From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Artur Malabarba Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Supporting multiline Package-Requires header Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2015 14:08:12 +0100 Message-ID: References: <87si7rjqmp.fsf@newcastle.ac.uk> <87fv3rjogj.fsf@newcastle.ac.uk> Reply-To: bruce.connor.am@gmail.com NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1439212106 26215 80.91.229.3 (10 Aug 2015 13:08:26 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2015 13:08:26 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Kaushal , Emacs developers To: Phillip Lord Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Aug 10 15:08:26 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ZOmoP-0005T0-I5 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 10 Aug 2015 15:08:21 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:58208 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZOmoO-0002FO-RJ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 10 Aug 2015 09:08:20 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:53889) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZOmoI-0002DN-Ab for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Aug 2015 09:08:18 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZOmoH-0005qh-Gw for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Aug 2015 09:08:14 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-lb0-x229.google.com ([2a00:1450:4010:c04::229]:35511) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZOmoH-0005q7-9F for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Aug 2015 09:08:13 -0400 Original-Received: by lbcbn3 with SMTP id bn3so172917lbc.2 for ; Mon, 10 Aug 2015 06:08:12 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:reply-to:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id :subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=U46gzjDJrWVXW02gUjG/qS0HPLCSR3+MzdKnY6vS7yM=; b=whFllVLIssWhErV3fYtV7zV9O0aenEeR8yQIWDAsQicOCzQG9OC+01iaJd43UKRx3w INiCRNfwqjOaupcnj8tPiD9gb8Ws6o8rcbdY2o1D6y5YSqIy2vi+OjI32dF+xD7tF30X YrAOAKTLSAmFAeB611P12taeQY3/6JesoP2kwUzhM8UJbIV/TNtB+5cR2qXccB0e9l+H +ZBk2bHo9T35gDjjVtrmNEutmRCGud7T3v/0Vr9iBiMZB5u/QQZifXvg3xSrSQAT6bps L9mQdNBYHntXTg8ZUGtb9sEtDiZNOLC47a6X0QMKZPhbZxhOgcOPQp1RXl5EjDCbSSDU XCmw== X-Received: by 10.112.67.65 with SMTP id l1mr9696914lbt.86.1439212092498; Mon, 10 Aug 2015 06:08:12 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.25.134.139 with HTTP; Mon, 10 Aug 2015 06:08:12 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <87fv3rjogj.fsf@newcastle.ac.uk> X-Google-Sender-Auth: c7mA06NXA22JKLJmBLSqN6dls3U X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2a00:1450:4010:c04::229 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:188675 Archived-At: > Indeed. But it's only accidentally a sexp, in the sense that it's not > actually a sexp in the buffer -- it's a comment. It's a commented-out sexp, but it's still a sexp, and it has to be a valid one. > What is the failure behaviour of package.el for this at the moment? Package.el will signal an error during installation if it's not a valid sexp. The error itself will depend on what the problem is. Here's what you get if you miss a closing paren for instance: package-read-from-string: End of file during parsing