Re: loading symlinked file raises vc error

[Dr. Thomas Baumann]

Here's the backtrace.
emacs started with emacs -q --no-site-file

Thomas

Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument stringp nil)
  string-match("\\`\\([\\/][\\/]\\|/net/\\|/afs/\\)\\'" nil)
  vc-registered(".emacs")
  vc-backend(".emacs")
  vc-find-file-hook()
  run-hooks(find-file-hook)
  after-find-file(nil t)
  find-file-noselect-1(#<buffer myemacs> "~/myemacs" nil nil "~/.emacs"
(7263 8454))  find-file-noselect("~/myemacs" nil nil t)
  find-file("~/myemacs" t)
  call-interactively(find-file)

On Fri, 15 Oct 2004 15:14:54 -0400 Stefan Monnier
<address@hidden> wrote:

> > when loading a symlinked file the following error msg is raised 
> 
> > vc-registered: Wrong type argument: stringp, nil
> 
> > and the buffer does not show up, although the file is loaded and
> > accessible by switching the buffers
> 
> > Example:
> 
> > ln -s .emacs myemacs
> > C-xC-f .myemacs
> --> vc-registered: Wrong type argument: stringp, nil
> 
> Can't reproduce it here.  Can you turn on debug-on-error and show us
> a backtrace?
> 
> 
>         Stefan
>