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30.0.50; [BUG] package.el having a hard time

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From: Ruijie Yu <ruijie <at> netyu.xyz>
To: Eshel Yaron <me <at> eshelyaron.com>
Cc: 63742 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#63742: 30.0.50; [BUG] package.el having a hard time
Date: Sat, 27 May 2023 13:22:35 +0800

Eshel Yaron <me <at> eshelyaron.com> writes:

> Ruijie Yu via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text
> editors" <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org> writes:
>
>> package-unpack: Wrong type argument: package-desc, nil
>
> I've had this issue as well since rebuilding Emacs yesterday from the
> master branch.  AFAICT the issue is that `package-load-descriptor`
> returns `nil` instead of a valid package descriptor when called in
> `package-unpack`.
>
> Curiously, when I evaluate the definition of `package-load-descriptor`
> (with C-M-x) it starts behaving correctly and the issue goes away.
> Perhaps this is a native compilation problem?

Probably.  Interestingly, my other issue (which waws unreproducible and
hence not described in my other message) apparently went away when I
byte-compiled the problematic file.

-- 
Best,


RY

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