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[128.53.251.192]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id j187-v6sm38714205pfc.39.2018.10.19.10.36.42 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Fri, 19 Oct 2018 10:36:43 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3445.9.1) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:4864:20::532 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.21 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:118346 Archived-At: Yuri, Thank you for the explanation. You're right, but still, I had that faulty line for a while and that did = not keep package from installing files... But that's ok, I guess now = that I know how to make that work as before. Jean-Christophe=20 > On Oct 20, 2018, at 2:24, Yuri Khan wrote: >=20 > On Sat, Oct 20, 2018 at 12:15 AM Jean-Christophe Helary > wrote: >=20 >> I am finding that having this line in my .emacs.el: >>=20 >> (setq exec-path (append "/usr/local/bin/" exec-path)) >>=20 >> interferes with package to the point that I can't install anything. >=20 > =E2=80=98append=E2=80=99 accepts sequences as arguments. You are = passing a string as > the first sequence, so it gets shredded to its constituent characters > and these become elements of the resulting list. >=20 > You probably wanted: >=20 > (setq exec-path (append '("/usr/local/bin/") exec-path)) >=20 > or: >=20 > (add-to-list 'exec-path "/usr/local/bin/") >=20 > or possibly nothing, because the default value of exec-path derives > its value from your PATH environment variable and that should already > include /usr/local/bin. 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