bug#20817: 25.0.50; Problems with upgrading of packages

bug#20817: 25.0.50; Problems with upgrading of packages

[Mark Karpov]

***

It seems like there are some problems with upgrading of packages
now. When I call ‘package-list-packages’ command, the list is printed,
but I'm also presented with a message in the minibuffer that reads:

  error in process filter: wrong type argument: listp, :error

When I want to upgrade some packages, I get this error message instead:

  Package `...package description...` is unavailable

It's strange, I guess it's some sort of bug.

***



In GNU Emacs 25.0.50.8 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.16.4)
 of 2015-06-15 on arch
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Recent messages:
package-compute-transaction: Package `([cl-struct-package-desc cider (20150614 2326) Clojure Interactive Development Environment that Rocks ((clojure-mode (4 0 0)) (dash (2 4 1)) (pkg-info (0 4)) (emacs (24 3)) (queue (0 1 1))) tar melpa nil ((:url . http://www.github.com/clojure-emacs/cider) (:keywords languages clojure cider)) nil])-' is unavailable
Importing package-keyring.gpg...done
Waiting for refresh to finish...
Package refresh done
2 packages marked for upgrading.
error in process filter: apply: Wrong type argument: listp, :error
error in process filter: Wrong type argument: listp, :error
2 packages marked for upgrading.
Upgrade these 2 packages (cider-20150612.315, clojure-mode-20150611.1524)? (y or n) y
Package menu: Operation started [Upgrading 2]
package-compute-transaction: Package `([cl-struct-package-desc clojure-mode (20150614 1628) Major mode for Clojure code ((emacs (24 3))) single melpa nil ((:url . http://github.com/clojure-emacs/clojure-mode) (:keywords languages clojure clojurescript lisp)) nil] dont-select)-' is unavailable

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bug#20817: 25.0.50; Problems with upgrading of packages

[Artur Malabarba]

Ok, the first part ("error in process filter: wrong type argument:
listp, :error") is a bug in the error handler :P
I've fixed it now, so maybe it'll give us some useful information
about what's hapening in the second part.

2015-06-15 12:55 GMT+01:00 Mark Karpov <markkarpov@openmailbox.org>:
>
> ***
>
> It seems like there are some problems with upgrading of packages
> now. When I call ‘package-list-packages’ command, the list is printed,
> but I'm also presented with a message in the minibuffer that reads:
>
>   error in process filter: wrong type argument: listp, :error
>
> When I want to upgrade some packages, I get this error message instead:
>
>   Package `...package description...` is unavailable
>
> It's strange, I guess it's some sort of bug.
>
> ***
>
>
>
> In GNU Emacs 25.0.50.8 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.16.4)
>  of 2015-06-15 on arch
> Repository revision: 08bad175d45dad7bb872c604cd2b8e84cc1cc5bb
> Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.11701000
> Configured features:
> XPM JPEG TIFF GIF PNG RSVG IMAGEMAGICK SOUND GPM DBUS GCONF GSETTINGS
> NOTIFY ACL GNUTLS LIBXML2 FREETYPE M17N_FLT LIBOTF XFT ZLIB
> TOOLKIT_SCROLL_BARS GTK3
>
> Important settings:
>   value of $LANG: en_US.UTF-8
>   locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix
>
> Major mode: iε
>
> Minor modes in effect:
>   rainbow-delimiters-mode: t
>   flycheck-mode: t
>   flyspell-mode: t
>   whitespace-mode: t
>   yas-global-mode: t
>   yas-minor-mode: t
>   show-paren-mode: t
>   minibuffer-electric-default-mode: t
>   ido-vertical-mode: t
>   ido-ubiquitous-mode: t
>   ido-everywhere: t
>   global-auto-revert-mode: t
>   global-aggressive-indent-mode: t
>   aggressive-indent-mode: t
>   display-time-mode: t
>   delete-selection-mode: t
>   smartparens-global-mode: t
>   smartparens-mode: t
>   tooltip-mode: t
>   global-eldoc-mode: t
>   eldoc-mode: t
>   electric-indent-mode: t
>   file-name-shadow-mode: t
>   global-font-lock-mode: t
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>   auto-encryption-mode: t
>   auto-compression-mode: t
>   column-number-mode: t
>   line-number-mode: t
>   auto-fill-function: do-auto-fill
>   auto-fill-mode: 1
>
> Recent messages:
> package-compute-transaction: Package `([cl-struct-package-desc cider (20150614 2326) Clojure Interactive Development Environment that Rocks ((clojure-mode (4 0 0)) (dash (2 4 1)) (pkg-info (0 4)) (emacs (24 3)) (queue (0 1 1))) tar melpa nil ((:url . http://www.github.com/clojure-emacs/cider) (:keywords languages clojure cider)) nil])-' is unavailable
> Importing package-keyring.gpg...done
> Waiting for refresh to finish...
> Package refresh done
> 2 packages marked for upgrading.
> error in process filter: apply: Wrong type argument: listp, :error
> error in process filter: Wrong type argument: listp, :error
> 2 packages marked for upgrading.
> Upgrade these 2 packages (cider-20150612.315, clojure-mode-20150611.1524)? (y or n) y
> Package menu: Operation started [Upgrading 2]
> package-compute-transaction: Package `([cl-struct-package-desc clojure-mode (20150614 1628) Major mode for Clojure code ((emacs (24 3))) single melpa nil ((:url . http://github.com/clojure-emacs/clojure-mode) (:keywords languages clojure clojurescript lisp)) nil] dont-select)-' is unavailable
>
> Load-path shadows:
> None found.
>
> Features:
> (shadow sort mail-extr emacsbug sendmail smex mm-archive message dired
> format-spec rfc822 mml mml-sec mailabbrev gmm-utils mailheader mm-decode
> mm-bodies mm-encode mail-utils network-stream nsm starttls url-http tls
> mail-parse rfc2231 rfc2047 rfc2045 ietf-drums url-gw url-cache url-auth
> url url-proxy url-privacy url-expand url-methods url-history url-cookie
> url-domsuf url-util mailcap url-handlers url-parse auth-source gnus-util
> mm-util help-fns mail-prsvr password-cache url-vars epg ace-window avy
> rainbow-delimiters flycheck-haskell haskell-cabal haskell-utils flycheck
> find-func rx subr-x flyspell ispell whitespace mk-visual
> solarized-dark-theme solarized mk-tex mk-slime slime-fancy
> slime-trace-dialog slime-fontifying-fu slime-package-fu slime-references
> slime-compiler-notes-tree slime-scratch slime-presentations bridge
> slime-fuzzy slime-fancy-trace slime-fancy-inspector slime-c-p-c
> slime-editing-commands slime-autodoc slime-repl slime-parse slime
> compile etags xref eieio eieio-core arc-mode archive-mode noutline
> outline pp comint ansi-color ring hyperspec browse-url slime-autoloads
> cl-macs mk-scheme mk-python mk-prolog mk-org mk-markdown mk-man mk-magit
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> yasnippet help-mode cl gv whole-line-or-region paren minibuf-eldef
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> kmacro mk-utils mk-abbrev server bytecomp byte-compile cl-extra seq
> cconv finder-inf tex-site fix-word cl-loaddefs pcase cl-lib info
> easymenu advice package epg-config time-date mule-util tooltip eldoc
> electric uniquify ediff-hook vc-hooks lisp-float-type mwheel x-win
> term/common-win x-dnd tool-bar dnd fontset image regexp-opt fringe
> tabulated-list newcomment elisp-mode lisp-mode prog-mode register page
> menu-bar rfn-eshadow timer select scroll-bar mouse jit-lock font-lock
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> files text-properties overlay sha1 md5 base64 format env code-pages mule
> custom widget hashtable-print-readable backquote dbusbind gfilenotify
> dynamic-setting system-font-setting font-render-setting move-toolbar gtk
> x-toolkit x multi-tty make-network-process emacs)
>
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bug#20817: 25.0.50; Problems with upgrading of packages

[Mark Karpov]

After a recent fix, packages are still unavailable for me, but error
message has changed to:

  error in process filter: peculiar error: 404

I'm sorry that I didn't investigate the problem immediately. Previously,
it seemed like even when I start Emacs with -Q flag the problem is
there. Now, when I start it without my configuration file it works fine.

So, there is something in my configuration file that conflicts with the
recent changes. I have to say that it worked until now, so theoretically
it should work after the improvements too.

I've found out that this code suffices to break package
upgrading/displaying (all the stuff is quite trivial):

(setq
 package-selected-packages
 ;; I prefer setting it explicitly, I even filter arguments of
 ;; ‘package-install’ so it never adds anything to this list,
 ;; but that advice doesn't cause the problem
 '(ace-window
   aggressive-indent
   auctex
   avy
   buffer-move
   cider
   common-lisp-snippets
   fix-word
   flycheck
   flycheck-haskell
   ghc
   gitignore-mode
   haskell-mode
   ido-hacks
   ido-ubiquitous
   ido-vertical-mode
   magit
   markdown-mode
   multiple-cursors
   prolog
   rainbow-delimiters
   smartparens
   smex
   solarized-theme
   whole-line-or-region
   yasnippet))

(require 'package)

(add-to-list
 'package-archives '("melpa" . "http://melpa.milkbox.net/packages/"))

(package-initialize)

(unless package-archive-contents
  (package-refresh-contents))

;; I know about new function ‘package-install-selected-packages’, but
;; I don't like it, it asks questions and I don't remember now, but
;; there were other problems with it, so I do install stuff manually

(dolist (package package-selected-packages)
  (unless (package-installed-p package)
    (package-install package)))

You can now build Emacs, evaluate buffer with this code and try it. The
problem can be further narrowed, I'm sure, but I have no idea what's
going on under the hood, so you can do it better than me. Tell me if
this code doesn't reproduce the problem for you.

Also, answering question from the previous email,
‘package-refresh-contents’ works fine.

bug#20817: 25.0.50; Problems with upgrading of packages

[Artur Malabarba]

Your melpa address is outdated. Try changing it to melpa.org/packages

2015-06-18 7:54 GMT+01:00 Mark Karpov <markkarpov@openmailbox.org>:
>
> After a recent fix, packages are still unavailable for me, but error
> message has changed to:
>
>   error in process filter: peculiar error: 404
>
> I'm sorry that I didn't investigate the problem immediately. Previously,
> it seemed like even when I start Emacs with -Q flag the problem is
> there. Now, when I start it without my configuration file it works fine.
>
> So, there is something in my configuration file that conflicts with the
> recent changes. I have to say that it worked until now, so theoretically
> it should work after the improvements too.
>
> I've found out that this code suffices to break package
> upgrading/displaying (all the stuff is quite trivial):
>
> (setq
>  package-selected-packages
>  ;; I prefer setting it explicitly, I even filter arguments of
>  ;; ‘package-install’ so it never adds anything to this list,
>  ;; but that advice doesn't cause the problem
>  '(ace-window
>    aggressive-indent
>    auctex
>    avy
>    buffer-move
>    cider
>    common-lisp-snippets
>    fix-word
>    flycheck
>    flycheck-haskell
>    ghc
>    gitignore-mode
>    haskell-mode
>    ido-hacks
>    ido-ubiquitous
>    ido-vertical-mode
>    magit
>    markdown-mode
>    multiple-cursors
>    prolog
>    rainbow-delimiters
>    smartparens
>    smex
>    solarized-theme
>    whole-line-or-region
>    yasnippet))
>
> (require 'package)
>
> (add-to-list
>  'package-archives '("melpa" . "http://melpa.milkbox.net/packages/"))
>
> (package-initialize)
>
> (unless package-archive-contents
>   (package-refresh-contents))
>
> ;; I know about new function ‘package-install-selected-packages’, but
> ;; I don't like it, it asks questions and I don't remember now, but
> ;; there were other problems with it, so I do install stuff manually
>
> (dolist (package package-selected-packages)
>   (unless (package-installed-p package)
>     (package-install package)))
>
> You can now build Emacs, evaluate buffer with this code and try it. The
> problem can be further narrowed, I'm sure, but I have no idea what's
> going on under the hood, so you can do it better than me. Tell me if
> this code doesn't reproduce the problem for you.
>
> Also, answering question from the previous email,
> ‘package-refresh-contents’ works fine.
>
>
>

bug#20817: 25.0.50; Problems with upgrading of packages

[Mark Karpov]

> Your melpa address is outdated. Try changing it to melpa.org/packages

I didn't know that. I've refreshed the address, but the error message
doesn't go away (from *Messages* buffer):

  Thursday, 18 June 2015
  Importing package-keyring.gpg...done
  Package refresh done
  6 packages can be upgraded; type `U' to mark them for upgrading.
  error in process filter: peculiar error: 404 [2 times]

I still cannot upgrade anything, because it says that packages are
unavailable.

bug#20817: 25.0.50; Problems with upgrading of packages

[bruce.connor.am]

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I think I caught it now. This should be fixed by the following commit (just
pushed)
711e14d * lisp/emacs-lisp/package.el: Don't always propagate async errors

Does it work for you now?

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bug#20817: 25.0.50; Problems with upgrading of packages

[Mark Karpov]

Great, this eliminates the error message, but when I press ‘U’ the
packages are said to be unavailable anyway.

bug#20817: 25.0.50; Problems with upgrading of packages

[bruce.connor.am]

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Ok, that's a separate issue. So let's clean the slate.

1. Make sure you've recompiled package.el, and restart Emacs.
2. Turn on debug-on-error with M-x toggle-debug-on-error
3. List packages, wait for the refresh to finish, then try to `U x'.
4. Do you get an error buffer? And what messages do you get in *Messages*?

Thanks

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bug#20817: 25.0.50; Problems with upgrading of packages

[Mark Karpov]

Here's what I've got (copy-pasted «as is»):

Debugger entered--Lisp error: (error "Package `([cl-struct-package-desc names (20150617 359) Namespaces for emacs-lisp. Avoid name clobbering without hiding symbols. ((emacs (24 1)) (cl-lib (0 5))) tar melpa nil ((:url . http://github.com/Bruce-Connor/names) (:keywords extensions lisp)) nil] dont-select)-' is unavailable")
  signal(error ("Package `([cl-struct-package-desc names (20150617 359) Namespaces for emacs-lisp. Avoid name clobbering without hiding symbols. ((emacs (24 1)) (cl-lib (0 5))) tar melpa nil ((:url . http://github.com/Bruce-Connor/names) (:keywords extensions lisp)) nil] dont-select)-' is unavailable"))
  error("Package `%s-%s' is unavailable" ([cl-struct-package-desc names (20150617 359) "Namespaces for emacs-lisp. Avoid name clobbering without hiding symbols." ((emacs (24 1)) (cl-lib (0 5))) tar "melpa" nil ((:url . "http://github.com/Bruce-Connor/names") (:keywords "extensions" "lisp")) nil] dont-select) "")
  package-compute-transaction(nil ((([cl-struct-package-desc names (20150617 359) "Namespaces for emacs-lisp. Avoid name clobbering without hiding symbols." ((emacs (24 1)) (cl-lib (0 5))) tar "melpa" nil ((:url . "http://github.com/Bruce-Connor/names") (:keywords "extensions" "lisp")) nil] dont-select))))
  #[513 "\302\303\304\"\210\305.!\203/.\x01G\306Y\203/.\x01\307H\b>\203/.\x01\307H\b>\204).\310\311\312.D\"\210.\313H\2020.\x01.\204@.\314.!\204@.\315.	B!\210\210\305.!\203w.\x01G\306Y\203w.\x01\307H\b>\203w.\316.!?\205}.\317.C.\307H\b>\204p.\310\311\312.\x06D\"\210.\320H\"\202}.\317\321.CC\"\211\203\207.\322.!\202\215.\323\324\325.!\"\207" [cl-struct-package-desc-tags package-selected-packages add-hook post-command-hook package-menu--post-refresh vectorp 10 0 signal wrong-type-argument package-desc 1 package--user-selected-p package--save-selected-packages package-installed-p package-compute-transaction 4 nil package-download-transaction message "`%s' is already installed" package-desc-full-name] 8 ("/usr/local/share/emacs/25.0.50/lisp/emacs-lisp/package.elc" . 77294) (byte-code "\b\204\b.\302\303!\210	\204.\0\304 \210\305\306\307\310\311\312\313	\"\"\311\303$!\311D\207" [package--initialized package-archive-contents package-initialize t package-refresh-contents intern completing-read "Install package: " delq nil mapcar #[257 "\300.@!?\205\f.\301.@!\207" [package-installed-p symbol-name] 3 "\n\n(fn ELT)"]] 8)](([cl-struct-package-desc names (20150617 359) "Namespaces for emacs-lisp. Avoid name clobbering without hiding symbols." ((emacs (24 1)) (cl-lib (0 5))) tar "melpa" nil ((:url . "http://github.com/Bruce-Connor/names") (:keywords "extensions" "lisp")) nil] dont-select) t)
  apply(#[513 "\302\303\304\"\210\305.!\203/.\x01G\306Y\203/.\x01\307H\b>\203/.\x01\307H\b>\204).\310\311\312.D\"\210.\313H\2020.\x01.\204@.\314.!\204@.\315.	B!\210\210\305.!\203w.\x01G\306Y\203w.\x01\307H\b>\203w.\316.!?\205}.\317.C.\307H\b>\204p.\310\311\312.\x06D\"\210.\320H\"\202}.\317\321.CC\"\211\203\207.\322.!\202\215.\323\324\325.!\"\207" [cl-struct-package-desc-tags package-selected-packages add-hook post-command-hook package-menu--post-refresh vectorp 10 0 signal wrong-type-argument package-desc 1 package--user-selected-p package--save-selected-packages package-installed-p package-compute-transaction 4 nil package-download-transaction message "`%s' is already installed" package-desc-full-name] 8 ("/usr/local/share/emacs/25.0.50/lisp/emacs-lisp/package.elc" . 77294) (byte-code "\b\204\b.\302\303!\210	\204.\0\304 \210\305\306\307\310\311\312\313	\"\"\311\303$!\311D\207" [package--initialized package-archive-contents package-initialize t package-refresh-contents intern completing-read "Install package: " delq nil mapcar #[257 "\300.@!?\205\f.\301.@!\207" [package-installed-p symbol-name] 3 "\n\n(fn ELT)"]] 8)] (([cl-struct-package-desc names (20150617 359) "Namespaces for emacs-lisp. Avoid name clobbering without hiding symbols." ((emacs (24 1)) (cl-lib (0 5))) tar "melpa" nil ((:url . "http://github.com/Bruce-Connor/names") (:keywords "extensions" "lisp")) nil] dont-select) t))
  package-install([cl-struct-package-desc names (20150617 359) "Namespaces for emacs-lisp. Avoid name clobbering without hiding symbols." ((emacs (24 1)) (cl-lib (0 5))) tar "melpa" nil ((:url . "http://github.com/Bruce-Connor/names") (:keywords "extensions" "lisp")) nil] dont-select)
  package-menu--perform-transaction(([cl-struct-package-desc names (20150617 359) "Namespaces for emacs-lisp. Avoid name clobbering without hiding symbols." ((emacs (24 1)) (cl-lib (0 5))) tar "melpa" nil ((:url . "http://github.com/Bruce-Connor/names") (:keywords "extensions" "lisp")) nil] [cl-struct-package-desc haskell-mode (20150618 309) "A Haskell editing mode" ((cl-lib (0 5))) tar "melpa" nil nil nil] [cl-struct-package-desc clojure-mode (20150614 1628) "Major mode for Clojure code" ((emacs (24 3))) single "melpa" nil ((:url . "http://github.com/clojure-emacs/clojure-mode") (:keywords "languages" "clojure" "clojurescript" "lisp")) nil] [cl-struct-package-desc cider (20150617 753) "Clojure Interactive Development Environment that Rocks" ((clojure-mode (4 0 0)) (dash (2 4 1)) (pkg-info (0 4)) (emacs (24 3)) (queue (0 1 1))) tar "melpa" nil ((:url . "http://www.github.com/clojure-emacs/cider") (:keywords "languages" "clojure" "cider")) nil] [cl-struct-package-desc avy (20150615 1048) "set-based completion" ((emacs (24 1)) (cl-lib (0 5))) single "melpa" nil ((:url . "https://github.com/abo-abo/avy") (:keywords "point" "location")) nil] [cl-struct-package-desc aggressive-indent (20150618 545) "Minor mode to aggressively keep your code always indented" ((emacs (24 1)) (names (20150125 9)) (cl-lib (0 5))) single "melpa" nil ((:url . "http://github.com/Malabarba/aggressive-indent-mode") (:keywords "indent" "lisp" "maint" "tools")) nil]) ([cl-struct-package-desc names (20150611 636) "Namespaces for emacs-lisp. Avoid name clobbering without hiding symbols." ((emacs (24 1)) (cl-lib (0 5))) nil nil "/home/mark/.emacs.d/elpa/names-20150611.636" ((:keywords "extensions" "lisp") (:url . "http://github.com/Bruce-Connor/names")) nil] [cl-struct-package-desc clojure-mode (20150611 1524) "Major mode for Clojure code" ((emacs (24 3))) nil nil "/home/mark/.emacs.d/elpa/clojure-mode-20150611.1524" ((:keywords "languages" "clojure" "clojurescript" "lisp") (:url . "http://github.com/clojure-emacs/clojure-mode")) nil] [cl-struct-package-desc haskell-mode (20150611 2343) "A Haskell editing mode" ((cl-lib (0 5))) nil nil "/home/mark/.emacs.d/elpa/haskell-mode-20150611.2343" nil nil] [cl-struct-package-desc cider (20150612 315) "Clojure Interactive Development Environment that Rocks" ((clojure-mode (4 0 0)) (dash (2 4 1)) (pkg-info (0 4)) (emacs (24 3)) (queue (0 1 1))) nil nil "/home/mark/.emacs.d/elpa/cider-20150612.315" ((:keywords "languages" "clojure" "cider") (:url . "http://www.github.com/clojure-emacs/cider")) nil] [cl-struct-package-desc avy (20150608 404) "set-based completion" ((emacs (24 1)) (cl-lib (0 5))) nil nil "/home/mark/.emacs.d/elpa/avy-20150608.404" ((:keywords "point" "location") (:url . "https://github.com/abo-abo/avy")) nil] [cl-struct-package-desc aggressive-indent (20150516 238) "Minor mode to aggressively keep your code always indented" ((emacs (24 1)) (names (20150125 9)) (cl-lib (0 5))) nil nil "/home/mark/.emacs.d/elpa/aggressive-indent-20150516.238" ((:keywords "indent" "lisp" "maint" "tools") (:url . "http://github.com/Malabarba/aggressive-indent-mode")) nil]))
  package-menu-execute()
  funcall-interactively(package-menu-execute)
  #<subr call-interactively>(package-menu-execute nil nil)
  ad-Advice-call-interactively(#<subr call-interactively> package-menu-execute nil nil)
  apply(ad-Advice-call-interactively #<subr call-interactively> (package-menu-execute nil nil))
  call-interactively(package-menu-execute nil nil)
  command-execute(package-menu-execute)

…and in *Messages*:

Thursday, 18 June 2015
Debug on Error enabled globally
Importing package-keyring.gpg...done
Package refresh done
6 packages can be upgraded; type `U' to mark them for upgrading.
6 packages marked for upgrading.
Upgrade these 6 packages (aggressive-indent-20150516.238, avy-20150608.404, cider-20150612.315, haskell-mode-20150611.2343, clojure-mode-20150611.1524, names-20150611.636)? (y or n) y
Package menu: Operation started [Upgrading 6]
Entering debugger...
previous-line: Beginning of buffer [4 times]

bug#20817: 25.0.50; Problems with upgrading of packages

[Artur Malabarba]

Hm, that's pretty strange. There are two lines between the call to
package-install and the call to package-compute-transaction that look
like they shouldn't be there (at least, AFAICS).
Do you have an advice on any of these functions?

2015-06-18 15:21 GMT+01:00 Mark Karpov <markkarpov@openmailbox.org>:
>
> Here's what I've got (copy-pasted «as is»):
>
> Debugger entered--Lisp error: (error "Package `([cl-struct-package-desc names (20150617 359) Namespaces for emacs-lisp. Avoid name clobbering without hiding symbols. ((emacs (24 1)) (cl-lib (0 5))) tar melpa nil ((:url . http://github.com/Bruce-Connor/names) (:keywords extensions lisp)) nil] dont-select)-' is unavailable")
>   signal(error ("Package `([cl-struct-package-desc names (20150617 359) Namespaces for emacs-lisp. Avoid name clobbering without hiding symbols. ((emacs (24 1)) (cl-lib (0 5))) tar melpa nil ((:url . http://github.com/Bruce-Connor/names) (:keywords extensions lisp)) nil] dont-select)-' is unavailable"))
>   error("Package `%s-%s' is unavailable" ([cl-struct-package-desc names (20150617 359) "Namespaces for emacs-lisp. Avoid name clobbering without hiding symbols." ((emacs (24 1)) (cl-lib (0 5))) tar "melpa" nil ((:url . "http://github.com/Bruce-Connor/names") (:keywords "extensions" "lisp")) nil] dont-select) "")
>   package-compute-transaction(nil ((([cl-struct-package-desc names (20150617 359) "Namespaces for emacs-lisp. Avoid name clobbering without hiding symbols." ((emacs (24 1)) (cl-lib (0 5))) tar "melpa" nil ((:url . "http://github.com/Bruce-Connor/names") (:keywords "extensions" "lisp")) nil] dont-select))))
>   #[513 "\302\303\304\"\210\305.!\203/. G\306Y\203/. \307H >\203/. \307H >\204).\310\311\312.D\"\210.\313H\2020. .\204@.\314.!\204@.\315.       B!\210\210\305.!\203w. G\306Y\203w. \307H >\203w.\316.!?\205}.\317.C.\307H >\204p.\310\311\312. D\"\210.\320H\"\202}.\317\321.CC\"\211\203\207.\322.!\202\215.\323\324\325.!\"\207" [cl-struct-package-desc-tags package-selected-packages add-hook post-command-hook package-menu--post-refresh vectorp 10 0 signal wrong-type-argument package-desc 1 package--user-selected-p package--save-selected-packages package-installed-p package-compute-transaction 4 nil package-download-transaction message "`%s' is already installed" package-desc-full-name] 8 ("/usr/local/share/emacs/25.0.50/lisp/emacs-lisp/package.elc" . 77294) (byte-code " \204 .\302\303!\210       \204. \304 \210\305\306\307\310\311\312\313     \"\"\311\303$!\311D\207" [package--initialized package-archive-contents package-initialize t package-refresh-contents intern completing-read "Install package: " delq nil mapcar #[257 "\300.@!?\205\f.\301.@!\207" [package-installed-p symbol-name] 3 "\n\n(fn ELT)"]] 8)](([cl-struct-package-desc names (20150617 359) "Namespaces for emacs-lisp. Avoid name clobbering without hiding symbols." ((emacs (24 1)) (cl-lib (0 5))) tar "melpa" nil ((:url . "http://github.com/Bruce-Connor/names") (:keywords "extensions" "lisp")) nil] dont-select) t)
>   apply(#[513 "\302\303\304\"\210\305.!\203/. G\306Y\203/. \307H >\203/. \307H >\204).\310\311\312.D\"\210.\313H\2020. .\204@.\314.!\204@.\315. B!\210\210\305.!\203w. G\306Y\203w. \307H >\203w.\316.!?\205}.\317.C.\307H >\204p.\310\311\312. D\"\210.\320H\"\202}.\317\321.CC\"\211\203\207.\322.!\202\215.\323\324\325.!\"\207" [cl-struct-package-desc-tags package-selected-packages add-hook post-command-hook package-menu--post-refresh vectorp 10 0 signal wrong-type-argument package-desc 1 package--user-selected-p package--save-selected-packages package-installed-p package-compute-transaction 4 nil package-download-transaction message "`%s' is already installed" package-desc-full-name] 8 ("/usr/local/share/emacs/25.0.50/lisp/emacs-lisp/package.elc" . 77294) (byte-code " \204 .\302\303!\210       \204. \304 \210\305\306\307\310\311\312\313     \"\"\311\303$!\311D\207" [package--initialized package-archive-contents package-initialize t package-refresh-contents intern completing-read "Install package: " delq nil mapcar #[257 "\300.@!?\205\f.\301.@!\207" [package-installed-p symbol-name] 3 "\n\n(fn ELT)"]] 8)] (([cl-struct-package-desc names (20150617 359) "Namespaces for emacs-lisp. Avoid name clobbering without hiding symbols." ((emacs (24 1)) (cl-lib (0 5))) tar "melpa" nil ((:url . "http://github.com/Bruce-Connor/names") (:keywords "extensions" "lisp")) nil] dont-select) t))
>   package-install([cl-struct-package-desc names (20150617 359) "Namespaces for emacs-lisp. Avoid name clobbering without hiding symbols." ((emacs (24 1)) (cl-lib (0 5))) tar "melpa" nil ((:url . "http://github.com/Bruce-Connor/names") (:keywords "extensions" "lisp")) nil] dont-select)
>   package-menu--perform-transaction(([cl-struct-package-desc names (20150617 359) "Namespaces for emacs-lisp. Avoid name clobbering without hiding symbols." ((emacs (24 1)) (cl-lib (0 5))) tar "melpa" nil ((:url . "http://github.com/Bruce-Connor/names") (:keywords "extensions" "lisp")) nil] [cl-struct-package-desc haskell-mode (20150618 309) "A Haskell editing mode" ((cl-lib (0 5))) tar "melpa" nil nil nil] [cl-struct-package-desc clojure-mode (20150614 1628) "Major mode for Clojure code" ((emacs (24 3))) single "melpa" nil ((:url . "http://github.com/clojure-emacs/clojure-mode") (:keywords "languages" "clojure" "clojurescript" "lisp")) nil] [cl-struct-package-desc cider (20150617 753) "Clojure Interactive Development Environment that Rocks" ((clojure-mode (4 0 0)) (dash (2 4 1)) (pkg-info (0 4)) (emacs (24 3)) (queue (0 1 1))) tar "melpa" nil ((:url . "http://www.github.com/clojure-emacs/cider") (:keywords "languages" "clojure" "cider")) nil] [cl-struct-package-desc avy (20150615 1048) "set-based completion" ((emacs (24 1)) (cl-lib (0 5))) single "melpa" nil ((:url . "https://github.com/abo-abo/avy") (:keywords "point" "location")) nil] [cl-struct-package-desc aggressive-indent (20150618 545) "Minor mode to aggressively keep your code always indented" ((emacs (24 1)) (names (20150125 9)) (cl-lib (0 5))) single "melpa" nil ((:url . "http://github.com/Malabarba/aggressive-indent-mode") (:keywords "indent" "lisp" "maint" "tools")) nil]) ([cl-struct-package-desc names (20150611 636) "Namespaces for emacs-lisp. Avoid name clobbering without hiding symbols." ((emacs (24 1)) (cl-lib (0 5))) nil nil "/home/mark/.emacs.d/elpa/names-20150611.636" ((:keywords "extensions" "lisp") (:url . "http://github.com/Bruce-Connor/names")) nil] [cl-struct-package-desc clojure-mode (20150611 1524) "Major mode for Clojure code" ((emacs (24 3))) nil nil "/home/mark/.emacs.d/elpa/clojure-mode-20150611.1524" ((:keywords "languages" "clojure" "clojurescript" "lisp") (:url . "http://github.com/clojure-emacs/clojure-mode")) nil] [cl-struct-package-desc haskell-mode (20150611 2343) "A Haskell editing mode" ((cl-lib (0 5))) nil nil "/home/mark/.emacs.d/elpa/haskell-mode-20150611.2343" nil nil] [cl-struct-package-desc cider (20150612 315) "Clojure Interactive Development Environment that Rocks" ((clojure-mode (4 0 0)) (dash (2 4 1)) (pkg-info (0 4)) (emacs (24 3)) (queue (0 1 1))) nil nil "/home/mark/.emacs.d/elpa/cider-20150612.315" ((:keywords "languages" "clojure" "cider") (:url . "http://www.github.com/clojure-emacs/cider")) nil] [cl-struct-package-desc avy (20150608 404) "set-based completion" ((emacs (24 1)) (cl-lib (0 5))) nil nil "/home/mark/.emacs.d/elpa/avy-20150608.404" ((:keywords "point" "location") (:url . "https://github.com/abo-abo/avy")) nil] [cl-struct-package-desc aggressive-indent (20150516 238) "Minor mode to aggressively keep your code always indented" ((emacs (24 1)) (names (20150125 9)) (cl-lib (0 5))) nil nil "/home/mark/.emacs.d/elpa/aggressive-indent-20150516.238" ((:keywords "indent" "lisp" "maint" "tools") (:url . "http://github.com/Malabarba/aggressive-indent-mode")) nil]))
>   package-menu-execute()
>   funcall-interactively(package-menu-execute)
>   #<subr call-interactively>(package-menu-execute nil nil)
>   ad-Advice-call-interactively(#<subr call-interactively> package-menu-execute nil nil)
>   apply(ad-Advice-call-interactively #<subr call-interactively> (package-menu-execute nil nil))
>   call-interactively(package-menu-execute nil nil)
>   command-execute(package-menu-execute)
>
> …and in *Messages*:
>
> Thursday, 18 June 2015
> Debug on Error enabled globally
> Importing package-keyring.gpg...done
> Package refresh done
> 6 packages can be upgraded; type `U' to mark them for upgrading.
> 6 packages marked for upgrading.
> Upgrade these 6 packages (aggressive-indent-20150516.238, avy-20150608.404, cider-20150612.315, haskell-mode-20150611.2343, clojure-mode-20150611.1524, names-20150611.636)? (y or n) y
> Package menu: Operation started [Upgrading 6]
> Entering debugger...
> previous-line: Beginning of buffer [4 times]

bug#20817: 25.0.50; Problems with upgrading of packages

[Mark Karpov]

I have this advice, but I don't see how it can cause any problem:

(defun pkgi-filter-args (pkg &optional _dont-select)
  "How to filter arguments of `package-install' command.
PKG is passed to the command, while DONT-SELECT is always T, so
one can select any packages only by manually adding them to
`package-selected-packages' variable."
  (list pkg t))

(advice-add 'package-install :filter-args #'pkgi-filter-args)

Try to evaluate the code and I've posted previously plus these lines.

Note that I've tried to upgrade packages evaluating only code that I've
already posted (without the advice). It worked! Bad news are that I'm
now unable to test this behavior anymore until there are new versions of
some packages on MELPA (it's impossible to revert to older builds
AFAIK).

bug#20817: 25.0.50; Problems with upgrading of packages

[Artur Malabarba]

2015-06-18 16:23 GMT+01:00 Mark Karpov <markkarpov@openmailbox.org>:
>
> I have this advice, but I don't see how it can cause any problem:

Yeah, I don't see it either. If I read the backtrace correctly, that
code is called between package-install and package-compute-transaction
(which is strange because one function shoudl be called directly by
the other). So it would most likely be an advice on
compute-transaction. (but advices are complicated, so I wouldn't rule
that out)

> Bad news are that I'm
> now unable to test this behavior anymore until there are new versions of
> some packages on MELPA (it's impossible to revert to older builds
> AFAIK).

You can fake a downgrade.
1. Rename one of the directories inside ".elpa" (like "org-2015nnnn"
to "org-1"),
2. change the version number inside the "org-1/org-pkg.el" file,
3. restart emacs (or maybe just M-x package-initialize).

bug#20817: 25.0.50; Problems with upgrading of packages

[Mark Karpov]

> You can fake a downgrade.
> 1. Rename one of the directories inside ".elpa" (like "org-2015nnnn"
> to "org-1"),
> 2. change the version number inside the "org-1/org-pkg.el" file,
> 3. restart emacs (or maybe just M-x package-initialize).

Great, now I'm remembering that I used this trick some time ago to test
one my function (it upgrades all packages without displaying *packages*
buffer — good feature to have, by the way).

Now, the interesting thing is that this advice really makes
difference. Without it, there are no problems. With this advice in
place, I'm getting message that some package is unavailable. I remember
that not long time ago it worked even with this advice (I think
so). However, I'm still considering it a bug, because I don't see why
such an advice cannot be used.

Now, at least, we can tell where the problem really lies. It should be
easier now to understand why this happens.

bug#20817: 25.0.50; Problems with upgrading of packages

[Artur Malabarba]

Ok I think I see the problem. From the docstring of add-function:

‘:filter-args’    (lambda (&rest r) (apply OLDFUN (funcall FUNCTION r)))

However, you're using it as if it were this:

‘:filter-args’    (lambda (&rest r) (apply OLDFUN (apply FUNCTION r)))

Try changing your function to be:


(defun pkgi-filter-args (args)
  "How to filter arguments of `package-install' command.
PKG is passed to the command, while DONT-SELECT is always T, so
one can select any packages only by manually adding them to
`package-selected-packages' variable."
  (list (car args) t))

bug#20817: 25.0.50; Problems with upgrading of packages

[Mark Karpov]

Oh, this is so stupid for me to misinterpret the docs. It seemed
intuitive that filtering function should get arguments the same way as
original function does. The problem is solved now, I need to grep
:filter-args and fix it everywhere now in my config ;-) Thank you very
much for your help and your Emacs-related work!

bug#20817: 25.0.50; Problems with upgrading of packages

[Artur Malabarba]

Happy to help.

2015-06-18 18:34 GMT+01:00 Mark Karpov <markkarpov@openmailbox.org>:
>
> Oh, this is so stupid for me to misinterpret the docs. It seemed
> intuitive that filtering function should get arguments the same way as
> original function does. The problem is solved now, I need to grep
> :filter-args and fix it everywhere now in my config ;-) Thank you very
> much for your help and your Emacs-related work!