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24.3.94; package.el error when setting load-path.

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From: Thierry Volpiatto <thierry.volpiatto <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 24.3.94; package.el error when setting load-path.
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2014 08:09:46 +0200

Hi,

I have one bug report in helm about package.el:
https://github.com/emacs-helm/helm/issues/676

I think the problem comes from this line in the generated autoload file
in all the *-autoloads.el files:

(add-to-list 'load-path (or (file-name-directory #$) (car load-path)))

The error comes from (file-name-directory nil)

Can you clarify what is (file-name-directory #$)
                                             ^^
I didn't find documentation about this syntax.

Thanks.



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Message #8 received at 18803 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Alexis <flexibeast <at> gmail.com>
To: 18803 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re. 24.3.94; package.el error when setting load-path.
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2014 17:31:35 +1100

Thierry Volpiatto writes:

> Can you clarify what is (file-name-directory #$)
>                                             ^^
> I didn't find documentation about this syntax.

i presume it's this, from section 16.3 of the Emacs Lisp Reference
Manual:

    the `#$' construct ... stands for "the name of this
    file, as a string".


Alexis.

Message #11 received at 18803 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>
To: Thierry Volpiatto <thierry.volpiatto <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 18803 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#18803: 24.3.94; package.el error when setting load-path.
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2014 09:15:27 -0400

> I have one bug report in helm about package.el:
> https://github.com/emacs-helm/helm/issues/676

Looks like the problem is that the helm-autoloads.el got byte-compiled.
Can you try and figure out how/why this file was byte-compiled?


        Stefan

Message #14 received at 18803 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Thierry Volpiatto <thierry.volpiatto <at> gmail.com>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>
Cc: 18803 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#18803: 24.3.94; package.el error when setting load-path.
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2014 20:41:32 +0200

Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA> writes:

>> I have one bug report in helm about package.el:
>> https://github.com/emacs-helm/helm/issues/676
>
> Looks like the problem is that the helm-autoloads.el got byte-compiled.

Ah! Yes indeed it got compiled.

> Can you try and figure out how/why this file was byte-compiled?

Dunno for now, I have installed helm as a new user on my system, I have
upgraded it two times since then and the autoload file have never been
compiled.
Maybe the user have compiled the file himself manually?
Mystére, I will try to ask him.

Thanks.

-- 
Thierry
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Message #17 received at 18803 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>
To: Thierry Volpiatto <thierry.volpiatto <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>, 18803 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#18803: 24.3.94; package.el error when setting load-path.
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2014 22:04:35 +0200

Thierry Volpiatto <thierry.volpiatto <at> gmail.com> writes:

> Maybe the user have compiled the file himself manually?
> Mystére, I will try to ask him.

FWIW, even more mysteriously, it's impossible for me to compile this
file, because it is created with a

    no-byte-compile: t

declaration in its file local variables section.

Michael.

Message #20 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Thierry Volpiatto <thierry.volpiatto <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#18803: Re. 24.3.94; package.el error when setting load-path.
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2014 22:39:42 +0200

Alexis <flexibeast <at> gmail.com> writes:

> Thierry Volpiatto writes:
>
>> Can you clarify what is (file-name-directory #$)
>>                                             ^^
>> I didn't find documentation about this syntax.
>
> i presume it's this, from section 16.3 of the Emacs Lisp Reference
> Manual:
>
>     the `#$' construct ... stands for "the name of this
>     file, as a string".

Yes it's this, thanks for the link.
However it would be nice to have more infos on this...

-- 
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Message #23 received at 18803 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Thierry Volpiatto <thierry.volpiatto <at> gmail.com>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>
Cc: 18803 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#18803: 24.3.94; package.el error when setting load-path.
Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2014 08:27:57 +0200

Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA> writes:

>> I have one bug report in helm about package.el:
>> https://github.com/emacs-helm/helm/issues/676
>
> Looks like the problem is that the helm-autoloads.el got byte-compiled.
> Can you try and figure out how/why this file was byte-compiled?

Ok user have compiled himself the autoload file, don't know how he could
do this though.
Probably this bug can be closed.

Thanks.

-- 
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Message #28 received at 18803-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Thierry Volpiatto <thierry.volpiatto <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 18803-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#18803: 24.3.94; package.el error when setting load-path.
Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2014 09:12:35 -0400

> Ok user have compiled himself the autoload file, don't know how he could
> do this though.
> Probably this bug can be closed.

Thanks Thierry, closing,


        Stefan

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