Re: package.el problems / autoload url-insert-buffer-contents

[Artur Malabarba <bruce.connor.am@gmail.com>]

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This has been fixed both on master and on emacs-25
On 1 Dec 2015 8:58 am, "Kan-Ru Chen (陳侃如)" <kanru@kanru.info> wrote:

>
> David Reitter <david.reitter@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > I’m getting an (void-function url-insert-buffer-contents) error when
> doing `list-packages’.
> >
> > Either package.el should do (require ‘url-handlers), or the
> `url-insert-buffer-contents’ should be autoloaded.
> `url-insert-file-contents” (undocumented) is autoloaded.  I’m not sure
> which one is right, hence the message here.
> >
> >
> > Second, for packages installed from MELPA, I’m seeing an
> “incomprehensible buffer” error.  (This is perhaps not the most
> user-friendly error message!)
> >
> > I think the reason is that the code makes assumptions about where point
> is after the page has been retrieved.  The patch below works for me.  If
> it’s the right one, let me know.
>
> +1, I don't know if it's the right one but it fix the symptom for me.
>
> > diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/package.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/package.el
> > index d811db9..ac52c08 100644
> > --- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/package.el
> > +++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/package.el
> > @@ -1161,6 +1161,7 @@ package--with-work-buffer
> >             (let* ((url (concat ,url-1 ,file))
> >                    (callback (lambda (status)
> >                                (let ((b (current-buffer)))
> > +                                (goto-char (point-min))
> >                                  (unwind-protect (wrap-errors
> >                                                   (when-let ((er
> (plist-get status :error)))
> >                                                     (error "Error
> retrieving: %s %S" url er))
>
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