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30.0.50; auth-source-pass relies on epa-file being enabled

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From: Arsen Arsenović <arsen <at> aarsen.me>
To: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
Cc: Damien Cassou <damien <at> cassou.me>, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 67937 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, "J.P." <jp <at> neverwas.me>
Subject: bug#67937: 30.0.50; auth-source-pass relies on epa-file being enabled
Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2023 13:14:44 +0100

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Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de> writes:

> Arsen Arsenović <arsen <at> aarsen.me> writes:
>
>> Hi Michael,
>
> Hi Arsen,
>
>> Based on observations during the last 24h I've noticed that many Emacs
>> functions do, in fact, reset f-n-h-a to nil.  I'm yet to spot the
>> combination of calls that leaves epa-file not added back in.
>
> No package in Emacs should reset file-name-handler-alist to nil. If you
> find such code anywhere, please report an error.
>
> What is possible is to let-bind file-name-handler-alist to nil.

This is effectively equivalent to being reset to nil for library
functions such as auth-source-search (which calls
auth-source-pass--read-entry eventually), as this is global state that
applies for called functions, no matter how deep down the call stack.

>> Thanks, have a lovely day!
>>
>> Arsen Arsenović
>
> Best regards, Michael.


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Arsen Arsenović

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