From: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: 23927@debbugs.gnu.org, Live System User <nyc4bos@aol.com>
Subject: bug#23927: 25.0.94; Errors when updating using package.el
Date: Sat, 09 Jul 2016 20:51:52 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ninwexql3.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <83twfzgtx6.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Sat, 09 Jul 2016 10:19:33 +0300")
Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>> package-activate-1: Required feature 'info' was not provided
>
> A recipe to reproduce this will be appreciated. The 'info' feature
> comes with Emacs, so the only way I could understand how this can
> happen is that somehow load-path doesn't include the standard
> directories when this code is run.
The above error actually means that the first "info.el" found in
load-path did not "(provide 'info)", not that no "info.el" was found.
> But why and how could that happen?
The OP has some broken info.el early in their load-path, presumably one
that isn't part of Emacs.
> A typo? From package.el:
Looks like a clear typo.
> (defface package-status-built-in
It is a shame this was named "built-in" (with hyphen), when compared to
the long-standing "font-lock-builtin-face" (without hyphen) from which
it inherits.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-07-10 0:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-07-09 4:17 bug#23927: 25.0.94; Errors when updating using package.el Live System User
2016-07-09 7:19 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-07-10 0:51 ` Glenn Morris [this message]
2016-07-12 21:52 ` Live System User
2016-07-13 17:14 ` Glenn Morris
2016-07-13 20:49 ` Clément Pit--Claudel
2016-07-13 20:57 ` Glenn Morris
2016-07-13 21:53 ` Clément Pit--Claudel
2016-07-12 21:21 ` Live System User
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