Re: wrong type argument with latest org and [not] latest emacs

[Alain . Cochard]

Colin Baxter writes on Tue  5 Jul 2022 20:24:
 > >>>>> Colin Baxter <m43cap@yandex.com> writes:
 > 
 > >>>>> Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@gmail.com> writes:
 >     >> Colin Baxter <m43cap@yandex.com> writes:
 >     >>> I'm sending this to emacs.orgmode and emacs.devel lists.
 >     >>> 
 >     >>> With the latest emacs:
 >     >>> 
 >     >>> 
 >     >>> Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument stringp
 >     >>> (wrong-type-argument stringp nil))
 >     >>> format-message((wrong-type-argument stringp nil))
 >     >>> apply(format-message (wrong-type-argument stringp nil))
 >     >>> error((wrong-type-argument stringp nil)) #f(compiled-function
 >     >>> (fun) #<bytecode
 >     -0x1724f6e> )(org-babel-remove-temporary-stable-directory)
 >     >>> run-hook-wrapped(#f(compiled-function (fun) #<bytecode
 >     -0x1724f6e> ) org-babel-remove-temporary-stable-directory)
 > 
 >     >> Thanks for reporting!  This likely caused by recent commit of
 >     >> mine on systems with no write access to remote directory (at
 >     >> least, I am unable to reproduce the steps on my system).
 > 
 >     >> Can you please try the attached patch?
 > 
 >     >> Best, Ihor
 > 
 >     >> From ddf6278e8fcbaa4939539277b111061b7c00f550 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00
 >     >> 2001 Message-Id:
 >     >> 
 > <ddf6278e8fcbaa4939539277b111061b7c00f550.1657026153.git.yantar92@gmail.com>
 >     >> From: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2022
 >     >> 21:00:24 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] ob-core: Fix nil value of
 >     >> `org-babel-temporary-stable-directory'
 > 
 >     >> * lisp/ob-core.el: Fallback the value of
 >     >> `org-babel-temporary-stable-directory' to
 >     >> `org-babel-temporary-directory' if there are issues with
 >     >> directory creation.
 > 
 >     >> Fixes 87sfnfhm6v.fsf@yandex.com">https://yhetil.org/emacs-devel/87sfnfhm6v.fsf@yandex.com
 >     >> --- lisp/ob-core.el | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1
 >     >> deletion(-)
 > 
 >     >> diff --git a/lisp/ob-core.el b/lisp/ob-core.el index
 >     >> 6c379c121..aaf895d74 100644 --- a/lisp/ob-core.el +++
 >     >> b/lisp/ob-core.el @@ -3167,7 +3167,8 @@ (defvar
 >     >> org-babel-temporary-stable-directory (expand-file-name
 >     >> "babel-stable" (temporary-file-directory))) - (t nil))) + ;;
 >     >> Fallback if things do not work.  + (t
 >     >> org-babel-temporary-directory))) "Directory to hold temporary
 >     >> files created to execute code blocks.  Used by
 >     >> `org-babel-temp-file'.  This directory will be removed on Emacs
 >     >> shutdown."))  -- 2.35.1
 > 
 >     > Ok, that patch seems to solve the issue. I have applied the patch
 >     > and I now get now error message when I close down emacs-29.0.50.
 > 
 > Typo! That's no error, not now error.

So it is not the latest emacs

  GNU Emacs 27.2 (build 1, x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version
  3.24.30, cairo version 1.17.4) of 2021-08-07

but it seems related. I have no problem with 

  Org mode version 9.5.4 (9.5.4-ge0b05b @
  /home/cochard/.emacs.d/elpa/org-9.5.4/)

but if I use what I believe to be the latest org from git (pulled a
few minutes ago):

  Org mode version 9.5.4 (release_9.5.4-609-g713598 @
  /home/cochard/Org/Coch-git/org-mode/lisp/)

upon 'C-x C-c', I get

  org-babel-remove-temporary-stable-directory: Wrong type argument:
  stringp, nil

and emacs does not even close.  I cannot kill it either with 'C-c' on
the terminal from which I started emacs.  I have to 'kill -9
<emacs_PID>'


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