Re: No Help Window from *Packages* - No Package Specified Error

[Tim Johnson <tim@akwebsoft.com>]

Continuing to backtrace from el-get-methods to that module's 
dependencies, I got to el-get-elp and find that when the following 
expression at

or about line 17 of el-get.el

(require 'package nil t)

is executed, the error occurs. :) - it's that darn 'package package again.

cheers

On 2/18/20 3:30 PM, Tim Johnson wrote:
>
> On 2/18/20 2:31 PM, Drew Adams wrote:
>> Hi Tim,
>>
>> Could you try bisecting either dired+.el or el-get.el (commenting out 
>> 1/2,... etc.), to see which part of either (or both) is causing the 
>> problem?
>
> Began commenting out below the stack of required expressions. With 
> el-get again being required/loaded from init.el, the list-packages 
> help window was disabled with the "No package specified" error message 
> regardless of the section disabled
>
> Then I commented out all of the required expressions at the top of 
> el-get.el and the error went away. Began uncommenting and found that 
> the error shows again where
>
> (require 'el-get-methods)
>
> is executed.
>
> May I conclude that it is coming from el-get-methods?
>
>> I'm guessing it's something more general, something used in one or 
>> both of those libraries that is not particularly uncommon/bizarre, 
>> but that doesn't work well with package.el.  If so, it would be good 
>> to know what, and maybe report it to Emacs as a bug, if it's 
>> something that should be normal.
>>
>> (Alternatively, maybe it's something in package.el.)
>>
>> BTW, is this a new problem, e.g. started happening with a recent 
>> version of one or more of the 3 libraries (dired+, el-get, package)?
>
> I use list-packages very infrequently. I also install new versions 
> from source regularly as they are introduced as being stable - as in : 
> ./configure; make; make install
>
> I don't recall what was previous to 26.3 because it has been 
> overwritten as /usr/local/bin but it was at that version that I first 
> noticed it.
>
> thanks
>
>>
>> Thx - Drew
>>
>>> It appears to me that the following two packages:
>>> (require 'package)
>>> (require 'el-get)
>>> are causing the problem.
>>>
>>> So, with dired+ loaded and the two packages above loaded, I do not 
>>> get a
>>> *Help* window when I click on a link to a package in the *Packages*
>>> window, which is invoked from Alt-x list-packages.
>>>
>>> With (require 'dired+) commented out, I will get the *Help* window.
>>>
>>> With dired+ loaded; package el-get disabled I will get the *Help* 
>>> window.
>>>
>>> So, I guess I will go with dired+ enabled, 'packages and 'el-get
>>> disabled and the issue appears to be solved.
>
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Tim
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