Pankaj Jangid writes: > Jean-Christophe Helary > writes: > >> It looks like emacs does not properly handle package refreshes when >> the internet connection has been killed in the middle of an refresh. >> >> I often get this message in that case and I can't call package until I >> actually kill emacs and restart it. >> >> Is there a way to kill that zombie refresh process so that I can >> launch another one ? > > I face this issue very often. Especially when the internet connection is slow. I haven’t tried this (I don’t currently use package.el), but the process should appear in M-x list-processes RET. If it does, you can kill it by putting the point on the corresponding line and pressing ‘d’. HTH.