home> <87ppjdamro.fsf@gmx.de> In-Reply-To: <87ppjdamro.fsf@gmx.de> X-TagToolbar-Keys: D20140519160805521 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Spam-Score: -2.3 (--) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -2.3 (--) Le 16/05/2014 15:14, Michael Albinus a écrit : > Andreas Schwab writes: > >> Nicolas Richard writes: >> >>> I would in fact expect (require 'dbus) to give an error when no dbus >>> support is available. >> >> Just loading a library should never give an error. > > Yep. I've added a check to `dbus-call-method' and friends, whether Emacs > has been compiled with D-Bus support. Fixed in the emacs-24 branch. Thanks Nico.