bug#23721: Subject: 24.5; package-read-archive-contents: Wrong type argument: arrayp, nil

bug#23721: Subject: 24.5; package-read-archive-contents: Wrong type argument: arrayp, nil

[Wensheng Xie]

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Dear Emacs team:

Thanks for providing and maintaining such a great software.

Even I am new to emacs, I find it very good.

I have problem with it.

Please refer to attached item.

I will find out how to set mail in emacs soon.

regards,
wxie

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From: wxie@oash-p049.ad.harman.com
To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: 24.5; package-read-archive-contents: Wrong type argument: arrayp, nil
Date: Tue, 07 Jun 2016 17:43:34 +0800
Message-ID: <87ziqx72rd.fsf@oash-p049.ad.harman.com>
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step:
1. start emacs
2. M-x list-package
3. scroll to org (installed 20160606), mark D, then X
4. org is deleted in the installed list
5. C-x C-c to exit emacs
6. start emacs
7. M-x list-package
8. error: package-read-archive-contents: Wrong type argument: arrayp, nil



In GNU Emacs 24.5.1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.20.6)
 of 2016-06-05 on juergen
Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.11803000
Configured using:
 `configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --libexecdir=/usr/lib
 --localstatedir=/var --with-x-toolkit=gtk3 --with-xft
 'CFLAGS=-march=i686 -mtune=generic -O2 -pipe -fstack-protector-strong'
 CPPFLAGS=-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2
 LDFLAGS=-Wl,-O1,--sort-common,--as-needed,-z,relro'

Important settings:
  value of $LANG: en_US
  locale-coding-system: iso-latin-1-unix

Major mode: Messages

Minor modes in effect:
  tooltip-mode: t
  electric-indent-mode: t
  mouse-wheel-mode: t
  tool-bar-mode: t
  menu-bar-mode: t
  file-name-shadow-mode: t
  global-font-lock-mode: t
  font-lock-mode: t
  blink-cursor-mode: t
  auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-encryption-mode: t
  auto-compression-mode: t
  buffer-read-only: t
  line-number-mode: t
  transient-mark-mode: t

Recent messages:
Loading /home/wxie/.quicklisp/slime-helper.el (source)...done
For information about GNU Emacs and the GNU system, type C-h C-a.
C-x C-g is undefined
Quit
package-read-archive-contents: Wrong type argument: arrayp, nil
Making completion list...
Type C-x 1 to remove help window.  

Load-path shadows:
None found.

Features:
(shadow sort gnus-util mail-extr emacsbug message idna format-spec
rfc822 mml mml-sec mm-decode mm-bodies mm-encode mail-parse rfc2231
mailabbrev gmm-utils mailheader sendmail rfc2047 rfc2045 ietf-drums
mm-util mail-prsvr mail-utils help-mode finder-inf package epg-config
slime-fancy slime-trace-dialog slime-fontifying-fu slime-package-fu
slime-references slime-compiler-notes-tree slime-scratch
slime-presentations advice bridge slime-macrostep macrostep
slime-mdot-fu slime-enclosing-context slime-fuzzy slime-fancy-trace
slime-fancy-inspector slime-c-p-c slime-editing-commands slime-autodoc
eldoc slime-repl elp slime-parse slime byte-opt bytecomp byte-compile
cconv derived cl-extra help-fns edmacro kmacro gud apropos compile etags
arc-mode archive-mode noutline outline easy-mmode easymenu pp comint
ansi-color ring hyperspec cl-macs thingatpt browse-url cl gv cl-loaddefs
cl-lib slime-autoloads time-date tooltip electric uniquify ediff-hook
vc-hooks lisp-float-type mwheel x-win x-dnd tool-bar dnd fontset image
regexp-opt fringe tabulated-list newcomment lisp-mode prog-mode register
page menu-bar rfn-eshadow timer select scroll-bar mouse jit-lock
font-lock syntax facemenu font-core frame cham georgian utf-8-lang
misc-lang vietnamese tibetan thai tai-viet lao korean japanese hebrew
greek romanian slovak czech european ethiopic indian cyrillic chinese
case-table epa-hook jka-cmpr-hook help simple abbrev minibuffer nadvice
loaddefs button faces cus-face macroexp files text-properties overlay
sha1 md5 base64 format env code-pages mule custom widget
hashtable-print-readable backquote make-network-process dbusbind
gfilenotify dynamic-setting system-font-setting font-render-setting
move-toolbar gtk x-toolkit x multi-tty emacs)

Memory information:
((conses 8 235067 6539)
 (symbols 24 28363 0)
 (miscs 20 104 159)
 (strings 16 42903 9072)
 (string-bytes 1 1117400)
 (vectors 8 18177)
 (vector-slots 4 494718 4292)
 (floats 8 101 299)
 (intervals 28 412 270)
 (buffers 512 14)
 (heap 1024 37429 900))

bug#23721: Subject: 24.5; package-read-archive-contents: Wrong type argument: arrayp, nil

[Glenn Morris]

> 1. start emacs
> 2. M-x list-package
> 3. scroll to org (installed 20160606), mark D, then X
> 4. org is deleted in the installed list
> 5. C-x C-c to exit emacs
> 6. start emacs
> 7. M-x list-package
> 8. error: package-read-archive-contents: Wrong type argument: arrayp, nil

Thanks for the report. I can't reproduce this. Please repeat, but before
step 7:

6b. M-x load-library package.el RET
6c. M-x toggle-debug-on error RET

and then after step 7 send the resulting backtrace.

bug#23721: Subject: 24.5; package-read-archive-contents: Wrong type argument: arrayp, nil

[Wensheng Xie]

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Hi, Morris:

Thanks for the instruction.

I have recovered from the problem using:

1. delete file : ~/.emacs.d/elpa/archives/melpa/archive-contents
2. add in ~/.emacs the following

(package-initialize)

(package-refresh-contents)

Now I tried to reproduce the problem by reverse back my emacs,

but cannot. I am ok if you close the bug.

I will let you know if I reproduce it later.

best regards,

wxie



On Wed, Jun 8, 2016 at 5:33 AM, Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> wrote:

>
> > 1. start emacs
> > 2. M-x list-package
> > 3. scroll to org (installed 20160606), mark D, then X
> > 4. org is deleted in the installed list
> > 5. C-x C-c to exit emacs
> > 6. start emacs
> > 7. M-x list-package
> > 8. error: package-read-archive-contents: Wrong type argument: arrayp, nil
>
> Thanks for the report. I can't reproduce this. Please repeat, but before
> step 7:
>
> 6b. M-x load-library package.el RET
> 6c. M-x toggle-debug-on error RET
>
> and then after step 7 send the resulting backtrace.
>

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