Re: man broken?

[Philip Kaludercic]

Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de> writes:

> Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net> writes:
>
> Hi Philip,

Hi,

>>>> Invoking man M-x man on any program, eg ls returns error:
>>>>
>>>> Invalid function: connection-local-value
>>>>
>>>> appears to be due to tramp related logic in man-shell-file-name
>>>
>>> connection-local-value is a new macro. So you need to recompile
>>> man.el. Since it is used somewhere else as well, 'make bootstrap' might
>>> be the best option.
>>
>> I've been having another issue, whatever man page I try to open I get a
>>
>>    /system/bin/sh: No such file or directory
>>
>> error message, because
>>
>>   (connection-local-value shell-file-name) => "/system/bin/sh"
>>
>> I haven't reported it as a bug yet, because I cannot reproduce it in
>> emacs -Q, and I haven't found any useful information to help debugging
>> the issue.
>>
>> Perhaps you have some ideas that could help me prepare a bug report?
>
> Im don't get it. Have you tried 'make bootstrap' Could you pls tell what
> hayou done, starting with "emacs -Q"?

I did try make bootstrap, and it didn't work, but I cannot reproduce the
issue with emacs -Q either, so my configuration is apparently playing a
part in the issue.

> Best regards, Michael.