From unknown Fri Jun 20 07:20:46 2025 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MIME-tools 5.509 (Entity 5.509) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 From: bug#36774 <36774@debbugs.gnu.org> To: bug#36774 <36774@debbugs.gnu.org> Subject: Status: Error upon starting Emacs from macOS Mojave's Terminal: "Failed to initialize color list unarchiver" Reply-To: bug#36774 <36774@debbugs.gnu.org> Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2025 14:20:46 +0000 retitle 36774 Error upon starting Emacs from macOS Mojave's Terminal: "Fail= ed to initialize color list unarchiver" reassign 36774 emacs submitter 36774 Evan Aad severity 36774 normal thanks From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Tue Jul 23 14:16:00 2019 Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 23 Jul 2019 18:16:00 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:35610 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hpzKR-0006br-RT for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 23 Jul 2019 14:16:00 -0400 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]:50716) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hpzKQ-0006bk-FQ for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 23 Jul 2019 14:15:58 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:36505) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hpzKP-00006F-I4 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 23 Jul 2019 14:15:58 -0400 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on eggs.gnu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=disabled version=3.3.2 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hpzKO-0000vq-OW for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 23 Jul 2019 14:15:57 -0400 Received: from mail-qt1-x82e.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4864:20::82e]:34791) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hpzKO-0000vT-Kj for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 23 Jul 2019 14:15:56 -0400 Received: by mail-qt1-x82e.google.com with SMTP id k10so42892965qtq.1 for ; Tue, 23 Jul 2019 11:15:56 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=0H101dU829zE9soqMEcGc18+w95oM/mDG6H0L7EpyUs=; b=WGprWJ09oWBstvR1SSKWvSve0bJWxdWSG5Y1W+ZEPexUbH3/D26H4Kq0kBOH6xTyhu tRTDCC7W6sQEQzEm0JJ3HCPu/4o4Di68DyyClXNGklX1biZ4eWkicCragcafH9H5CTWx et6H3qfYAXnL2NlKEHbgvg+xk6/438+RS+H2/upXqVrfFK8XmXab0YiYQaF6CtcgWbCu zmzeeTSAnIVa2LHaU+LCM2yEi0PCKaMAYkXCN/kG1AoGlyrUj1UU5+dX+U7xG26Yr01j gthBPnSzcklicX55QmPBwaeNmh/9L5iCB7fEEm25SWeqfQl3rov7YsRVy22Fx1byuM/z pdaw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=0H101dU829zE9soqMEcGc18+w95oM/mDG6H0L7EpyUs=; b=kPTTrrF8PSxd7QZ+boiUjScPtkufStF4BiA5W4eTWiw1a015TPVsyWVWwRPa6XuwOf ygcNhcpfADEGjsp0E+4KQSHC4cFyv86+YivQ33pcPoHxu3hOLO3431LANB+YoSR4Eqa2 hezs3j8wtXPh+H26+u/N6Ix9KOa5vaav9cK+PyNxzB2XPOU3f3mtVTqcVe36s8X1YE+u M1ry3xg6OS6fImhrrx6IMwU/cFZ3Ok7MvDbz17hYbtbQABejNAf90ldcetJRwwdk5yKQ M6wZQTy1EGSo1MITBRtjq4U+Vo3smJDnlEJZ4aR0nIPXxKeA7FWbBOe3T0GBXK147bQw ZXdQ== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAXhxGMeN5j26r7DZPYjHS9lzvfEUz2M9i3FU109lHpw6sS5JSjC YwgSpYiRnj6QzLj2c7k6aIXVW+bN9mZocRGHvzdk0A== X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqyHliMsUwU13sjpeY+7Fxbf47z9Xym3rSWco0tW3ljKRbCXdqHPMvwzgHrZehruZqDpjQ622rZ6fxNVkXJBM4o= X-Received: by 2002:a0c:818f:: with SMTP id 15mr52701492qvd.162.1563905755141; Tue, 23 Jul 2019 11:15:55 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 From: Evan Aad Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2019 21:15:44 +0300 Message-ID: Subject: Error upon starting Emacs from macOS Mojave's Terminal: "Failed to initialize color list unarchiver" To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:4864:20::82e X-Spam-Score: -1.3 (-) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: submit X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -2.3 (--) It's the same bug as the one I posted here a year ago, which was closed by Alan Third after he claimed he'd fixed it and the fix would be available soon. I've always been told not to trust strangers on the Internet. I've just upgraded my emacs to version 26.2 and guess what? The same problem is still with us. If someone other than Mr. Third would be willing to take a look into it, it would be great. Maybe it's time to escalate the matter to Mr. Second. From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Tue Jul 23 14:23:26 2019 Received: (at 36774) by debbugs.gnu.org; 23 Jul 2019 18:23:26 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:35616 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hpzRd-0006pn-KV for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 23 Jul 2019 14:23:25 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:54076) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hpzRb-0006pZ-BG for 36774@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 23 Jul 2019 14:23:23 -0400 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:59861) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hpzRV-0005VO-Uu; Tue, 23 Jul 2019 14:23:18 -0400 Received: from [176.228.60.248] (port=4383 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1hpzRU-0003cT-HM; Tue, 23 Jul 2019 14:23:17 -0400 Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2019 21:23:05 +0300 Message-Id: <837e88pq46.fsf@gnu.org> From: Eli Zaretskii To: Evan Aad In-reply-to: (message from Evan Aad on Tue, 23 Jul 2019 21:15:44 +0300) Subject: Re: bug#36774: Error upon starting Emacs from macOS Mojave's Terminal: "Failed to initialize color list unarchiver" References: X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Spam-Score: -2.3 (--) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 36774 Cc: 36774@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -3.3 (---) > From: Evan Aad > Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2019 21:15:44 +0300 > > It's the same bug as the one I posted here a year ago, which was > closed by Alan Third after he claimed he'd fixed it and the fix would > be available soon. I've always been told not to trust strangers on the > Internet. I've just upgraded my emacs to version 26.2 and guess what? > The same problem is still with us. If someone other than Mr. Third > would be willing to take a look into it, it would be great. Maybe it's > time to escalate the matter to Mr. Second. Thank you for letting us know, but please in the future leave the personal mockery out of your bug reports. Alan is a volunteer, as we all are here, working on Emacs on our own free time. We don't deserve such attitude, even if (and it's still an if at this stage) we made a mistake with your previous report, in bug#32854. From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Tue Jul 23 14:23:28 2019 Received: (at 36774) by debbugs.gnu.org; 23 Jul 2019 18:23:28 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:35619 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hpzRg-0006q4-0w for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 23 Jul 2019 14:23:28 -0400 Received: from mail-qk1-f179.google.com ([209.85.222.179]:45807) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hpzRd-0006pc-Lr for 36774@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 23 Jul 2019 14:23:26 -0400 Received: by mail-qk1-f179.google.com with SMTP id s22so31854861qkj.12 for <36774@debbugs.gnu.org>; Tue, 23 Jul 2019 11:23:25 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=ayEQ6PAOJ7S7SVYPbuyCmHvbAcMyJy5KTvdiJTAKokM=; b=PwHX4AnWjO9cX1cwuLJxyHHi6vyWgl6fKLtYZ/9BwVDNSsc2hmm16s19HfIzYUz1wV 9jYyuRVhO1+bA0XozTq1SpQrIQYg5E2/A9Qf5ela0Ic0u1O+tI2WAjWMjOSQiszd3j2w 33aLYiE+a4M1y5Ou4YfWpgAHERi3dL1trnUvaO71m6sAtu2YdPNV5auX76a9LZI2+fXJ 3XwzAHHmZOXjdBBO//U/HIs2HfyX/A7g9dysXFFcUELXM43tIMWXbS3n2HuN+4lXIAHx UoJIO3YkYVH1x6Ys1i1pGgSetvW4n+eOnrJSSkrD9GWOjgzW11tyWn2/C6PxeWH0RWhc xnlA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; 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charset="UTF-8" X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 36774 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -1.0 (-) By the way, the bug of yesteryear I was referring to is this: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-emacs/2018-09/msg00777.html From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Tue Jul 23 14:32:16 2019 Received: (at control) by debbugs.gnu.org; 23 Jul 2019 18:32:16 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:35624 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hpzaB-00074s-So for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 23 Jul 2019 14:32:16 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:56801) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hpza9-00074a-MX; Tue, 23 Jul 2019 14:32:14 -0400 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:60024) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hpza4-0002W2-96; Tue, 23 Jul 2019 14:32:08 -0400 Received: from [176.228.60.248] (port=4918 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1hpza3-0006IO-3w; Tue, 23 Jul 2019 14:32:07 -0400 Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2019 21:31:55 +0300 Message-Id: <835znspppg.fsf@gnu.org> From: Eli Zaretskii To: Alan Third In-reply-to: <20180928194631.GD53073@breton.holly.idiocy.org> (message from Alan Third on Fri, 28 Sep 2018 20:46:31 +0100) Subject: Re: bug#32854: Error upon starting Emacs from macOS Mojave's Terminal: "Failed to initialize color list unarchiver" References: <20180928194631.GD53073@breton.holly.idiocy.org> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Spam-Score: -2.3 (--) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: control Cc: 32854@debbugs.gnu.org, oddeveneven@gmail.com X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -3.3 (---) unarchive 32854 reopen 32854 merge 36774 32854 thanks > Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2018 20:46:31 +0100 > From: Alan Third > Cc: 32854@debbugs.gnu.org, control@debbugs.gnu.org > > close 32854 26.2 > stop > > On Thu, Sep 27, 2018 at 05:23:22PM +0300, Evan Aad wrote: > > Ever since I upgraded my macOS to the latest version, 10.14 Mojave, a > > couple days ago (which I followed by performing a 'brew upgrade' in > > the Terminal), whenever I start Emacs from the terminal, I get the > > following error message. > > > > Failed to initialize color list unarchiver: Error > > Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=4864 "*** -[NSKeyedUnarchiver > > _initForReadingFromData:error:throwLegacyExceptions:]: non-keyed > > archive cannot be decoded by NSKeyedUnarchiver" > > UserInfo={NSDebugDescription=*** -[NSKeyedUnarchiver > > _initForReadingFromData:error:throwLegacyExceptions:]: non-keyed > > archive cannot be decoded by NSKeyedUnarchiver} > > > > I never encountered this message before. Despite the error message, > > Emacs starts opens, and seems to be functioning properly. > > > > GNU Emacs 26.1 (build 1, x86_64-apple-darwin17.5.0, NS appkit-1561.40 > > Version 10.13.4 (Build 17E202)) of 2018-05-31 > > Thanks for reporting this. I’ve just pushed a fix to emacs-26, so I > expect that will make its way through to homebrew soon. Alan, what commit fixed this bug? I didn't find any reference to bug#32854 in the Git log around Sep 28, 2018, nor any changes that sounded like they were fixing some color-related issue, neither on the emacs-26 branch nor on master. Did you perhaps forget to push the change? Or did I miss something? Thanks. From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Tue Jul 23 14:37:20 2019 Received: (at 36774) by debbugs.gnu.org; 23 Jul 2019 18:37:20 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:35637 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hpzf6-0007DB-H7 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 23 Jul 2019 14:37:20 -0400 Received: from mail-qt1-f194.google.com ([209.85.160.194]:41241) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hpzf4-0007Cx-HY for 36774@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 23 Jul 2019 14:37:18 -0400 Received: by mail-qt1-f194.google.com with SMTP id d17so42801542qtj.8 for <36774@debbugs.gnu.org>; Tue, 23 Jul 2019 11:37:18 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=ZsduAzRbVzkVXP+AY1QLrWnlzRbbXDrKMDR3lrzBLLw=; b=U3BXXJJlkR3RksgYXzE2DISVZRHuisuf+aJk6wIfRW39v9rUHxpLh0+Dc7EYA7Meab /UXDrfFdL8YIkSl7oUtoMh0XBwbwZdSwmoGRlhV7IXhD3XOjbBidZ2H7r1TSIQqnJLig d2lGZ3ADHZGfaHM03TE4Pr2qRC2QIHgOJ+DTUXaoDnVmQIlrIzjnLagSy9C/BRUb7bT3 AQyN1Ks73uVmudqpz1hETtDWBFONjVTiVWPJc230WIXEMb5KGJMm+YAol665Nku7G2BW mlcn1OZHCtqNTaCWL9KOVdhIvo5KuNSnoLbEq+02eJ+T9mQhtIrV4V/tw7OpuVaK0UNF 4IzA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=ZsduAzRbVzkVXP+AY1QLrWnlzRbbXDrKMDR3lrzBLLw=; b=K61tg7IqQJDfy0D1o1nsWFwXEn8xcytzNnf2SLt4dcU7B1eFHE1Xu6N/MtmjE5r2w0 cgtD4opod4wn0khlgvzzCFwUx7rg0OSdKuwxRi88K4UP+c2Io+8tc+tAJ8nL1XGOrIBu Wfh8xaFY50MQtjx/F7r+IVtwT74zkIFLS+irTBun7XGTtnIyQHosAk1TS+dgFleiWBvz 02pJz0wLXsgbkrilFIgBZXwK9i1sAWuSr9shqcxdNW02kzQYUm31uG+ubqSFkihPhX4w SSfjHF3ZgZ6lD6GFSoR5u+r4m30lJYeV0hGzIooaFsAwYFDsI6Mf4MdPTnLRo26Ry5DU Hhxg== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAVoojLiW2zZSVcVCBiEGj9Ic7M0b0HbkYUe70TeqAv0NIAjcymA lbH9iq8BkRrfw8h+LWUvatubG/I+cssYsMAuJ4PZutyD X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqwocAZab/jzrY3FvGhLKHJGgEZkdnpGERG9FSgSuxOLg77Qk1aVEdAkafS/7ZtdwW4DpV/iBbCfCoxjKolhXb0= X-Received: by 2002:ac8:282b:: with SMTP id 40mr54757947qtq.49.1563907032819; Tue, 23 Jul 2019 11:37:12 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 From: Evan Aad Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2019 21:37:02 +0300 Message-ID: Subject: Re: bug#36774: Error upon starting Emacs from macOS Mojave's Terminal: "Failed to initialize color list unarchiver" To: 36774@debbugs.gnu.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 36774 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -1.0 (-) You're right, Mr. Zaretskii. I apologize to Mr. Third as well as to all the volunteers who may have taken offense from my post. If there was a way to delete my post and repost it without the snakiness, I would have done so. From unknown Fri Jun 20 07:20:46 2025 Received: (at fakecontrol) by fakecontrolmessage; To: internal_control@debbugs.gnu.org From: Debbugs Internal Request Subject: Internal Control Message-Id: bug archived. Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2019 11:24:06 +0000 User-Agent: Fakemail v42.6.9 # This is a fake control message. # # The action: # bug archived. thanks # This fakemail brought to you by your local debbugs # administrator