GNU bug report logs - #23117
25.0.92; Having pcomplete-ignore-case different from completion-ignore-case can lead to an error

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>

Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2016 00:23:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: confirmed, fixed, moreinfo

Found in versions 25.0.92, 28.0.50

Fixed in version 28.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #12 received at 23117 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
Cc: 23117 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>
Subject: Re: bug#23117: 25.0.92; Having pcomplete-ignore-case different from
 completion-ignore-case can lead to an error
Date: Sun, 07 Feb 2021 14:58:14 +0100

Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru> writes:

> 1. (setq pcomplete-ignore-case t)
> 2. Keep completion-ignore-case at its default nil value.
> 3. M-x shell
> 3. Type 'cd /Usr/', press C-M-i.
> 4. See the below error.
>
> Should the former variable just be made into an alias for the latter one?
>
> Debugger entered--Lisp error: (error "Internal error: usr/games/ doesn’t match \\`Usr\\(.*?\\)/")

This is still the case in Emacs 28, so the question remains, I guess --
should one of them be made into an alias for the other, and in that
case, which one should be the alias?

Stefan M added to the CCs.

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