Subject: Re: bug#40573: 27.0.90; flymake-mode broken in scratch buffer

From: Stefan Monnier <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2020 12:04:20 -0400

>> 1. ~/.emacs.d/elpa/archives/gnu/archive-contents
>
> This would require adding a -*- mode -*- cookie in
> package--download-one-archive, but this might complicate signature
> checking.

I don't think it's worth modifying the file: the cookie could be placed
directly in the original file (i.e. in the file generated by the GNU
ELPA and MELPA scripts).

        Stefan