GNU bug report logs - #72515
29.4; describe-package-1: Wrong type argument: char-or-string-p

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Suhail Singh <suhailsingh247 <at> gmail.com>

Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2024 19:24:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in versions 29.2, 29.4

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Suhail Singh <suhailsingh247 <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 72515 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#72515: 29.4; describe-package-1: Wrong type argument: char-or-string-p
Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2024 08:08:40 +0300

> From: Suhail Singh <suhailsingh247 <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2024 15:23:11 -0400
> 
> Viewing the package description for a package that has two maintainers
> fails with the following error:
> 
> describe-package-1: Wrong type argument: char-or-string-p
> 
> This can be observed with emacs -Q.  Steps to reproduce.
> - M-x list-packages
> - Navigate to csharp-mode from GNU ELPA
> - Press RET to view the package description
> - Observe error

Thanks.  I can reproduce this in Emacs 29, but not on the current
emacs-30 release branch, which will eventually become Emacs 30.1.  So
I guess we fixed this bug already during development of Emacs 30.
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