bug#17527: emacs 24.3.91: magit error

[jeremy]

Hi Glenn.

Glenn> Hello, still waiting for more information on this issue...
Glenn> http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=17527#14

Sorry for the delay: I was busy with academic deadlines.

After further experimentation, I think the problem does come from
magit and not from emacs itself:

- I installed and compiled GNU Emacs 24.3.92.1 from the git repository:

  - No error is generated when 
    - starting with emacs -q and emacs -Q without loading any file.

  - The error is generated when
    - starting with emacs (and my .emacs file) without loading any file, OR
    - starting with emacs -q and emacs -Q loading a file under git control.

- It is distinct from https://github.com/magit/magit/issues/1274

  - I don't have any Makefile inside any .git folder.
  - I will contact the magit team if the bug persists after I am done
    refactoring my .emacs configuration into .emacs.d and adapting it
    to the latest version of emacs.

Sorry if I wasted your time on this :(
-- 
Jeremy                                    (http://www.barbay.cl/)

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Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument listp 769)
  magit-max-args-internal(delete-directory)
  
byte-code("\300\301!\203\302\303\301\"\210\202\302\303\304\"\210\305\306!\204\302\306\307\"\210\305\310!\203,\302\311\310\"\210\2021\302\311\312\"\210\313\314!\315Y\203A\302\316\314\"\210\202F\302\316\317\"\210\300\207"
 [functionp start-file-process defalias magit-start-process start-process 
fboundp string-match-p #[(regexp string &optional start) "\304\305    \n
#)\207" [inhibit-changing-match-data regexp string start t string-match] 4 
"Same as `string-match' except this function does not\nchange the match data."] 
with-silent-modifications magit-with-silent-modifications (macro . #[(&rest 
body) "\301\302\303\304\305BBED\207" [body set-buffer-modified-p prog1 
(buffer-modified-p) let ((buffer-undo-list t) before-change-functions 
after-change-functions)] 6 "Execute body without changing `buffer-modified-p'. 
Also, do not\nrecord undo information."]) magit-max-args-internal 
delete-directory 2 magit-delete-directory #[(directory &optional recursive) 
"\304!\204\f\305!\204\306!\207       \2030\307\310\311#\312\211\203/
@\313\n   \"\210A\211\204 *\314!\207" [directory recursive file 
--cl-dolist-temp-- file-symlink-p file-directory-p delete-file directory-files 
full "\\([^.]\\|\\.\\([^.]\\|\\..\\)\\).*" nil magit-delete-directory 
delete-directory] 5 "Deletes a directory named DIRECTORY.  If RECURSIVE is 
non-nil,\nrecursively delete all of DIRECTORY's contents as well.\n\nDoes not 
follow symlinks."]] 3)
  require(magit)
  eval-buffer(#<buffer  *load*> nil "/home/jbarbay/.emacs" nil t)  ; Reading at 
buffer position 50927
  load-with-code-conversion("/home/jbarbay/.emacs" "/home/jbarbay/.emacs" t t)
  load("~/.emacs" t t)
  #[0 "\205\262       \306=\203\307\310Q\202;     
\311=\204\307\312Q\202;\313\307\314\315#\203*\316\202;\313\307\314\317#\203:\320\nB\321\202;\316\322\323
\322\211#\210
\322=\203a\324\325\326\307\327Q!\"\323
\322\211#\210\322=\203`
\210
\203\243\330!\331\232\203\243\332
!\211\333P\334
!\203}\211\202\210\334!\203\207
\202\210\314\262
\203\241\335
\"\203\237\336\337
#\210\340\341!\210
\266\f?\205\260\314\323\342\322\211#)\262
\207" 
[init-file-user system-type delayed-warnings-list user-init-file 
inhibit-default-init inhibit-startup-screen ms-dos "~" "/_emacs" windows-nt 
"/.emacs" directory-files nil "^\\.emacs\\(\\.elc?\\)?$" "~/.emacs" 
"^_emacs\\(\\.elc?\\)?$" (initialization "`_emacs' init file is deprecated, 
please use `.emacs'") "~/_emacs" t load expand-file-name "init" 
file-name-as-directory "/.emacs.d" file-name-extension "elc" 
file-name-sans-extension ".el" file-exists-p file-newer-than-file-p message 
"Warning: %s is newer than %s" sit-for 1 "default"] 7 "\n\n(fn)"]()
  command-line()
  normal-top-level()
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