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24.0.50; src/lread.c: old style backquote bug?

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: tracker <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#6490: closed (24.0.50; src/lread.c: old style backquote bug?)
Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2011 01:44:02 +0000

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and subject line Re: bug#6490: 24.0.50; src/lread.c: old style backquote bug?
has caused the debbugs.gnu.org bug report #6490,
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From: Tetsurou Okazaki <okazaki <at> be.to>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Cc: okazaki <at> be.to
Subject: 24.0.50; src/lread.c: old style backquote bug?
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2010 18:16:56 +0900

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The latest Bazaar version of Emacs fails to build APEL
[http://www.kanji.zinbun.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~tomo/elisp/APEL/index.en.html]
with the following message:

  % cvs -z9 -d :pserver:anonymous <at> cvs.m17n.org:/cvs/root checkout apel
  % cd apel
  % make

    emacs -batch -q -no-site-file -l APEL-MK -f compile-apel \
		  NONE NONE NONE
  Loading /home/tetsurou/Checkout/cvs.m17n.org/apel/APEL-CFG...
  Loading `product': old-style backquotes detected!
  Invalid function: (progn (\, product-def) (put (\, feature) (quote product) (let ((product (product-find-by-name (\, product-name)))) (product-run-checkers product (quote (\, product-version))) (and (\, product-family) (product-add-to-family (\, product-family) (\, product-name))) (product-add-feature product (\, feature)) (if (equal (quote (\, product-version)) (product-version product)) product (vector (\, product-name) (\, product-family) (quote (\, product-version)) (\, product-code-name) nil nil nil (\, product-version-string))))) (\, feature-def))
  make: *** [elc] Error 255

Attached patch for Emacs fixes this error.


In GNU Emacs 24.0.50.1 (i686-pc-cygwin, X toolkit, Xaw3d scroll bars)
 of 2010-06-18 on zeroset
configured using `configure  '--without-dbus' '--with-x-toolkit=athena''

Important settings:
  value of $LC_ALL: nil
  value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
  value of $LC_CTYPE: nil
  value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
  value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
  value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
  value of $LC_TIME: C
  value of $LANG: ja_JP.UTF-8
  value of $XMODIFIERS: nil
  locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix
  default enable-multibyte-characters: t

Major mode: Fundamental

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Recent input:
ESC x r e p o r TAB RET

Recent messages:
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Loading term/xterm...done
For information about GNU Emacs and the GNU system, type C-h C-a.

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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: Tetsurou Okazaki <okazaki <at> be.to>, 6490-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
	Makoto Fujiwara <makoto <at> ki.nu>
Subject: Re: bug#6490: 24.0.50; src/lread.c: old style backquote bug?
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2011 21:43:05 -0400

> list suggested.  If the decision was to not support this, since all
> support for old-style backquotes are scheduled to be removed in Emacs
> 25, this bug report can be closed.

Yes, it can be closed.


        Stefan

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