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

[Colin Baxter]

>>>>> Alain Cochard <Alain.Cochard@unistra.fr> writes:

    > 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>'


It should work with org-mode release_9.5.4-610-gbdf7af.

Best wishes,

Colin Baxter.