Fix long filename handling of byte-compile-fix-header.

* lisp/emacs-lisp/bytecomp.el (byte-compile-fix-header): Handle
arbitrary file name lengths (Bug#11585).

2 files changed, 10 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index 2ebff3d0eed..2a04a9ca799 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2012-05-31  Stefan Monnier  <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
+
+        * emacs-lisp/bytecomp.el (byte-compile-fix-header): Handle
+        arbitrary file name lengths (Bug#11585).
+
 2012-05-28  Martin Rudalics  <rudalics@gmx.at>
 
         * desktop.el (desktop-read): Clear previous and next buffers for
diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/bytecomp.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/bytecomp.el
index 93c6518d215..b03e8e252fd 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/bytecomp.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/bytecomp.el
@@ -1931,7 +1931,7 @@ and will be removed soon.  See (elisp)Backquote in the manual."))
              (byte-compile-fix-header byte-compile-current-file)))))
     byte-compile--outbuffer))
 
-(defun byte-compile-fix-header (filename)
+(defun byte-compile-fix-header (_filename)
   "If the current buffer has any multibyte characters, insert a version test."
   (when (< (point-max) (position-bytes (point-max)))
     (goto-char (point-min))
@@ -1956,12 +1956,10 @@ and will be removed soon.  See (elisp)Backquote in the manual."))
        ;; don't try to check the version number.
        "     (< (aref emacs-version (1- (length emacs-version))) ?A)\n"
        (format "     (string-lessp emacs-version \"%s\")\n" minimum-version)
-       "     (error \"`"
-       ;; prin1-to-string is used to quote backslashes.
-       (substring (prin1-to-string (file-name-nondirectory filename))
-                  1 -1)
-       (format "' was compiled for Emacs %s or later\"))\n\n"
-               minimum-version))
+       ;; Because the header must fit in a fixed width, we cannot
+       ;; insert arbitrary-length file names (Bug#11585).
+       "     (error \"`%s' was compiled for "
+       (format "Emacs %s or later\" load-file-name))\n\n" minimum-version))
       ;; Now compensate for any change in size, to make sure all
       ;; positions in the file remain valid.
       (setq delta (- (point-max) old-header-end))