bug#16873: 24.3.50; `describe-package' error: (wrong-type-argument char-or-string-p ("comm" "hypermedia"))

bug#16873: 24.3.50; `describe-package' error: (wrong-type-argument char-or-string-p ("comm" "hypermedia"))

[Xue Fuqiao]

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To reproduce:

  emacs -Q
  M-x describe-package RET debbugs RET

Then Emacs signals an error, the backtrace is attached.



In GNU Emacs 24.3.50.1 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.8.6)
 of 2014-02-22 on xfq-ThinkPad-X1-Carbon
Repository revision: 116520 rgm@gnu.org-20140221202402-urj7ytxmtclsvg5u
Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.11405000
System Description:	Ubuntu 13.10

Configured using:
 `configure --enable-checking --disable-silent-rules
 --enable-gtk-deprecation-warnings'

Important settings:
  value of $LC_MONETARY: en_US.UTF-8
  value of $LC_NUMERIC: en_US.UTF-8
  value of $LC_TIME: en_US.UTF-8
  value of $LANG: en_US.UTF-8
  locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix


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Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument char-or-string-p ("comm" "hypermedia"))
  insert-text-button(("comm" "hypermedia") face (:box (:line-width 2 :color "dark grey") :background "light grey" :foreground "black") follow-link t package-keyword ("comm" "hypermedia") action package-keyword-button-action)
  apply(insert-text-button ("comm" "hypermedia") face (:box (:line-width 2 :color "dark grey") :background "light grey" :foreground "black") follow-link t (package-keyword ("comm" "hypermedia") action package-keyword-button-action))
  package-make-button(("comm" "hypermedia") package-keyword ("comm" "hypermedia") action package-keyword-button-action)
  describe-package-1(debbugs)
  describe-package(debbugs)
  call-interactively(describe-package record nil)
  command-execute(describe-package record)
  execute-extended-command(nil "describe-package")
  call-interactively(execute-extended-command nil nil)
  command-execute(execute-extended-command)

bug#16873: 24.3.50; `describe-package' error: (wrong-type-argument char-or-string-p ("comm" "hypermedia"))

[Glenn Morris]

Can't reproduce this with current trunk and elpa descriptions.

bug#16873: 24.3.50; `describe-package' error: (wrong-type-argument char-or-string-p ("comm" "hypermedia"))

[Michael Albinus]

Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> writes:

> Can't reproduce this with current trunk and elpa descriptions.

Same here. However, I have debbugs installed from elp - maybe this makes
a difference. Do you have it installed?

Best regards, Michael.

bug#16873: 24.3.50; `describe-package' error: (wrong-type-argument char-or-string-p ("comm" "hypermedia"))

[Xue Fuqiao]

Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de> writes:
>> Can't reproduce this with current trunk and elpa descriptions.
>
> Same here. However, I have debbugs installed from elp - maybe this makes
> a difference. Do you have it installed?

Yes.  I'll try the current trunk later.

-- 
http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/

bug#16873: 24.3.50; `describe-package' error: (wrong-type-argument char-or-string-p ("comm" "hypermedia"))

[Glenn Morris]

Xue Fuqiao wrote:

> Yes.  I'll try the current trunk later.

I imagine the issue is with your (stale?) local copy of

   .emacs.d/elpa/archives/gnu/archive-contents

rather than with your version of emacs.

Sounds like

http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=16222

bug#16873: 24.3.50; `describe-package' error: (wrong-type-argument char-or-string-p ("comm" "hypermedia"))

[Xue Fuqiao]

Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> writes:
>> Yes.  I'll try the current trunk later.

I see the same problem with the current trunk.

> I imagine the issue is with your (stale?) local copy of
>
>    .emacs.d/elpa/archives/gnu/archive-contents
>
> rather than with your version of emacs.
>
> Sounds like
>
> http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=16222

Perhaps.  What should I do?  Delete that file?  Or is there a cleaner way?

-- 
http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/

bug#16873: 24.3.50; `describe-package' error: (wrong-type-argument char-or-string-p ("comm" "hypermedia"))

[Glenn Morris]

Xue Fuqiao wrote:

> Perhaps.  What should I do?  Delete that file?  Or is there a cleaner way?

I suggest you start by deleting it, yes.

bug#16873: 24.3.50; `describe-package' error: (wrong-type-argument char-or-string-p ("comm" "hypermedia"))

[Xue Fuqiao]

Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> writes:
>> What should I do?  Delete that file?  Or is there a cleaner way?
>
> I suggest you start by deleting it, yes.

Deleting and regenerating it didn't work.

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http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/

bug#16873: 24.3.50; `describe-package' error: (wrong-type-argument char-or-string-p ("comm" "hypermedia"))

[Glenn Morris]

Xue Fuqiao wrote:

> Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> writes:
>>> What should I do?  Delete that file?  Or is there a cleaner way?
>>
>> I suggest you start by deleting it, yes.
>
> Deleting and regenerating it didn't work.

OK, I'm out of ideas. You'll have to debug why this happens for you.

bug#16873: 24.3.50; `describe-package' error: (wrong-type-argument char-or-string-p ("comm" "hypermedia"))

[Xue Fuqiao]

Thanks anyway.  Closing.

bug#16873: 24.3.50; `describe-package' error: (wrong-type-argument char-or-string-p ("comm" "hypermedia"))

[Nicolas Richard]

Hi,

I re-opened the bug because I had it too, and was now able to reproduce
it. The problems lies in
~/.emacs.d/elpa/debbugs-0.6/debbugs-pkg.el

Here's how to reproduce:

NEWHOME=/tmp/a-new-home/
mkdir $NEWHOME
HOME=$NEWHOME emacs -Q --eval '(progn (setq debug-on-error t) 
(package-initialize) (package-refresh-contents) (package-install (quote 
debbugs)) (describe-package (quote debbugs)))'

I hope this helps other to reproduce.

-- 
Nico.

bug#16873: 24.3.50; `describe-package' error: (wrong-type-argument char-or-string-p ("comm" "hypermedia"))

[Juanma Barranquero]

I see this bug.

The problem is that the package description before installing a
package has a quoted list, and after installing it, isn't quoted:

;;; Before installing debbugs

[cl-struct-package-desc
 debbugs
 (0 6)
 "SOAP library to access debbugs servers"
 nil
 tar
 "gnu"
 nil
 ((:keywords quote ("comm" "hypermedia"))
  (:url . "http://elpa.gnu.org/packages/debbugs.html"))
 nil]

;;; After installing debbugs

[cl-struct-package-desc
 debbugs
 (0 6)
 "SOAP library to access debbugs servers"
 nil
 nil
 nil
 "c:/devel/emacs/site-lisp/elpa/debbugs-0.6"
 ((:url . "http://elpa.gnu.org/packages/debbugs.html")
  (:keywords ("comm" "hypermedia")))
 nil]

so package-desc--keywords gets confused.

bug#16873: 24.3.50; `describe-package' error: (wrong-type-argument char-or-string-p ("comm" "hypermedia"))

[Stefan Monnier]

>  ((:keywords quote ("comm" "hypermedia"))

This one looks incorrect.


        Stefan

bug#16873: 24.3.50; `describe-package' error: (wrong-type-argument char-or-string-p ("comm" "hypermedia"))

[Juanma Barranquero]

On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 8:47 PM, Stefan Monnier
<monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> wrote:

>>  ((:keywords quote ("comm" "hypermedia"))
>
> This one looks incorrect.

OK, but then, why does package-desc--keywords explicitly check for it?
Perhaps hysterical raisins?

(defun package-desc--keywords (pkg-desc)
  (let ((keywords (cdr (assoc :keywords (package-desc-extras pkg-desc)))))
    (if (eq (car-safe keywords) 'quote)
        (nth 1 keywords)
      keywords)))

bug#16873: 24.3.50; `describe-package' error: (wrong-type-argument char-or-string-p ("comm" "hypermedia"))

[Juanma Barranquero]

On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 9:01 PM, Juanma Barranquero <lekktu@gmail.com> wrote:

>> This one looks incorrect.

Also, that's how it is stored in elpa/archives/gnu/archive-contents:

(debbugs .
          [(0 6)
           nil "SOAP library to access debbugs servers" tar
           ((:keywords quote
                       ("comm" "hypermedia"))
            (:url . "http://elpa.gnu.org/packages/debbugs.html"))])

bug#16873: 24.3.50; `describe-package' error: (wrong-type-argument char-or-string-p ("comm" "hypermedia"))

[Stefan]

> Also, that's how it is stored in elpa/archives/gnu/archive-contents:

> (debbugs .
>           [(0 6)
>            nil "SOAP library to access debbugs servers" tar
>            ((:keywords quote
>                        ("comm" "hypermedia"))
>             (:url . "http://elpa.gnu.org/packages/debbugs.html"))])

Hmm... that's also an error.
The quote is only needed&useful on the (define-package ... :keywords
'("comm" "hypermedia") ...) form.


        Stefan

bug#16873: 24.3.50; `describe-package' error: (wrong-type-argument char-or-string-p ("comm" "hypermedia"))

[Dmitry Gutov]

Juanma Barranquero <lekktu@gmail.com> writes:

> OK, but then, why does package-desc--keywords explicitly check for it?
> Perhaps hysterical raisins?

It's a hack, kinda. You're welcome to implement it better.

The bug in question, though, should be fixed with revision 116830.

bug#16873: 24.3.50; `describe-package' error: (wrong-type-argument char-or-string-p ("comm" "hypermedia"))

[Juanma Barranquero]

On Sat, Mar 22, 2014 at 9:45 AM, Dmitry Gutov <dgutov@yandex.ru> wrote:

> It's a hack, kinda. You're welcome to implement it better.

Wasn't complaining about it.

> The bug in question, though, should be fixed with revision 116830.

Thanks.

bug#16873: 24.3.50; `describe-package' error: (wrong-type-argument char-or-string-p ("comm" "hypermedia"))

[Dmitry Gutov]

On 22.03.2014 14:18, Juanma Barranquero wrote:

> Wasn't complaining about it.

I wasn't complaining about your questions either. You're really welcome 
to rewrite it. :)

While this printed representation isn't something I planned on, the 
structure works as intended, and it should be possible to "unquote" in a 
later Emacs version (http://debbugs.gnu.org/16222#56).