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Content preview: Recipe: emacs -Q M-x package-list-packages error is printed: "wrong type argument: stringp treemacs" When run with debug-on-error, the trace looks like this: Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument stringp treemacs)   intern(treemacs)   package-desc-from-define(treemacs "20201218.652" "A [...] Content analysis details: (2.9 points, 10.0 required) pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- 1.0 SPF_SOFTFAIL SPF: sender does not match SPF record (softfail) 0.0 FREEMAIL_FROM Sender email is commonly abused enduser mail provider (ericlondres[at]outlook.com) -0.0 SPF_HELO_PASS SPF: HELO matches SPF record 0.0 RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H4 RBL: Very Good reputation (+4) [209.51.188.17 listed in wl.mailspike.net] -2.3 RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED RBL: Sender listed at https://www.dnswl.org/, medium trust [209.51.188.17 listed in list.dnswl.org] 0.0 RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL Mailspike good senders 0.0 MSGID_FROM_MTA_HEADER Message-Id was added by a relay 1.0 FREEMAIL_REPLY From and body contain different freemails 1.6 FORGED_MUA_MOZILLA Forged mail pretending to be from Mozilla 1.6 SPOOFED_FREEMAIL No description available. X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: submit X-Mailman-Approved-At: Thu, 24 Dec 2020 21:44:48 -0500 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -0.7 (/) --1qHZRUpsFoa33kkxqjpumTZI5J8Ulsboj Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="U6NqN79fE72q4Am0pblzyl0yDuaEHvvN9"; protected-headers="v1" From: "Eric S. Londres" To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Message-ID: Subject: Error in package-initialize; persists in emacs -Q --U6NqN79fE72q4Am0pblzyl0yDuaEHvvN9 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------CC8B6FAA7AC441CCA70B088D" Content-Language: en-US This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------CC8B6FAA7AC441CCA70B088D Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Recipe: emacs -Q M-x package-list-packages error is printed: "wrong type argument: stringp treemacs" When run with debug-on-error, the trace looks like this: Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument stringp treemacs) =C2=A0 intern(treemacs) =C2=A0 package-desc-from-define(treemacs "20201218.652" "A tree style fi= le=20 explorer package" '((emacs "25.2") (cl-lib "0.5") (dash "2.11.0") (s=20 "1.12.0") (f "0.11.0") (ace-window "0.9.0") (pfuture "1.7") (hydra=20 "0.13.2") (ht "2.2")) :commit "6b045fd585421ab3c9e1185c2508d34af700490b" = :authors (("Alexander Miller" . "alexanderm@web.de")) :maintainer=20 ("Alexander Miller" . "alexanderm@web.de") :url=20 "https://github.com/Alexander-Miller/treemacs") =C2=A0 apply(package-desc-from-define (treemacs "20201218.652" "A tree s= tyle=20 file explorer package" '((emacs "25.2") (cl-lib "0.5") (dash "2.11.0")=20 (s "1.12.0") (f "0.11.0") (ace-window "0.9.0") (pfuture "1.7") (hydra=20 "0.13.2") (ht "2.2")) :commit "6b045fd585421ab3c9e1185c2508d34af700490b" = :authors (("Alexander Miller" . "alexanderm@web.de")) :maintainer=20 ("Alexander Miller" . "alexanderm@web.de") :url=20 "https://github.com/Alexander-Miller/treemacs")) =C2=A0 package-process-define-package((define-package treemacs=20 "20201218.652" "A tree style file explorer package" '((emacs "25.2")=20 (cl-lib "0.5") (dash "2.11.0") (s "1.12.0") (f "0.11.0") (ace-window=20 "0.9.0") (pfuture "1.7") (hydra "0.13.2") (ht "2.2")) :commit=20 "6b045fd585421ab3c9e1185c2508d34af700490b" :authors (("Alexander Miller" = =2E "alexanderm@web.de")) :maintainer ("Alexander Miller" .=20 "alexanderm@web.de") :url "https://github.com/Alexander-Miller/treemacs")= ) package-load-descriptor("/home/eric/.emacs.d/elpa/treemacs-20201218.652")= =C2=A0 package-load-all-descriptors() =C2=A0 package-initialize(t) =C2=A0 package-list-packages() =C2=A0 eval((package-list-packages) t) =C2=A0 ielm-eval-input(#("(package-list-packages)" 0 23 (fontified t)) n= il) =C2=A0 ielm-send-input(nil) =C2=A0 ielm-return() =C2=A0 funcall-interactively(ielm-return) =C2=A0 call-interactively(ielm-return nil nil) =C2=A0 command-execute(ielm-return) I have (package-initialize) in my init file so running without emacs -Q=20 or -q just prints "wrong type arguement: stringp treemacs" to the=20 console and exits. Running with --debug-init does not produce any other=20 output. In GNU Emacs 27.1 (build 1, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.24.22,=20 cairo version 1.17.3) =C2=A0of 2020-08-28 built on juergen Windowing system distributor 'The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.1201000= 0 System Description: Arch Linux Recent messages: For information about GNU Emacs and the GNU system, type C-h C-a. package-desc-from-define: Wrong type argument: stringp, treemacs delete-backward-char: Text is read-only Configured using: =C2=A0'configure --prefix=3D/usr --sysconfdir=3D/etc --libexecdir=3D/usr= /lib =C2=A0--localstatedir=3D/var --with-x-toolkit=3Dgtk3 --with-xft --with-w= ide-int =C2=A0--with-modules --with-cairo --with-harfbuzz 'CFLAGS=3D-march=3Dx86= -64 =C2=A0-mtune=3Dgeneric -O2 -pipe -fno-plt' CPPFLAGS=3D-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=3D= 2 =C2=A0LDFLAGS=3D-Wl,-O1,--sort-common,--as-needed,-z,relro,-z,now' Configured features: XPM JPEG TIFF GIF PNG RSVG CAIRO SOUND GPM DBUS GSETTINGS GLIB NOTIFY INOTIFY ACL GNUTLS LIBXML2 FREETYPE HARFBUZZ M17N_FLT LIBOTF ZLIB TOOLKIT_SCROLL_BARS GTK3 X11 XDBE XIM MODULES THREADS LIBSYSTEMD JSON PDUMPER LCMS2 GMP Important settings: =C2=A0 value of $LANG: en_US.UTF-8 =C2=A0 locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix Major mode: Lisp Interaction Minor modes in effect: =C2=A0 tooltip-mode: t =C2=A0 global-eldoc-mode: t =C2=A0 eldoc-mode: t =C2=A0 electric-indent-mode: t =C2=A0 mouse-wheel-mode: t =C2=A0 tool-bar-mode: t =C2=A0 menu-bar-mode: t =C2=A0 file-name-shadow-mode: t =C2=A0 global-font-lock-mode: t =C2=A0 font-lock-mode: t =C2=A0 blink-cursor-mode: t =C2=A0 auto-composition-mode: t =C2=A0 auto-encryption-mode: t =C2=A0 auto-compression-mode: t =C2=A0 line-number-mode: t =C2=A0 transient-mark-mode: t Load-path shadows: None found. 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Londres" , 45415@debbugs.gnu.org Subject: RE: bug#45415: Error in package-initialize; persists in emacs -Q References: In-Reply-To: X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook 2.0.1.9.1 (1003210) [OL 16.0.5095.0 (x86)] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=nai engine=6000 definitions=9845 signatures=668683 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 adultscore=0 phishscore=0 mlxscore=0 spamscore=0 mlxlogscore=999 suspectscore=0 bulkscore=0 malwarescore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=8.12.0-2009150000 definitions=main-2012250027 X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=nai engine=6000 definitions=9845 signatures=668683 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 lowpriorityscore=0 mlxlogscore=999 mlxscore=0 priorityscore=1501 impostorscore=0 suspectscore=0 phishscore=0 spamscore=0 clxscore=1011 malwarescore=0 bulkscore=0 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=8.12.0-2009150000 definitions=main-2012250027 X-Spam-Score: 0.2 (/) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 45415 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -3.3 (---) https://github.com/melpa/melpa/issues/7312 From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Fri Dec 25 00:50:10 2020 Received: (at 45415) by debbugs.gnu.org; 25 Dec 2020 05:50:10 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:56543 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1ksfzO-0006hH-GS for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 25 Dec 2020 00:50:10 -0500 Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([95.216.78.240]:35608) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1ksfzM-0006gw-LD for 45415@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 25 Dec 2020 00:50:09 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnus.org; s=20200322; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:Date: References:Subject:Cc:To:From:Sender:Reply-To:Content-Transfer-Encoding: Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender: Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=ScBUDApx7RI6LZvEbuMRzQ/c4oKsZMF9tekmGYocgyw=; b=WtYxKGSdn2gBB7y6/VqDSwhkwd LOPO5h9Mpm0uvSTtsqgvt2zy4DpUcw7qzriPrpGm69xTyk3x2gJxBiTvKS8nDc6i4P4CgrXtEvHrG D4bLb104vJUJ4fCp0ObXFcrDJaaQIMTrH0zHqrk7S78hB+oGISyGdi+3mD9hXsFjSh5U=; Received: from cm-84.212.202.86.getinternet.no ([84.212.202.86] helo=xo) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1ksfz6-00074v-4K; Fri, 25 Dec 2020 06:50:01 +0100 From: Lars Ingebrigtsen To: Drew Adams Subject: Re: bug#45415: Error in package-initialize; persists in emacs -Q References: X-Now-Playing: Kate & Anna McGarrigle's _Kate & Anna McGarrigle_: "Foolish You" Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2020 06:49:50 +0100 In-Reply-To: (Drew Adams's message of "Thu, 24 Dec 2020 20:26:32 -0800 (PST)") Message-ID: <878s9mige9.fsf@gnus.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Spam-Report: Spam detection software, running on the system "quimby.gnus.org", has NOT identified this incoming email as spam. The original message has been attached to this so you can view it or label similar future email. If you have any questions, see @@CONTACT_ADDRESS@@ for details. Content preview: Drew Adams writes: > https://github.com/melpa/melpa/issues/7312 "Cannot update packages, because the generated -pkg.el file uses a symbol instead of a string" Content analysis details: (-2.9 points, 5.0 required) pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- -1.0 ALL_TRUSTED Passed through trusted hosts only via SMTP -1.9 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayes spam probability is 0 to 1% [score: 0.0000] X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 45415 Cc: "Eric S. Londres" , 45415@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -1.0 (-) Drew Adams writes: > https://github.com/melpa/melpa/issues/7312 "Cannot update packages, because the generated -pkg.el file uses a symbol instead of a string" So this seems to be an error in Melpa? So I'm closing this bug report in the Emacs bug tracker. -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Fri Dec 25 00:50:15 2020 Received: (at control) by debbugs.gnu.org; 25 Dec 2020 05:50:15 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:56546 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1ksfzS-0006hZ-RH for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 25 Dec 2020 00:50:15 -0500 Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([95.216.78.240]:35626) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1ksfzQ-0006h6-IE for control@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 25 Dec 2020 00:50:12 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnus.org; s=20200322; h=Subject:From:To:Message-Id:Date:Sender:Reply-To:Cc: MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID: Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc :Resent-Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=ASZXpYTwa+hRXyQeJKtbzYPcH9F2Dj0msAdmsSTp/oY=; b=Pr2MvfolZoew3TCuXl60PlWcm2 L6ZmR2dPs951lXDQapYIARDsEY+5gQ7z9obnkS0j+jtE+jh1/FIjS8/FsdwpU7zb02jRGTiD/xmIl ruobiZyxq312c6buYmdqoRrVlwUf/WXrFoAULYgcbQ7pqRIeBcID1rN4rjYuyZerka08=; Received: from cm-84.212.202.86.getinternet.no ([84.212.202.86] helo=xo) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1ksfzJ-000757-7o for control@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 25 Dec 2020 06:50:07 +0100 Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2020 06:50:04 +0100 Message-Id: <877dp6igdv.fsf@gnus.org> To: control@debbugs.gnu.org From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Subject: control message for bug #45415 X-Spam-Report: Spam detection software, running on the system "quimby.gnus.org", has NOT identified this incoming email as spam. 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Londres" , 45415@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -1.7 (-) Drew Adams writes: > https://github.com/melpa/melpa/issues/7312 For the record: this means that Emacs might fail to start. Mine didn't even get far enough to open the first X frame. One needs to start with -q. Then I had to edit the package descriptions of all packages I had tried to upgrade by hand. In ~/.emacs.d/elpa for any package directory of any package "foo", in the directory of "foo" I needed to change the first line of the file "foo-pkg.el": (define-package foo ... to (define-package "foo" ... to make package initialization succeed again. HTH, Michael. 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