Re: seq; Error during initial package install

[Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>]

> From: "Parker, Ron" <Ron.Parker@netapp.com>
> Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2024 18:29:19 +0000
> 
> When I start Emacs on a fresh install of my configuration, I have to
> restart a couple times before all of the packages successfully install.
> Upon trying to debug it, I ran into an error with seq being unable to
> load seq-25.el and reduced it to a minimal test case.
>  
> Put the following in an empty directory as init.el:
>  
>   (setq debug-on-error t
>         package-install-upgrade-built-in t)
>   (package-install 'seq)
>  
> then in the directory run:
>  
>   emacs -Q --init-directory $(pwd) -l init.el
>  
> When I do this, I get the following error:
>  
>   Debugger entered--Lisp error: (file-missing "Cannot open load file" "No such file or directory" "seq-25")
>     require(seq-25)
>     (if (version< emacs-version "25") (require 'seq-24) (require 'seq-25))
>     load-with-code-conversion("/Users/<username>/.emacs-test-elpa-seq/elpa/seq-2.24/seq..."
> "/Users/<username>/.emacs-test-elpa-seq/elpa/seq-2.24/seq..." nil t)
>     #<subr F616e6f6e796d6f75732d6c616d626461_anonymous_lambda_32>
> (("/Users/<username>/.emacs-test-elpa-seq/elpa/seq-2.24/seq" . 76))
>     mapc(#<subr F616e6f6e796d6f75732d6c616d626461_anonymous_lambda_32>
> (("/Users/<username>/.emacs-test-elpa-seq/elpa/seq-2.24/seq" . 76)))
>     package--reload-previously-loaded(#s(package-desc :name seq :version (2 24) :summary "Sequence
> manipulation functions" :reqs nil :kind nil :archive nil :dir
> "/Users/<username>/.emacs-test-elpa-seq/elpa/seq-2.24" :extras ((:keywords "sequences") (:maintainer nil .
> emacs-devel@gnu.org) (:authors ("Nicolas Petton" . nicolas@petton.fr)) (:url .
> https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/seq.html) (:commit . "27a90793a13f149121180e864fa53d68b9eac0b3")) :
> signed nil))
> 
>     package-activate-1(#s(package-desc :name seq :version (2 24) :summary "Sequence manipulation
> functions" :reqs nil :kind nil :archive nil :dir "/Users/<username>/.emacs-test-elpa-seq/elpa/seq-2.24" :extras
> ((:keywords "sequences") (:maintainer nil . emacs-devel@gnu.org) (:authors ("Nicolas Petton" .
> nicolas@petton.fr)) (:url . https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/seq.html) (:commit .
> "27a90793a13f149121180e864fa53d68b9eac0b3")) :signed nil) :reload :deps)
> 
>     package-unpack(#s(package-desc :name seq :version (2 24) :summary "Sequence manipulation functions"
> :reqs nil :kind tar :archive "gnu" :dir nil :extras ((:keywords "sequences") (:maintainer nil .
> emacs-devel@gnu.org) (:authors ("Nicolas Petton" . nicolas@petton.fr)) (:url .
> https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/seq.html) (:commit . "27a90793a13f149121180e864fa53d68b9eac0b3")) :
> signed nil))
> 
>     #f(compiled-function () #<bytecode 0x1511bb8ba7930de3>)()
> 
>     package--with-response-buffer-1(https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/ #f(compiled-function () #<bytecode
> 0x1511bb8ba7930de3>) :file "seq-2.24.tar" :async nil :error-function #<subr
> F616e6f6e796d6f75732d6c616d626461_anonymous_lambda_79> :noerror nil)
> 
>     package-install-from-archive(#s(package-desc :name seq :version (2 24) :summary "Sequence
> manipulation functions" :reqs nil :kind tar :archive "gnu" :dir nil :extras ((:keywords "sequences") (:maintainer
> nil . emacs-devel@gnu.org) (:authors ("Nicolas Petton" . nicolas@petton.fr)) (:url .
> https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/seq.html) (:commit . "27a90793a13f149121180e864fa53d68b9eac0b3")) :
> signed nil))
> 
>     package-download-transaction((#s(package-desc :name seq :version (2 24) :summary "Sequence
> manipulation functions" :reqs nil :kind tar :archive "gnu" :dir nil :extras ((:keywords "sequences") (:maintainer
> nil . emacs-devel@gnu.org) (:authors ("Nicolas Petton" . nicolas@petton.fr)) (:url .
> https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/seq.html) (:commit . "27a90793a13f149121180e864fa53d68b9eac0b3")) :
> signed nil)))
>     package-install(seq)
>     load-with-code-conversion("/Users/<username>/.emacs-test-elpa-seq/init.el"
> "/Users/<username>/.emacs-test-elpa-seq/init.el" nil t)
>     command-line-1(("-l" "init.el" "init.el"))
>     command-line()
>     normal-top-level()
>  
> Emacs  : GNU Emacs 29.1 (build 1, aarch64-apple-darwin23.2.0, NS appkit-2487.30 Version 14.2.1 (Build
> 23C71))
> 
> Package: seq

Stefan and Philip, any comments or suggestions?