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bug#16667: Accented home dir stops ELPA package
From: |
Stefan Monnier |
Subject: |
bug#16667: Accented home dir stops ELPA package |
Date: |
Fri, 07 Feb 2014 23:56:51 -0500 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) |
> Yes, but how would a unibyte string escape from C in the first place?
I suggested that directory-files might take the SDATA of the
default-directory (i.e. its internal utf-8 representation), prepend it
to the file name and mark the result as a unibyte string before
returning it.
I have no evidence saying it's what happens, but based on the message
log something along these lines might be going on and could explain the
behavior.
> Does any of the functions involved encode file names by hand?
You mean the functions in autoload.el or package.el? I don't think so.
> Why don't you ask that guy to install a development snapshot? If the
> problem persists, we can help him then.
He's a student of mine, so use of Emacs is mostly imposed and I since he
found a workaround (use that alternate user with all-ASCII name) I think
he's happy enough to move on.
Stefan