From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Glenn Morris Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#18332: 24.3.93; Convenience is a malformed function when installing ELPA package Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2014 17:56:22 -0400 Message-ID: References: <86ppfnoed8.fsf@somewhere.org> <5a61hfdyfp.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <8661hbm2nl.fsf@somewhere.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1409349438 2795 80.91.229.3 (29 Aug 2014 21:57:18 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2014 21:57:18 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 18332@debbugs.gnu.org To: Fabrice Niessen Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Aug 29 23:57:11 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1XNUAO-0007R7-RN for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 29 Aug 2014 23:57:08 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:44456 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XNUAO-0006JY-Id for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 29 Aug 2014 17:57:08 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:45746) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XNUAJ-0006Gp-PE for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Aug 2014 17:57:04 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XNUAI-0005iz-UP for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Aug 2014 17:57:03 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:34049) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XNUAI-0005iv-RS for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Aug 2014 17:57:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1XNUAI-0001y3-ER for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Aug 2014 17:57:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Glenn Morris Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2014 21:57:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 18332 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: moreinfo Original-Received: via spool by 18332-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B18332.14093493887491 (code B ref 18332); Fri, 29 Aug 2014 21:57:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 18332) by debbugs.gnu.org; 29 Aug 2014 21:56:28 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:53846 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1XNU9j-0001wl-UO for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 29 Aug 2014 17:56:28 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([208.118.235.10]:36148 ident=Debian-exim) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1XNU9h-0001wa-7M for 18332@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 29 Aug 2014 17:56:25 -0400 Original-Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XNU9f-0002ax-0X; Fri, 29 Aug 2014 17:56:23 -0400 X-Spook: M-14 class struggle John Kerry president emc Craig X-Ran: zHbZ6IgCr(K}1>_&AnRO9Tw|nt0&v+m2^4Lx\eG@hQ)9zWSxkDp|l#FKX)Tbd:%KA)._h/ X-Hue: red X-Attribution: GM In-Reply-To: <8661hbm2nl.fsf@somewhere.org> (Fabrice Niessen's message of "Fri, 29 Aug 2014 23:01:02 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 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.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:92833 Archived-At: Fabrice Niessen wrote: > Anyway, I got the exact same problem in many other "ELPA" packages > (Dired+, Helm, YASnippet, etc.) though not all (not in Dired-single, > Fuzzy, Idle-require to name a few). > > Half wrong, half right. I had to delete the package-pkg.el(c) files, in > order to be able to launch Cygwin Emacs-w32. Dunno why the exact same > config works with native Emacs, and not with Cygwin, why both programs > go and fetch their packages at the same place on my file system... IIUC: If the problematic pkg.el file is on the server that you get the packages from, then that's a problem with that server and you should report it to whoever admins it. If it is not on the server but instead generated on your machine when you install the package, then please provide a minimum example starting from emacs -Q that shows the problem.