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31.0.50; (report-emacs-bug-check-org) throws an error when reporting unrelated bug

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: dima <at> secretsauce.net
Cc: 79138 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#79138: 31.0.50; (report-emacs-bug-check-org) throws an error when reporting unrelated bug
Date: Sat, 02 Aug 2025 16:32:52 +0300

> Cc: 79138 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Fri, 01 Aug 2025 09:46:09 +0300
> From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
> 
> merge 79138 79080
> thanks
> 
> > From: Dima Kogan <dima <at> secretsauce.net>
> > Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2025 14:32:56 -0700
> > 
> > Hi. I'm using the bleeding-edge emacs from git: 99080d0c049. On Debian.
> > GTK.
> > 
> > I just tried to M-x reportbug for something, and it repeatedly failed
> > because (report-emacs-bug-check-org) throws an "Args out of range"
> > error. The function in question:
> > 
> >   (defun report-emacs-bug-check-org ()
> >     "Warn the user if the bug report mentions org-mode."
> >     (unless report-emacs-bug-no-confirmation
> >       (goto-char (point-max))
> >       (skip-chars-backward " \t\n")
> >       (let* ((text (buffer-substring-no-properties (point-min) (point)))
> >              (l (length report-emacs-bug-orig-text))
> >              (text (substring text 0 l))
> >              (org-regex "\\b[Oo]rg\\(-mode\\)?\\b"))
> >         (when (string-match-p org-regex text)
> >           (when (yes-or-no-p "Is this bug about org-mode?")
> >             (error (substitute-command-keys "\
> >   Not sending, use \\[org-submit-bug-report] to report an Org-mode bug.")))))))
> > 
> > So it gets the current buffer text into 'text
> > 
> >   (goto-char (point-max))
> >   (text (buffer-substring-no-properties (point-min) (point)))
> > 
> > And then it cuts this variable to the size of the text in
> > 'report-emacs-bug-orig-text.
> > 
> >   (l (length report-emacs-bug-orig-text))
> >   (text (substring text 0 l))
> > 
> > In this case report-emacs-bug-orig-text is much bigger than text, so the
> > (substring) fails. So currently (report-emacs-bug-check-org) is not
> > self-contained: it's making assumptions on the value of some external
> > variable ('report-emacs-bug-orig-text) when called, and if those
> > assumptions fail (as they do here), it dies.
> 
> This is bug#79080, so I'm now merging them.  If you can try the patch
> proposed there, it would help.

The bug should be fixed now.

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