From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#54367: 29.0.50; error on "M-x list-package" Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2022 23:47:30 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87wngxud1h.fsf@gnus.org> <87wngvujjg.fsf@codeisgreat.org> <875yndr5p2.fsf@gnus.org> <87zgkkv0ir.fsf@codeisgreat.org> <87wnfoav5j.fsf@gnus.org> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=Utf-8 Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="12782"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: 54367@debbugs.gnu.org, pankaj@codeisgreat.com To: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Tue Apr 19 05:48:12 2022 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1ngeqa-0003Aq-3A for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 19 Apr 2022 05:48:12 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:45312 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ngeqY-0007kg-R5 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 18 Apr 2022 23:48:10 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:41254) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ngeqQ-0007iw-Kq for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Apr 2022 23:48:02 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:47415) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ngeqQ-00033u-CK for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Apr 2022 23:48:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1ngeqQ-0004Tx-AR for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Apr 2022 23:48:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Richard Stallman Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2022 03:48:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 54367 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: moreinfo Original-Received: via spool by 54367-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B54367.165034005917079 (code B ref 54367); Tue, 19 Apr 2022 03:48:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 54367) by debbugs.gnu.org; 19 Apr 2022 03:47:39 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:41310 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1ngeq2-0004RM-Jh for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 18 Apr 2022 23:47:38 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:47874) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1ngeq0-0004QY-Ea for 54367@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 18 Apr 2022 23:47:36 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:58316) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ngepu-0002zk-VJ; Mon, 18 Apr 2022 23:47:30 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnu.org; s=fencepost-gnu-org; h=Date:References:Subject:In-Reply-To:To:From: mime-version; bh=keH2K+p9KASROWs38qQsfBDtCVcuX8j1Cfc+STwcglQ=; b=RLvHbxAqxnzz 6b0KjMQYDEmRHKwKeUdIiF7eVuMwZPvrS91cw6jQuzUn2FJ4iwF1dH4lmdudCFYapjsklQ4eoB6vl +jAeKAOHP1Vkhzos5CNW+tZfVVUUzyLU6cw8BEAdQ0ilwT01n8O6KyLp3BAMJLmOGuOlmR2lrECHJ JR8NN9+C89WVrE+kLVPTlmQGTd2heUHMi+TF/Idat9POcHwEN/X0Mda8p/WbGKx9yQSPINZwcA1MF uqfGLTPlqvZMCnsSKWQBkNivXYUVh2Vj5a02qAsTZVaqUz1xD7KglK86ac1iTjHlbtHlMf8ke8wp1 rLMmOyV6+8u/AMUsT3XX/Q==; Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ngepu-00079t-Nr; Mon, 18 Apr 2022 23:47:30 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87wnfoav5j.fsf@gnus.org> (message from Lars Ingebrigtsen on Sun, 17 Apr 2022 11:58:32 +0200) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:230212 Archived-At: [[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider ]]] [[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies, ]]] [[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]] > > I have kept the old config directory with me. It gave some error at > > launch. But when I deleted the "elpa" directory and reinstalled all the > > packages the problem is no longer reproducible. Probably something got > > corrupted in the "elpa" dir back then. > OK, I guess there's little chance that there's going to be anything > further actionable in this bug report, and I'm therefore closing it. If > this problem happens again, please reopen this bug report (or just file > a new one). If this sort of thing happens to someone again, I suggest renaming away the possibly corrupt directory, rather than deleting it. If regenerating it does fix the problem, you might learn something crucial by comparing the old and new directories.