GNU bug report logs - #39682
describe-package disabled by help-fns+.elc compiled in older Emacs

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Tim Johnson <tim <at> tj49.com>

Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2020 23:05:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Found in version 26.3

Done: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: Tim Johnson <tim <at> tj49.com>, Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 39682 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#39682: 26.3; Help window for list-packages disabled
Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2020 09:12:15 -0800 (PST)

Thanks for clarifying. And congratulations (!) on retiring.

> Sorry about that Drew. The conclusions from the thread were as you
> describe them. While following code from el-get I found that the error
> manifested at the point of a sexp that loaded packages with additional
> arguments. I.E. in
> 
> el-get-elpa.el  -> (require 'package nil t) or something like that.
> 
> I'm operating with a bare minimum of elisp knowledge AND I've been
> retired for 5 years. ... :)
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