GNU bug report logs - #17701
24.4.50; rename-file gets error reading arguments

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: rms <at> gnu.org

Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2014 11:52:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Merged with 17708

Found in version 24.4.50

Done: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: rms <at> gnu.org, Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 17701 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#17701: 24.4.50; rename-file gets error reading arguments
Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2014 18:53:02 +0300

> Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2014 07:50:53 -0400
> From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
> 
> 
> I type M-x rename-file RET foo.html RET
> and get an error "wrong type argument, string".
> 
> Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument stringp nil)
>   call-interactively(rename-file record nil)
>   command-execute(rename-file record)
>   execute-extended-command(nil "rename-file")
>   funcall-interactively(execute-extended-command nil "rename-file")
>   call-interactively(execute-extended-command nil nil)
>   command-execute(execute-extended-command)

Stefan, it looks like your commit in revision 117170
(monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca-20140528000914-pdxhle8lheyhj254) is the root
cause.
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