GNU bug report logs - #26394
26.0.50; ediff file-local-copy: Wrong type argument: stringp, nil

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From: "Mutiny " <mutiny.mutiny <at> rediffmail.com>
To: <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
Subject: 26.0.50; ediff file-local-copy: Wrong type argument: stringp, nil
Date: 7 Apr 2017 19:45:40 -0000

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starting Emacs (even with -Q). Loading 2 buffers, running ediff alwaysresults infile-local-copy: Wrong type argument: stringp, nilIn GNU Emacs 26.0.50 (build 2, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.22.10) of 2017-04-07 built on XYZRepository revision: 451a0c8b6955006f5aaa8b660a9e0b935b4fa095Windowing system distributor 'Fedora Project', version 11.0.11903000System Description:    Fedora release 25 (Twenty Five)Recent messages:Processing difference regions ... doneRefining difference region 1 ...file-local-copy: Wrong type argument: stringp, nilRefining difference region 1 ...file-local-copy: Wrong type argument: stringp, nilRefining difference region 1 ...file-local-copy: Wrong type argument: stringp, nilRefining difference region 1 ...file-local-copy: Wrong type argument: stringp, nilMark set [2 times]Configured using: 'configure --prefix=/usr/local/lib/emacs/ --sysconfdir=/etc --enable-locallisppath=/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp&n
 bsp;--libexecdir=/usr/local/lib/ --localstatedir=/usr/local/var --enable-largefile --with-x-toolkit=gtk3 --with-sound=yes --with-modules --with-xwidgets --without-pop --with-file-notification=yes --enable-link-time-optimization 'CFLAGS=-march=native -ffast-math -Os''Configured features:XPM JPEG TIFF GIF PNG RSVG SOUND GPM DBUS GCONF GSETTINGS NOTIFY ACLLIBSELINUX GNUTLS LIBXML2 FREETYPE M17N_FLT LIBOTF XFT ZLIBTOOLKIT_SCROLL_BARS GTK3 X11 MODULES XWIDGETS LIBSYSTEMDImportant settings:  value of $LANG: en_US.utf8  value of $XMODIFIERS: @im=none  locale-coding-system: utf-8-unixMajor mode: MessagesMinor modes in effect:  tooltip-mode: t  global-eldoc-mode: t  electric-indent-mode: t  mouse-wheel-mode: t  tool-bar-mode: t  menu-bar-mode: t  file-name-shadow-mode: t  global-font-lock-mode: t  font-lock-mode: t  blink-cursor-mode: t  auto-composition-mode: t  auto-encryption
 -mode: t  auto-compression-mode: t  buffer-read-only: t  line-number-mode: t  transient-mark-mode: (only . t)Load-path shadows:None found.Features:(shadow sort mail-extr emacsbug message puny seq byte-opt subr-x gvbytecomp byte-compile cl-extra help-mode cconv dired dired-loaddefsformat-spec rfc822 mml easymenu mml-sec password-cache epa derived epgepg-config gnus-util rmail rmail-loaddefs mm-decode mm-bodies mm-encodemail-parse rfc2231 mailabbrev gmm-utils mailheader sendmail rfc2047rfc2045 ietf-drums mm-util mail-prsvr mail-utils ediff-merg ediff-windediff-diff ediff-mult ediff-help ediff-init cl-loaddefs pcase cl-libediff-util ediff sh-script smie executable vc-dispatcher vc-svnperl-mode time-date mule-util tooltip eldoc electric uniquify ediff-hookvc-hooks lisp-float-type mwheel term/x-win x-win term/common-win x-dndtool-bar dnd fontset image regexp-opt fringe tabulated-list replacenewcomment text-mode elisp-mode lisp-mode prog-mode register pagemenu-
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Message #8 received at 26394 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net>
To: Mutiny <mutiny.mutiny <at> rediffmail.com>
Cc: 26394 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#26394: 26.0.50; ediff file-local-copy: Wrong type argument:
 stringp, nil
Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2017 16:41:33 -0400

merge 26378 26385 26394
quit

On Fri, Apr 7, 2017 at 3:45 PM, Mutiny <mutiny.mutiny <at> rediffmail.com> wrote:
>
> starting Emacs (even with -Q). Loading 2 buffers, running ediff always
> results in
> file-local-copy: Wrong type argument: stringp, nil
>

Three hits in three days, this is a popular bug :)

Message #17 received at 26394 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: "Mutiny " <mutiny.mutiny <at> rediffmail.com>
To: <26394 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Cc: npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net
Subject: 26394
Date: 8 Apr 2017 19:06:02 -0000

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with the patches 88532ae..b7d6160 ediff behaves normal again. Thanks a lot for your support!

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