GNU bug report logs - #31339
25.3.50; package-list-packages does not provide useful error when gnutls-cli is missing

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Eric Hanchrow <eric.hanchrow <at> gmail.com>

Date: Wed, 2 May 2018 02:35:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: wontfix

Found in version 25.3.50

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #17 received at 31339 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 31339 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>,
 Eric Hanchrow <eric.hanchrow <at> gmail.com>
Subject: Re: bug#31339: 25.3.50;
 package-list-packages does not provide useful error when gnutls-cli
 is missing
Date: Mon, 13 May 2019 16:00:21 -0400

Lars Ingebrigtsen wrote:

> Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> writes:
>
>> Does an end-user who does not compile Emacs themselves receive any
>> notification about avoiding tls.el?
>
> Hm...  It's in lisp/obsolete.  Does Emacs have a general method to warn
> about requiring files in that directory?

Yes.
But the comment you are replying to predates tls.el being in lisp/obsolete.
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