GNU bug report logs - #50094
27.2; `M-x list-colors-display` fails with an error

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: sk <at> nomistech.com

Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2021 13:59:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 27.2

Done: Alan Third <alan <at> idiocy.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #19 received at 50094-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Alan Third <alan <at> idiocy.org>
To: Simon Katz <sk <at> nomistech.com>
Cc: 50094-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#50094: 27.2; `M-x list-colors-display` fails with an error
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2021 18:08:02 +0100

On Wed, Aug 18, 2021 at 12:24:59PM +0100, Simon Katz wrote:
> > Please run:
> >
> >     rm $HOME/Library/Colors/Emacs.clr
> >
> > and try again.
> 
> Thanks. It works after doing that.

Thanks. Apple made a change a while back and the old code that creates
that file now seems to create a corrupted version, so it's a bit of a
pain.
-- 
Alan Third
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