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24.3.91; Emacs without dbus support and unclear error message.

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Nicolas Richard <theonewiththeevillook <at> yahoo.fr>
Subject: bug#17508: closed (Re: bug#17508: 24.3.91; Emacs without dbus
 support and unclear error message.)
Date: Fri, 16 May 2014 13:15:03 +0000

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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.

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From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
To: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
Cc: Nicolas Richard <theonewiththeevillook <at> yahoo.fr>,
 17508-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#17508: 24.3.91;
 Emacs without dbus support and unclear error message.
Date: Fri, 16 May 2014 15:14:35 +0200

Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org> writes:

> Nicolas Richard <theonewiththeevillook <at> yahoo.fr> 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.

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From: Nicolas Richard <theonewiththeevillook <at> yahoo.fr>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 24.3.91; Emacs without dbus support and unclear error message.
Date: Fri, 16 May 2014 13:23:06 +0200

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.

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