bug#53529: 29.0.50; Error with debbugs 0.30 from ELPA

[Stefan Monnier]

> Following-up myself, I think I found the issue.  Emacs writes ^M to
> <package>-autoloads.el.  If I remove them manually, Emacs starts without
> any errors.

Hmmm...  a mix of Unix and DOS EOLs that's a problem, indeed.

> Maybe the change to
>
>   ;; coding: utf-8-unix
>
> on Windows is the issue?

It does seem to be the trigger, but I wonder why we end up with some DOS
EOLs in those files.

The sample you sent shows that the ^M are present on those parts of the
file what are "constant" at the beginning and the end.


        Stefan


> Best, Arash
>
> ;;; debbugs-autoloads.el --- automatically extracted autoloads  -*- 
> lexical-binding: t -*-
> ;;
> ;;; Code:
> 
> (add-to-list 'load-path (directory-file-name
>                          (or (file-name-directory #$) (car load-path))))
> 
> 
> ;;;### (autoloads nil "debbugs" "debbugs.el" (0 0 0 0))
> ;;; Generated autoloads from debbugs.el
>
> (register-definition-prefixes "debbugs" '("debbugs-"))
>
> ;;;***
> 
> ;;;### (autoloads nil "debbugs-browse" "debbugs-browse.el" (0 0 0
> ;;;;;;  0))
> ;;; Generated autoloads from debbugs-browse.el
>
> (defconst debbugs-browse-gnu-url-regexp (format 
> "^%s\\(%s\\)?\\([[:digit:]]+\\)$" 
> "https?://\\(debbugs\\|bugs\\)\\.gnu\\.org/" (regexp-quote 
> "cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=")) "\
> A regular expression matching bug report URLs on GNU's debbugs instance.")
>
> (autoload 'debbugs-browse-url "debbugs-browse" "\
>
>
> \(fn URL &optional NEW-WINDOW)" nil nil)
>
> (when (boundp 'browse-url-default-handlers) (add-to-list 
> 'browse-url-default-handlers `(,debbugs-browse-gnu-url-regexp . 
> debbugs-browse-url)))
>
> (autoload 'debbugs-browse-mode "debbugs-browse" "\
> Browse GNU Debbugs bug URLs with debbugs-gnu or debbugs-org.
> With a prefix argument ARG, enable Debbugs Browse mode if ARG is
> positive, and disable it otherwise.  If called from Lisp, enable
> the mode if ARG is omitted or nil.
> The customer option `debbugs-browse-function' controls, which of
> the two packages is used for showing bugs.
>
> \(fn &optional ARG)" t nil)
>
> (register-definition-prefixes "debbugs-browse" '("debbugs-browse-"))
>
> ;;;***
> 
> ;;;### (autoloads nil "debbugs-gnu" "debbugs-gnu.el" (0 0 0 0))
> ;;; Generated autoloads from debbugs-gnu.el
>
> (autoload 'debbugs-gnu-search "debbugs-gnu" "\
> Search for Emacs bugs interactively.
> Search arguments are requested interactively.  The \"search
> phrase\" is used for full text search in the bugs database.
> Further key-value pairs are requested until an empty key is
> returned.  If a key cannot be queried by a SOAP request, it is
> marked as \"client-side filter\".
>
> When using interactively, use \\[repeat-complex-command] after
> this command for reusing the argument list.  Be careful in
> editing the arguments, because the allowed attributes for QUERY
> depend on PHRASE being a string, or nil.  See Info node
> `(debbugs-ug) Searching Bugs'.
>
> \(fn PHRASE &optional QUERY SEVERITIES PACKAGES ARCHIVEDP)" t nil)
>
> (autoload 'debbugs-gnu-patches "debbugs-gnu" "\
> List the bug reports that have been marked as containing a patch." t nil)
>
> (autoload 'debbugs-gnu-tagged "debbugs-gnu" "\
> List the bug reports that have been tagged locally." t nil)
>
> (autoload 'debbugs-gnu-package "debbugs-gnu" "\
> List the bug reports of default packages, divided by severity.
>
> \(fn &optional PACKAGES)" t nil)
>
> (autoload 'debbugs-gnu "debbugs-gnu" "\
> List all outstanding bugs.
>
> \(fn SEVERITIES &optional PACKAGES ARCHIVEDP SUPPRESS TAGS)" t nil)
>
> (autoload 'debbugs-gnu-usertags "debbugs-gnu" "\
> List all user tags for USERS, which is (\"emacs\") by default.
>
> \(fn &rest USERS)" t nil)
>
> (autoload 'debbugs-gnu-bugs "debbugs-gnu" "\
> List all BUGS, a list of bug numbers.
> In interactive calls, prompt for a comma separated list of bugs
> or bug ranges, with default to `debbugs-gnu-default-bug-number-list'.
>
> \(fn &rest BUGS)" t nil)
>
> (register-definition-prefixes "debbugs-gnu" '("debbugs-gnu-"))
>
> ;;;***
> 
> ;;;### (autoloads nil "debbugs-org" "debbugs-org.el" (0 0 0 0))
> ;;; Generated autoloads from debbugs-org.el
>
> (autoload 'debbugs-org-search "debbugs-org" "\
> Search for bugs interactively.
> Search arguments are requested interactively.  The \"search
> phrase\" is used for full text search in the bugs database.
> Further key-value pairs are requested until an empty key is
> returned.  If a key cannot be queried by a SOAP request, it is
> marked as \"client-side filter\"." t nil)
>
> (autoload 'debbugs-org-patches "debbugs-org" "\
> List the bug reports that have been marked as containing a patch." t nil)
>
> (autoload 'debbugs-org-tagged "debbugs-org" "\
> List the bug reports that have been tagged locally." t nil)
>
> (autoload 'debbugs-org "debbugs-org" "\
> List all outstanding bugs." t nil)
>
> (autoload 'debbugs-org-mode "debbugs-org" "\
> Minor mode for providing a debbugs interface in org-mode buffers.
>
> This is a minor mode.  If called interactively, toggle the
> `Debbugs-Org mode' mode.  If the prefix argument is positive,
> enable the mode, and if it is zero or negative, disable the mode.
>
> If called from Lisp, toggle the mode if ARG is `toggle'.  Enable
> the mode if ARG is nil, omitted, or is a positive number.
> Disable the mode if ARG is a negative number.
>
> To check whether the minor mode is enabled in the current buffer,
> evaluate `debbugs-org-mode'.
>
> The mode's hook is called both when the mode is enabled and when
> it is disabled.
>
> \\{debbugs-org-mode-map}
>
> \(fn &optional ARG)" t nil)
>
> (autoload 'debbugs-org-emacs-release-blocking-reports "debbugs-org" "\
> Show the reports that are blocking an Emacs release." t nil)
>
> (autoload 'debbugs-org-bugs "debbugs-org" "\
> List all BUGS, a list of bug numbers.
> In interactive calls, prompt for a comma separated list of bugs
> or bug ranges, with default to `debbugs-gnu-default-bug-number-list'." t nil)
>
> (register-definition-prefixes "debbugs-org" '("debbugs-org-"))
>
> ;;;***
> 
> ;;;### (autoloads nil nil ("debbugs-pkg.el") (0 0 0 0))
>
> ;;;***
> 
> ;; Local Variables:
> ;; version-control: never
> ;; no-byte-compile: t
> ;; no-update-autoloads: t
> ;; coding: utf-8-emacs-unix
> ;; End:
> ;;; debbugs-autoloads.el ends here