From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Chong Yidong Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#6805: 24.0.50; package--dir assumes that Emacs is installed Date: Sun, 08 Aug 2010 16:33:57 -0400 Message-ID: <87sk2ovo7e.fsf@stupidchicken.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1281300449 2466 80.91.229.12 (8 Aug 2010 20:47:29 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 8 Aug 2010 20:47:29 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 6805@debbugs.gnu.org To: =?UTF-8?Q?=C3=86var_?= =?UTF-8?Q?Arnfj=C3=B6r=C3=B0?= Bjarmason Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Aug 08 22:47:27 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OiCmC-0005yc-F7 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 08 Aug 2010 22:47:24 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:60354 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OiCmB-0004kd-Se for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 08 Aug 2010 16:47:23 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=56913 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OiCdT-0003kJ-3I for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Aug 2010 16:38:24 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OiCdR-0004D6-Pc for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Aug 2010 16:38:22 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:51791) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OiCdR-0004D2-OE for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Aug 2010 16:38:21 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OiCZG-0004LP-8x; Sun, 08 Aug 2010 16:34:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Chong Yidong Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 08 Aug 2010 20:34:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 6805 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 6805-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B6805.128129960216690 (code B ref 6805); Sun, 08 Aug 2010 20:34:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 6805) by debbugs.gnu.org; 8 Aug 2010 20:33:22 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OiCYc-0004L9-9I for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 08 Aug 2010 16:33:22 -0400 Original-Received: from pantheon-po18.its.yale.edu ([130.132.50.74]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OiCYZ-0004L2-GR for 6805@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 08 Aug 2010 16:33:20 -0400 Original-Received: from furry (173-9-75-145-NewEngland.hfc.comcastbusiness.net [173.9.75.145]) (authenticated bits=0) by pantheon-po18.its.yale.edu (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id o78KXwY9006097 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Sun, 8 Aug 2010 16:33:59 -0400 Original-Received: by furry (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 3211AC013; Sun, 8 Aug 2010 16:33:58 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: =?UTF-8?Q?("=C3=86var_?= =?UTF-8?Q?Arnfj=C3=B6r=C3=B0?= Bjarmason"'s message of "Thu, 5 Aug 2010 18:07:39 +0000") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-YaleITSMailFilter: Version 1.2c (attachment(s) not renamed) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Sun, 08 Aug 2010 16:34:02 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:39315 Archived-At: =C3=86var Arnfj=C3=B6r=C3=B0 Bjarmason writes: > When I compile Emacs from Git and run it without doing "make install" I > run into this in package.el: > > (unless pkg-dir > (error "Internal error: could not find directory for %s-%s" > name version-str)) I can't reproduce this. I run Emacs in place without `make install', and have not encountered any such error. Could you provide a precise description of the error, such as the error message shown in echo area? > It's failing that assertion because package--dir assumes that Emacs is > already installed: > > package-directory-list is a variable defined in `package.el'. > Its value is > ("/usr/local/share/emacs/24.0.50/site-lisp/elpa" > "/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp/elpa") It should not matter if these directories do not exist, but your bug report does not provide enough information to tell for sure.