Subject: bug#54834: 29.0.50; Problems with M-x dirs

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2022 14:30:06 +0200

Tassilo Horn <[email-masked]> writes:

> Problem number one is this error:
>
> 1. emacs -Q
> 2. M-x shell RET
> 3. M-x dirs RET
> => Error: dirs: Symbol’s function definition is void: string-chop-newline
>
> This only happens with emacs 29 (current git master).

I'm unable to reproduce this.  Are there any additional steps needed?
Have you done a "make bootstrap"?

> The second problem is that M-x dirs seems to infloop when the required
> functions have been defined and this also happens with emacs 28.1:
>
> 1. emacs -Q
> 2. M-x shell RET
> 3. M-x dirs RET
>
> Emacs hangs and uses 100% of one core.

This should be fixed on the emacs-28 branch now.

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