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27.1; ~/Emacs file not read at init

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Message #5 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Tomasz Kowalski <T.Kowalski <at> latrobe.edu.au>
To: "bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org" <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
Subject: 27.1; ~/Emacs file not read at init
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2020 12:05:02 +0000

Hi there,

Emacs ignores ~/Emacs file at startup. Below are the relevant lines 
from strace:
--------------------------------------------
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/home/tomaszen_AU.utf8/Emacs", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT
(No such file or directory)
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/home/tomaszEmacs", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such
file or directory)
uname({sysname="Linux", nodename="schooner", ...}) = 0
--------------------------------------------
"/home/tomaszEmacs" should clearly be "/home/tomasz/Emacs" and
"/home/tomaszen_AU.utf8/Emacs" should
be "/home/tomasz/en_AU.utf8/Emacs"

Forgotten / somewhere? 

Best regards,

Tomasz
-- 
Associate Professor, Dept. of Mathematics & Statistics, 
La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC3086, Australia. 
Phone: (+61) 3 9479 2595,
Web (personal): tomasz-kowalski.github.io

Message #8 received at 42827 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>
To: Tomasz Kowalski <T.Kowalski <at> latrobe.edu.au>
Cc: 42827 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#42827: 27.1; ~/Emacs file not read at init
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2020 15:08:57 +0200

>>>>> On Wed, 12 Aug 2020 12:05:02 +0000, Tomasz Kowalski <T.Kowalski <at> latrobe.edu.au> said:

    Tomasz> Hi there,
    Tomasz> Emacs ignores ~/Emacs file at startup. Below are the relevant lines 
    Tomasz> from strace:
    Tomasz> --------------------------------------------
    Tomasz> openat(AT_FDCWD, "/home/tomaszen_AU.utf8/Emacs", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT
    Tomasz> (No such file or directory)
    Tomasz> openat(AT_FDCWD, "/home/tomaszEmacs", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such
    Tomasz> file or directory)
    Tomasz> uname({sysname="Linux", nodename="schooner", ...}) = 0
    Tomasz> --------------------------------------------
    Tomasz> "/home/tomaszEmacs" should clearly be "/home/tomasz/Emacs" and
    Tomasz> "/home/tomaszen_AU.utf8/Emacs" should
    Tomasz> be "/home/tomasz/en_AU.utf8/Emacs"

    Tomasz> Forgotten / somewhere? 

Hmm. Any chance of catching that in gdb so we can see where itʼs being
called from?

Robert

Message #11 received at 42827 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Tomasz Kowalski <T.Kowalski <at> latrobe.edu.au>
Cc: 42827 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#42827: 27.1; ~/Emacs file not read at init
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2020 15:16:20 +0200

Tomasz Kowalski <T.Kowalski <at> latrobe.edu.au> writes:

> openat(AT_FDCWD, "/home/tomaszen_AU.utf8/Emacs", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT
> (No such file or directory)

I can confirm:

[pid 2320398] openat(AT_FDCWD, "/home/larsien_US.UTF-8/Emacs", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
[pid 2320398] openat(AT_FDCWD, "/home/larsiEmacs", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)

(This is on Debian sid.)

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
   bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no

Message #16 received at 42827 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>
To: Tomasz Kowalski <T.Kowalski <at> latrobe.edu.au>
Cc: 42827 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#42827: 27.1; ~/Emacs file not read at init
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2020 15:21:34 +0200

    Tomasz> Forgotten / somewhere? 

    Robert> Hmm. Any chance of catching that in gdb so we can see where itʼs being
    Robert> called from?

Completely WAG:

diff --git a/src/xrdb.c b/src/xrdb.c
index e3a1fcb15a..3d7f715c88 100644
--- a/src/xrdb.c
+++ b/src/xrdb.c
@@ -289,9 +289,9 @@ get_user_app (const char *class)
       /* Check in the home directory.  This is a bit of a hack; let's
 	 hope one's home directory doesn't contain ':' or '%'.  */
       char const *home = get_homedir ();
-      db = search_magic_path (home, class, "%L/%N");
+      db = search_magic_path (home, class, "/%L/%N");
       if (! db)
-	db = search_magic_path (home, class, "%N");
+	db = search_magic_path (home, class, "/%N");
     }
 
   return db;

Message #19 received at 42827 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Alan Mackenzie <acm <at> muc.de>
To: Tomasz Kowalski <T.Kowalski <at> latrobe.edu.au>
Cc: acm <at> muc.de, 42827 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#42827: 27.1; ~/Emacs file not read at init
Date: 12 Aug 2020 14:26:57 -0000

In article <mailman.1695.1597235644.2739.bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org> you wrote:
> Hi there,

> Emacs ignores ~/Emacs file at startup. Below are the relevant lines 
> from strace:
> --------------------------------------------
> openat(AT_FDCWD, "/home/tomaszen_AU.utf8/Emacs", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT
> (No such file or directory)
> openat(AT_FDCWD, "/home/tomaszEmacs", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such
> file or directory)
> uname({sysname="Linux", nodename="schooner", ...}) = 0
> --------------------------------------------
> "/home/tomaszEmacs" should clearly be "/home/tomasz/Emacs" and
> "/home/tomaszen_AU.utf8/Emacs" should
> be "/home/tomasz/en_AU.utf8/Emacs"

> Forgotten / somewhere? 

I'm not certain, but I think the problem might well be your upper case
"E" at the beginning of the file name.  I think you also want a ".",
giving a name like

    /homt/tomasz/.emacs

.  Hope that helps!

> Best regards,

> Tomasz
> -- 
> Associate Professor, Dept. of Mathematics & Statistics, 
> La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC3086, Australia. 
> Phone: (+61) 3 9479 2595,
> Web (personal): tomasz-kowalski.github.io

-- 
Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).

Message #22 received at 42827 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
To: Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Tomasz Kowalski <T.Kowalski <at> latrobe.edu.au>, 42827 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#42827: 27.1; ~/Emacs file not read at init
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2020 16:38:18 +0200

On Aug 12 2020, Robert Pluim wrote:

>     Tomasz> Forgotten / somewhere? 
>
>     Robert> Hmm. Any chance of catching that in gdb so we can see where itʼs being
>     Robert> called from?
>
> Completely WAG:
>
> diff --git a/src/xrdb.c b/src/xrdb.c
> index e3a1fcb15a..3d7f715c88 100644
> --- a/src/xrdb.c
> +++ b/src/xrdb.c
> @@ -289,9 +289,9 @@ get_user_app (const char *class)
>        /* Check in the home directory.  This is a bit of a hack; let's
>  	 hope one's home directory doesn't contain ':' or '%'.  */
>        char const *home = get_homedir ();
> -      db = search_magic_path (home, class, "%L/%N");
> +      db = search_magic_path (home, class, "/%L/%N");
>        if (! db)
> -	db = search_magic_path (home, class, "%N");
> +	db = search_magic_path (home, class, "/%N");
>      }

Looks like the bug was added in commit 900276502f.

Andreas.

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Message #25 received at 42827 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>
To: Alan Mackenzie <acm <at> muc.de>
Cc: Tomasz Kowalski <T.Kowalski <at> latrobe.edu.au>, 42827 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#42827: 27.1; ~/Emacs file not read at init
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2020 18:06:30 +0200

>>>>> On 12 Aug 2020 14:26:57 -0000, Alan Mackenzie <acm <at> muc.de> said:

    Alan> In article <mailman.1695.1597235644.2739.bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org> you wrote:
    >> Hi there,

    >> Emacs ignores ~/Emacs file at startup. Below are the relevant lines 
    >> from strace:
    >> --------------------------------------------
    >> openat(AT_FDCWD, "/home/tomaszen_AU.utf8/Emacs", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT
    >> (No such file or directory)
    >> openat(AT_FDCWD, "/home/tomaszEmacs", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such
    >> file or directory)
    >> uname({sysname="Linux", nodename="schooner", ...}) = 0
    >> --------------------------------------------
    >> "/home/tomaszEmacs" should clearly be "/home/tomasz/Emacs" and
    >> "/home/tomaszen_AU.utf8/Emacs" should
    >> be "/home/tomasz/en_AU.utf8/Emacs"

    >> Forgotten / somewhere? 

    Alan> I'm not certain, but I think the problem might well be your upper case
    Alan> "E" at the beginning of the file name.  I think you also want a ".",
    Alan> giving a name like

    Alan>     /homt/tomasz/.emacs

This is the Emacs application file under X, not the configuration
file. Iʼd be worried if we looked for .emacs by trying to append a
locale string to $HOME :-)

Robert

Message #28 received at 42827 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>
To: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
Cc: Tomasz Kowalski <T.Kowalski <at> latrobe.edu.au>, 42827 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#42827: 27.1; ~/Emacs file not read at init
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2020 18:08:16 +0200

>>>>> On Wed, 12 Aug 2020 16:38:18 +0200, Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org> said:

    Andreas> On Aug 12 2020, Robert Pluim wrote:
    Tomasz> Forgotten / somewhere? 
    >> 
    Robert> Hmm. Any chance of catching that in gdb so we can see where itʼs being
    Robert> called from?
    >> 
    >> Completely WAG:
    >> 
    >> diff --git a/src/xrdb.c b/src/xrdb.c
    >> index e3a1fcb15a..3d7f715c88 100644
    >> --- a/src/xrdb.c
    >> +++ b/src/xrdb.c
    >> @@ -289,9 +289,9 @@ get_user_app (const char *class)
    >> /* Check in the home directory.  This is a bit of a hack; let's
    >> hope one's home directory doesn't contain ':' or '%'.  */
    >> char const *home = get_homedir ();
    >> -      db = search_magic_path (home, class, "%L/%N");
    >> +      db = search_magic_path (home, class, "/%L/%N");
    >> if (! db)
    >> -	db = search_magic_path (home, class, "%N");
    >> +	db = search_magic_path (home, class, "/%N");
    >> }

    Andreas> Looks like the bug was added in commit 900276502f.

Yes, get_homedir doesnʼt stick a '/' on the end, and gethomedir did.

If someone can confirm that this fixes it, I can push to master or to
emacs-27, whichever is preferred (personally I donʼt think itʼs a
major bug, but it is a regression).

Robert

Message #31 received at 42827 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>
Cc: T.Kowalski <at> latrobe.edu.au, schwab <at> linux-m68k.org, 42827 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#42827: 27.1; ~/Emacs file not read at init
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2020 19:25:42 +0300

> From: Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2020 18:08:16 +0200
> Cc: Tomasz Kowalski <T.Kowalski <at> latrobe.edu.au>, 42827 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> Yes, get_homedir doesnʼt stick a '/' on the end, and gethomedir did.
> 
> If someone can confirm that this fixes it, I can push to master or to
> emacs-27, whichever is preferred (personally I donʼt think itʼs a
> major bug, but it is a regression).

If the fix is confirmed, please install on emacs-27.

Thanks.

Message #36 received at 42827-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Tomasz Kowalski <T.Kowalski <at> latrobe.edu.au>, 42827-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
Subject: Re: bug#42827: 27.1; ~/Emacs file not read at init
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2020 21:45:54 -0700

> If someone can confirm that this fixes it

I confirmed that your patch fixes the bug that I unfortunately introduced, and I 
installed your patch to emacs-27 in your name. Thanks for the patch, and thank 
you too Tomasz and Andreas for the report and diagnosis.

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