bug#34094: 27.0.50; (wrong-type-argument stringp (require . elec-pair)) with describe-function (and other commands)

[Tassilo Horn]

Tassilo Horn <tsdh@gnu.org> writes:

>> With the current master:
>>
>> emacs -Q
>>
>> M-x toggle-debug-on-error
>> C-h f package-reinstall
>>
>> You get this backtrace:
>>
>> Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument stringp (require . 
>> elec-pair))
>
> I found the problem: the new portable dumper needs emacs.pdmp in
> `data-directory'.  Unfortunately, when you run without "make install",
> data-directory is set to emacs/etc/ whereas the emacs.pdmp resides in
> emacs/src/.

Ah, that's not entirely true.  It seems I have to start emacs from
within the directory where the emacs.pdmp file resides.

And then I'll get an

  Fatal error 11: Segmentation faultfish: “emacs” terminated by signal SIGSEGV 
(Address boundary error)

but that's another story.

Bye,
Tassilo