From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: Richard Hopkins <emacs@unbit.co.uk>
Cc: 58367@debbugs.gnu.org, Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Subject: bug#58367: `package-install-file' rejects some .tar files (tentative patch)
Date: Sat, 08 Oct 2022 15:28:44 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87pmf2saur.fsf@gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <263dae3ce307236c2694a2bc0baa3f63@unbit.co.uk> (Richard Hopkins's message of "Fri, 07 Oct 2022 22:15:56 +0100")
Richard Hopkins <emacs@unbit.co.uk> writes:
> `package-install-file' signals an error for some .tar packages based
> on their structure - both file layout and tar format.
>
> This is specific to the package routines for .tar files as Emacs can
> understand them fine, and can also install the packages if they have
> already been extracted.
Perhaps Stefan has some comments here; added to the CCs.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-10-08 13:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-10-07 21:15 bug#58367: `package-install-file' rejects some .tar files (tentative patch) Richard Hopkins
2022-10-08 13:28 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen [this message]
2022-10-08 13:55 ` Richard Hopkins
2022-10-08 16:25 ` Stefan Monnier via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2022-10-08 22:45 ` Richard Hopkins
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