bug#47642: 28.0.50; (error "Selection owner couldn't convert" UTF8_STRING)

[Jean Louis]

* Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> [2021-04-07 23:03]:
> > From: Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support>
> > Date: Wed, 07 Apr 2021 20:51:05 +0300
> > 
> > 
> > I never had this error. It now happens in the longer running instance,
> > it started suddenly. I don;t remember using any chars outside of
> > ASCII. It is invoked when I pres C-k or C-y -- it started mysteriously
> > and then after a while it stopped.
> > 
> > I cannot replicate it in 'emacs -Q'.
> > 
> > Debugger entered--Lisp error: (error "Selection owner couldn't convert" 
> > UTF8_STRING)
> 
> Why do you think it's an Emacs problem?  The error message points to
> an external program, which owns the selection.

I get it, this is clear and may be closed.