GNU bug report logs - #53527
29.0.50; package-reinstall fails to initialize (enough of) package.el

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Matt Armstrong <matt <at> rfc20.org>

Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2022 17:40:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: moreinfo, patch

Found in versions 29.0.50, 28.0

Fixed in version 29.1

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Matt Armstrong <matt <at> rfc20.org>
Cc: 53527 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#53527: 29.0.50; package-reinstall fails to initialize (enough of) package.el
Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2022 15:33:48 +0200

Matt Armstrong <matt <at> rfc20.org> writes:

> * lisp/emacs-lisp/package.el (package-reinstall): call
> `package--archives-initialize', just like `package-install' does.
> This populates `package-alist', and so fixes calling
> `package-reinstall' as the first thing done after package "quick
> init".  (Bug#53527)

It seems like this patch was missed; sorry.

The change looks reasonable to me, but just double-checking before
applying it -- is it still needed on the current trunk?  I vaguely seem
to remember there being some other work done in this area recently, but
I may well be mistaken.
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