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25.0.94; Errors when updating using package.el

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From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Live System User <nyc4bos <at> aol.com>
Cc: 23927 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Subject: bug#23927: 25.0.94; Errors when updating using package.el
Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2016 13:14:16 -0400

Live System User wrote:

>> The OP has some broken info.el early in their load-path, presumably one
>> that isn't part of Emacs.
>
>   There is a MELPA package I have installed called "realgud" that
>   has the file:
>
>       ~/.emacs.d/elpa/realgud/common/buffer/info.el(.elc)
>
>   Perhaps package.el should deal with this type of issue, otherwise
>   package authors will have to avoid naming their .el files names
>   that are the same as (some) Emacs library names?

Emacs uses a PATH-type lookup in which first match wins. Twas ever thus.
("Private" namespaces are possible using the subdirectory approach used
by eg cedet in Emacs.)

>>>   (defface package-status-built-in

I fixed this.

This issue is now resolved from the Emacs side.

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