[debbugs-tracker] bug#17508: closed (24.3.91; Emacs without dbus support and unclear error message.)

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> 24.3.91; Emacs without dbus support and unclear error message.
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> Fri, 16 May 2014 13:23:06 +0200
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> When emacs is compiled --without-dbus and one runs:
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> emacs -Q -l notifications --eval '(notifications-notify :title "foo" :body 
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> the error is cryptic:
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> Error: (void-variable dbus-message-type-method-call)
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> I would in fact expect (require 'dbus) to give an error when no dbus
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> (This happened to me because I had not installed dbus-1-dev prior to
> recompiling emacs.)
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> Nico.
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> Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.4.50 (gnu/linux)
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> Andreas Schwab <address@hidden> writes:
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> > Nicolas Richard <address@hidden> writes:
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> >> I would in fact expect (require 'dbus) to give an error when no dbus
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> > Just loading a library should never give an error.
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> Yep. I've added a check to `dbus-call-method' and friends, whether Emacs
> has been compiled with D-Bus support. Fixed in the emacs-24 branch.
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> > Andreas.
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> Best regards, Michael.
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