Package: emacs;
Reported by: Pankaj Jangid <pankaj <at> codeisgreat.org>
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2020 18:28:01 UTC
Severity: normal
Tags: moreinfo
Found in version 28.0.50
Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.
Message #17 received at 44804 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):
From: Pankaj Jangid <pankaj <at> codeisgreat.org> To: Eric Abrahamsen <eric <at> ericabrahamsen.net> Cc: 44804 <at> debbugs.gnu.org Subject: Re: bug#44804: 28.0.50; loading EBDB using use-package is throwing error Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2020 11:17:41 +0530
Eric Abrahamsen <eric <at> ericabrahamsen.net> writes:
>> use this when `use-package' will be part of core emacs:
>>
>> (use-package ebdb
>> :ensure t
>> :config
>> (use-package 'ebdb-gnus ; no `:ensure t' here, installed with ebdb
>> :hook emacs-startup)
>> (use-package 'ebdb-message
>> :hook emacs-startup))
>
> So this is causing the same error?
Yes. This produces same error and two more for `edbd-gnus' and
`edbd-message'.
>> ;; Error (use-package): Failed to parse package 'ebdb-gnus: Wrong type
>> argument: symbolp, 'ebdb-gnus Disable showing Disable logging
>> ;; Error (use-package): Failed to parse package 'ebdb-message: Wrong type
>> argument: symbolp, 'ebdb-message Disable showing Disable logging
>
> Can you turn on debug-on-error (or start with --debug-init if it's
> blowing up at startup) and see what the actual backtrace is? Your
> original error was "Wrong type argument: listp, require", which doesn't
> mean very much to me.
The above configuration with debug-on-error produces this long output:
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Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument symbolp 'ebdb-gnus)
symbol-name('ebdb-gnus)
use-package-normalize-keywords('ebdb-gnus (:hook emacs-startup))
#f(compiled-function (name &rest args) "Declare an Emacs package by specifying a group of configuration options.\n\nFor full documentation, please see the README file that came with\nthis file. Usage:\n\n (use-package package-name\n [:keyword [option]]...)\n\n:init Code to run before PACKAGE-NAME has been loaded.\n:config Code to run after PACKAGE-NAME has been loaded. Note that\n if loading is deferred for any reason, this code does not\n execute until the lazy load has occurred.\n:preface Code to be run before everything except `:disabled'; this\n can be used to define functions for use in `:if', or that\n should be seen by the byte-compiler.\n\n:mode Form to be added to `auto-mode-alist'.\n:magic Form to be added to `magic-mode-alist'.\n:magic-fallback Form to be added to `magic-fallback-mode-alist'.\n:interpreter Form to be added to `interpreter-mode-alist'.\n\n:commands Define autoloads for commands that will be defined by the\n package. This is useful if the package is being lazily\n loaded, and you wish to conditionally call functions in your\n `:init' block that are defined in the package.\n:hook Specify hook(s) to attach this package to.\n\n:bind Bind keys, and define autoloads for the bound commands.\n:bind* Bind keys, and define autoloads for the bound commands,\n *overriding all minor mode bindings*.\n:bind-keymap Bind a key prefix to an auto-loaded keymap defined in the\n package. This is like `:bind', but for keymaps.\n:bind-keymap* Like `:bind-keymap', but overrides all minor mode bindings\n\n:defer Defer loading of a package -- this is implied when using\n `:commands', `:bind', `:bind*', `:mode', `:magic', `:hook',\n `:magic-fallback', or `:interpreter'. This can be an integer,\n to force loading after N seconds of idle time, if the package\n has not already been loaded.\n:after Delay the use-package declaration until after the named modules\n have loaded. Once load, it will be as though the use-package\n declaration (without `:after') had been seen at that moment.\n:demand Prevent the automatic deferred loading introduced by constructs\n such as `:bind' (see `:defer' for the complete list).\n\n:if EXPR Initialize and load only if EXPR evaluates to a non-nil value.\n:disabled The package is ignored completely if this keyword is present.\n:defines Declare certain variables to silence the byte-compiler.\n:functions Declare certain functions to silence the byte-compiler.\n:load-path Add to the `load-path' before attempting to load the package.\n:diminish Support for diminish.el (if installed).\n:delight Support for delight.el (if installed).\n:custom Call `custom-set' or `set-default' with each variable\n definition without modifying the Emacs `custom-file'.\n (compare with `custom-set-variables').\n:custom-face Call `customize-set-faces' with each face definition.\n:ensure Loads the package using package.el if necessary.\n:pin Pin the package to an archive." #<bytecode -0x1108899a2a375614>)('ebdb-gnus :hook emacs-startup)
macroexpand((use-package 'ebdb-gnus :hook emacs-startup))
#f(compiled-function (form) #<bytecode -0x12004d08290ce1d1>)((use-package 'ebdb-gnus :hook emacs-startup))
mapcar(#f(compiled-function (form) #<bytecode -0x12004d08290ce1d1>) ((use-package 'ebdb-gnus :hook emacs-startup) (use-package 'ebdb-message :hook emacs-startup)))
use-package-normalize-form(":config" ((use-package 'ebdb-gnus :hook emacs-startup) (use-package 'ebdb-message :hook emacs-startup)))
use-package-normalize/:config(ebdb :config ((use-package 'ebdb-gnus :hook emacs-startup) (use-package 'ebdb-message :hook emacs-startup)))
use-package-normalize-plist(ebdb (:config (use-package 'ebdb-gnus :hook emacs-startup) (use-package 'ebdb-message :hook emacs-startup)) nil use-package-merge-keys)
use-package-normalize-plist(ebdb (:ensure t :config (use-package 'ebdb-gnus :hook emacs-startup) (use-package 'ebdb-message :hook emacs-startup)) nil use-package-merge-keys)
use-package-normalize-keywords(ebdb (:ensure t :config (use-package 'ebdb-gnus :hook emacs-startup) (use-package 'ebdb-message :hook emacs-startup)))
#f(compiled-function (name &rest args) "Declare an Emacs package by specifying a group of configuration options.\n\nFor full documentation, please see the README file that came with\nthis file. Usage:\n\n (use-package package-name\n [:keyword [option]]...)\n\n:init Code to run before PACKAGE-NAME has been loaded.\n:config Code to run after PACKAGE-NAME has been loaded. Note that\n if loading is deferred for any reason, this code does not\n execute until the lazy load has occurred.\n:preface Code to be run before everything except `:disabled'; this\n can be used to define functions for use in `:if', or that\n should be seen by the byte-compiler.\n\n:mode Form to be added to `auto-mode-alist'.\n:magic Form to be added to `magic-mode-alist'.\n:magic-fallback Form to be added to `magic-fallback-mode-alist'.\n:interpreter Form to be added to `interpreter-mode-alist'.\n\n:commands Define autoloads for commands that will be defined by the\n package. This is useful if the package is being lazily\n loaded, and you wish to conditionally call functions in your\n `:init' block that are defined in the package.\n:hook Specify hook(s) to attach this package to.\n\n:bind Bind keys, and define autoloads for the bound commands.\n:bind* Bind keys, and define autoloads for the bound commands,\n *overriding all minor mode bindings*.\n:bind-keymap Bind a key prefix to an auto-loaded keymap defined in the\n package. This is like `:bind', but for keymaps.\n:bind-keymap* Like `:bind-keymap', but overrides all minor mode bindings\n\n:defer Defer loading of a package -- this is implied when using\n `:commands', `:bind', `:bind*', `:mode', `:magic', `:hook',\n `:magic-fallback', or `:interpreter'. This can be an integer,\n to force loading after N seconds of idle time, if the package\n has not already been loaded.\n:after Delay the use-package declaration until after the named modules\n have loaded. Once load, it will be as though the use-package\n declaration (without `:after') had been seen at that moment.\n:demand Prevent the automatic deferred loading introduced by constructs\n such as `:bind' (see `:defer' for the complete list).\n\n:if EXPR Initialize and load only if EXPR evaluates to a non-nil value.\n:disabled The package is ignored completely if this keyword is present.\n:defines Declare certain variables to silence the byte-compiler.\n:functions Declare certain functions to silence the byte-compiler.\n:load-path Add to the `load-path' before attempting to load the package.\n:diminish Support for diminish.el (if installed).\n:delight Support for delight.el (if installed).\n:custom Call `custom-set' or `set-default' with each variable\n definition without modifying the Emacs `custom-file'.\n (compare with `custom-set-variables').\n:custom-face Call `customize-set-faces' with each face definition.\n:ensure Loads the package using package.el if necessary.\n:pin Pin the package to an archive." #<bytecode -0x1108899a2a375614>)(ebdb :ensure t :config (use-package 'ebdb-gnus :hook emacs-startup) (use-package 'ebdb-message :hook emacs-startup))
macroexpand((use-package ebdb :ensure t :config (use-package 'ebdb-gnus :hook emacs-startup) (use-package 'ebdb-message :hook emacs-startup)))
internal-macroexpand-for-load((use-package ebdb :ensure t :config (use-package 'ebdb-gnus :hook emacs-startup) (use-package 'ebdb-message :hook emacs-startup)) nil)
eval-buffer(#<buffer *load*-780926> nil "/Users/pankaj/.config/emacs/lisp/init-ebdb.el" nil t) ; Reading at buffer position 359
load-with-code-conversion("/Users/pankaj/.config/emacs/lisp/init-ebdb.el" "/Users/pankaj/.config/emacs/lisp/init-ebdb.el" nil t)
require(init-ebdb)
eval-buffer(#<buffer *load*> nil "/Users/pankaj/.config/emacs/init.el" nil t) ; Reading at buffer position 1876
load-with-code-conversion("/Users/pankaj/.config/emacs/init.el" "/Users/pankaj/.config/emacs/init.el" t t)
load("/Users/pankaj/.config/emacs/init" noerror nomessage)
startup--load-user-init-file(#f(compiled-function () #<bytecode -0x1f1eeb94b9b023a1>) #f(compiled-function () #<bytecode 0x2eac4b2ad19c19f>) t)
command-line()
normal-top-level()
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