GNU bug report logs - #19064
25.0.50; `message' overwrites `y-or-n-p' prompt, so user misses it

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From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>, 17272 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>, 19064 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#19064: bug#17272: bug#19064: 25.0.50; `message' overwrites `y-or-n-p' prompt, so user misses it
Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2019 01:10:49 +0200

> It is a general problem that I've been hit by a large number of times.
> If it's `y-or-n', then you can get out of it by hitting something other
> than y or n, but in other prompts you're basically helpless and have to
> `C-g' out of it.

Message "Package cl is deprecated" that overwrites `y-or-n-p' prompt
issued by desktop.el could be fixed by this patch (requires another
patch from bug#38076):

diff --git a/lisp/subr.el b/lisp/subr.el
index 03cf3da278..0a8a505b70 100644
--- a/lisp/subr.el
+++ b/lisp/subr.el
@@ -4517,7 +4551,9 @@ do-after-load-evaluation
 	      (byte-compile-warn "%s" msg))
 	  (run-with-timer 0 nil
 			  (lambda (msg)
-			    (message "%s" msg))
+                            (if (minibufferp)
+                                (minibuffer-message "%s" msg)
+                              (message "%s" msg)))
                           msg)))))
 
   ;; Finally, run any other hook.

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