GNU bug report logs - #48137
27.2; `package-install-file' fails when loading a package file with DOS line endings

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Ioannis Kappas <ioannis.kappas <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sat, 1 May 2021 11:40:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch

Found in version 27.2

Fixed in version 28.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Ioannis Kappas <ioannis.kappas <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 48137 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#48137: 27.2; `package-install-file' fails when loading a package file with DOS line endings
Date: Thu, 06 May 2021 09:27:38 -0400

>> My idea was to read the file literally, without decoding, then parse
>> the package headers from that.
> I suppose you mean something along the other option below?

That's not sufficient, because if we don't decode the file before we
call `package-buffer-info` (from `package-install-from-buffer`), then
the <foo>-pkg.el file will have incorrect content (e.g. the non-ASCII
chars in the description of the package, will be later incorrectly
displayed in `list-packages`).


        Stefan
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