Subject: bug#2807: Subject: 23.0.90; etags can't access .el.gz files

From: Mauro Aranda <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2023 09:46:52 -0300

tags 2807 patch
quit

I did some debugging, and while internally etags.el knows how to handle
compressed files, it doesn't pass good enough information to external
tools like fileloop (Bug#2807) and xref (Bug#44494).

I attach a patch to fix both bugs, Bug#2807 and Bug#44494.  It reuses
tags-compression-info-list to pass the correct filename to the tools
mentioned.
From 8b7ca63475f4bffe98a962ff8c1f899fb1581aa8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mauro Aranda <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2023 09:41:58 -0300
Subject: [PATCH] Fix searching for tags in compressed files

* lisp/progmodes/etags.el (etags--ensure-file): New function.
(etags--all-files): Make sure files in TAGS can be visited, even if
the files are compressed.  (Bug#2807)
(etags--xref-find-definitions): Report to xref a file that we are sure
it exists.  (Bug#44494)
---
 lisp/progmodes/etags.el | 17 +++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lisp/progmodes/etags.el b/lisp/progmodes/etags.el
index cb95f29b5fe..6f9bdae81d3 100644
--- a/lisp/progmodes/etags.el
+++ b/lisp/progmodes/etags.el
@@ -1729,6 +1729,19 @@ tags-next-file
   (fileloop-next-file novisit)
   (switch-to-buffer (current-buffer)))
 
+(defun etags--ensure-file (file)
+  "Ensure FILE can be visited.
+
+FILE should be an expanded file name.
+This function tries to locate FILE, possibly adding it a suffix
+present in `tags-compression-info-list'.  If the file can't be found,
+signals an error.
+Else, returns the filename that can be visited for sure."
+  (let ((f (locate-file file nil tags-compression-info-list)))
+    (unless f
+      (signal 'file-missing (list "Cannot locate file in TAGS" file)))
+    f))
+
 (defun tags--all-files ()
   (save-excursion
     (let ((cbuf (current-buffer))
@@ -1750,7 +1763,7 @@ tags--all-files
           ;; list later returned by (tags-table-files).
           (setf (if tail (cdr tail) files)
                 (mapcar #'expand-file-name (tags-table-files)))))
-      files)))
+      (mapcar #'etags--ensure-file files))))
 
 (make-obsolete-variable 'tags-loop-operate 'fileloop-initialize "27.1")
 (defvar tags-loop-operate nil
@@ -2137,7 +2150,7 @@ etags--xref-find-definitions
               (beginning-of-line)
               (pcase-let* ((tag-info (etags-snarf-tag))
                            (`(,hint ,line . _) tag-info))
-                (let* ((file (file-of-tag))
+                (let* ((file (etags--ensure-file (file-of-tag)))
                        (mark-key (cons file line)))
                   (unless (gethash mark-key marks)
                     (let ((loc (xref-make-etags-location
-- 
2.34.1