GNU bug report logs - #26241
25.1; Re: emacsclient in 25 branch: error opening any file

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: frederik <at> ofb.net

Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2017 17:49:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: fixed, moreinfo

Merged with 26310

Found in version 25.1

Fixed in version 25.2

Done: npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: frederik <at> ofb.net
To: npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net
Cc: 26241 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, jrm <at> ftfl.ca, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Subject: bug#26241: 25.1; Re: emacsclient in 25 branch: error opening any file
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2017 17:26:10 -0700

On Fri, Mar 24, 2017 at 08:04:33PM -0400, npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net wrote:
> frederik <at> ofb.net writes:
> 
> > You could instrument 'emacsclient' to produce a stack trace, with an
> > option analogous to --debug-init. It would be useful for future bugs
> > as well. "Wrong type argument" is better than nothing, but we agree
> > that it's not very useful.
> 
> Could you try setting debug-on-signal to t after you get Emacs into this
> state?  You should then get a backtrace in the running Emacs.

I'm not familiar with that variable. Could I also set it in ~/.emacs?
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