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27.0.50; [w32] Corrupt ~/.emacs.d/elpa/gnupg/ causes Emacs startup failure with gnu-elpa-keyring-update installed (was Re: Investigating Emacs startup failure)

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Richard Copley <rcopley <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 35801 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#35801: 27.0.50; [w32] Corrupt ~/.emacs.d/elpa/gnupg/ causes Emacs startup failure with gnu-elpa-keyring-update installed (was Re: Investigating Emacs startup failure)
Date: Wed, 22 May 2019 11:34:30 +0300

> From: Richard Copley <rcopley <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, 22 May 2019 08:51:40 +0100
> Cc: 35801 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> If the the bug is that errors during package quickstart prevent Emacs from starting and can't easily be
> debugged, then it's easy to come up with a recipe.
> Customize and save package-enable-at-startup and package-quickstart to t, run package-quickstart-refresh,
> edit package-quickstart.el and insert (error "test"), then invoke emacs. It should echo "test" and exit with status
> -1.

Thanks, if that's the problem, then I think it's clear.

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