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25.3; list-packages ends with "error in process filter: End of file during parsing"

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From: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net>
To: Alex Branham <alex.branham <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 28502 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#28502: 25.3;
 list-packages ends with "error in process filter: End of file during
 parsing"
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2017 20:45:25 -0400

tags 28502 + unreproducible moreinfo
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Alex Branham <alex.branham <at> gmail.com> writes:

> Hello,
>
> I seem to have encountered a bug. From emacs -Q:
>
> (require 'package)
> (setq package-archives
>       '(("melpa" . "https://melpa.org/packages/")
>         ("melpa-stable" . "https://stable.melpa.org/packages/")
>         ("gnu" . "https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/")))
> (package-initialize)
>
> Then do M-x list-packages. I get a message "error in process filter: End of file during parsing."

Works for me.  Does it happen if you remove the (package-initialize)
call?  I think this could enable some of the packages you have
installed, so despite using 'emacs -Q' it's not entirely a clean
session.

If you M-x toggle-debug-on-error do you get a backtrace?

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