Re: flymake minor mode incompatible with cvs version control log entry

[Stefan Monnier]

> When flymake mode was added to the text-mode-hook using emacs
> customization, I was unable to enter a new revision in a cvs version
> controlled file when the filename contained a '-' character inside the
> filename.  The problem filename was "cvschanges-rewrite.py".

> The file was already under CVS version control.  CVS worked fine from the
> command line.  I made a file change and pressed control x v v.  The result
> was that I received an error message, apparently from flymake, claiming
> the filename was invalid.

> The workaround is to remove flymake mode from the text-mode-hook.

> (I have not dug further into the actual source of the error.)

Please dig deeper.  This is a bug.
Set Options=>Enter Debugger on Error, reproduce the bug, show us
the backtrace.  Or if you don't get a backtrace, give us a recipe to
reproduce the problem, starting from "emacs -q --no-site-file".


        Stefan