GNU bug report logs - #29801
25.3; ispell cannot detect installed dictionaries

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: basilio <at> gmx.com

Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2017 16:29:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Merged with 31724

Found in versions 24.5, 25.3

Fixed in version 26.0.91

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #20 received at 29801 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Basilio <basilio <at> gmx.com>
Cc: 29801 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#29801: 25.3; ispell cannot detect installed dictionaries
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2017 21:53:44 +0200

> From: Basilio <basilio <at> gmx.com>
> Cc: 29801 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2017 21:35:11 +0200
> 
> > Finally, what is the Aspell version?  What does "aspell -vv" produce?
> ~ % aspell -vv                         
> @(#) International Ispell Version 3.1.20 (but really Aspell 0.60.7-rc1)

That's the problem, I think: that "-rc1" at the end of the version
string.  Emacs looks for a version string with this regexp:

 (search-forward-regexp "(but really Aspell \\([0-9]+\\.[0-9\\.-]+\\)?)" nil t)

which doesn't match 0.60.7-rc1.
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