[ESS-bugs] ess-mode 16.04 [git: fc81449c8a3bf95f2cf063e1d2f377d4e73124ee]; ess-r-package-auto-activate is run

[Sam Steingold]

this is with the current git tip:

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$ git remote -v
origin	git at github.com:sam-s/ESS.git (fetch)
origin	git at github.com:sam-s/ESS.git (push)
upstream	https://github.com/emacs-ess/ESS.git (fetch)
upstream	https://github.com/emacs-ess/ESS.git (push)
$ git pull upstream master
>From https://github.com/emacs-ess/ESS
 * branch            master     -> FETCH_HEAD
Current branch master is up to date.
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just started, did not open any R files.

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[ess-site.el]: ess-customize-alist=nil 
[ess-site.el _2_]: ess-customize-alist=nil 
(S): ess-s-versions-create making M-x defuns for 
 
(R): ess-r-versions-create making M-x defuns for 
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I get this error from Gnus:

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Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument stringp nil)
  directory-file-name(nil)
  ess-r-package--find-package-path()
  ess-r-package--local-package-info()
  ess-r-package-get-info()
  ess-r-package-auto-activate()
  run-hooks(after-change-major-mode-hook)
  run-mode-hooks(text-mode-hook)
  text-mode()
  set-auto-mode-0(text-mode nil)
  set-auto-mode()
  mm-display-inline-fontify((#<buffer  *mm*-731741> ("text/rfc822-headers" (name . "MDNPart3.txt")) 7bit nil ("inline") nil nil nil))
  mm-inline-text((#<buffer  *mm*-731741> ("text/rfc822-headers" (name . "MDNPart3.txt")) 7bit nil ("inline") nil nil nil))
  mm-display-inline((#<buffer  *mm*-731741> ("text/rfc822-headers" (name . "MDNPart3.txt")) 7bit nil ("inline") nil nil nil))
  gnus-mime-display-single((#<buffer  *mm*-731741> ("text/rfc822-headers" (name . "MDNPart3.txt")) 7bit nil ("inline") nil nil nil))
  gnus-mime-display-part((#<buffer  *mm*-731741> ("text/rfc822-headers" (name . "MDNPart3.txt")) 7bit nil ("inline") nil nil nil))
  mapcar(gnus-mime-display-part ((#<buffer  *mm*-452855> ("text/plain" (charset . "UTF-8")) quoted-printable (lambda nil (let ((inhibit-read-only t)) (delete-region #<marker (moves after insertion) at 6217 in *Article nnimap+gmail:INBOX*> #<marker at 6483 in *Article nnimap+gmail:INBOX*>))) ("inline") nil nil nil) (#<buffer  *mm*-751102> ("message/disposition-notification" (name . "MDNPart2.txt")) 7bit nil ("inline") nil nil nil) (#<buffer  *mm*-731741> ("text/rfc822-headers" (name . "MDNPart3.txt")) 7bit nil ("inline") nil nil nil)))
  gnus-mime-display-mixed(((#<buffer  *mm*-452855> ("text/plain" (charset . "UTF-8")) quoted-printable (lambda nil (let ((inhibit-read-only t)) (delete-region #<marker (moves after insertion) at 6217 in *Article nnimap+gmail:INBOX*> #<marker at 6483 in *Article nnimap+gmail:INBOX*>))) ("inline") nil nil nil) (#<buffer  *mm*-751102> ("message/disposition-notification" (name . "MDNPart2.txt")) 7bit nil ("inline") nil nil nil) (#<buffer  *mm*-731741> ("text/rfc822-headers" (name . "MDNPart3.txt")) 7bit nil ("inline") nil nil nil)))
  gnus-mime-display-part((#("multipart/report" 0 16 (boundary "------------mdn14CCD6B1DC2AB518476CA120" report-type "disposition-notification" buffer #<buffer  *mm*> from "rpgoldman at sift.net" start nil)) (#<buffer  *mm*-452855> ("text/plain" (charset . "UTF-8")) quoted-printable (lambda nil (let ((inhibit-read-only t)) (delete-region #<marker (moves after insertion) at 6217 in *Article nnimap+gmail:INBOX*> #<marker at 6483 in *Article nnimap+gmail:INBOX*>))) ("inline") nil nil nil) (#<buffer  *mm*-751102> ("message/disposition-notification" (name . "MDNPart2.txt")) 7bit nil ("inline") nil nil nil) (#<buffer  *mm*-731741> ("text/rfc822-headers" (name . "MDNPart3.txt")) 7bit nil ("inline") nil nil nil)))
  gnus-display-mime()
  gnus-article-prepare-display()
  gnus-article-prepare(63151 nil)
  gnus-summary-display-article(63151 nil)
  gnus-summary-select-article(nil nil pseudo)
  gnus-summary-scroll-up(1)
  funcall-interactively(gnus-summary-scroll-up 1)
  call-interactively(gnus-summary-scroll-up nil nil)
  command-execute(gnus-summary-scroll-up)
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Emacs  : GNU Emacs 25.1.50.15 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.18.9)
 of 2016-09-01
Package: ess-mode 16.04 [git: fc81449c8a3bf95f2cf063e1d2f377d4e73124ee]

current state:
==============
(setq
 ess-language nil
 ess-dialect nil
 ess-ask-for-ess-directory nil
 ess-ask-about-transfile nil
 ess-directory nil
 ess-keep-dump-files "always"
 ess-source-directory "/tmp"
 ess-use-ido t
 ess-use-eldoc t
 ess-use-tracebug t
 ess-use-auto-complete t
 ess-use-company t
 ess-eval-visibly-p 'nowait
 ess-can-eval-in-background t
 ess-local-process-name nil
 )
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