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Upon archive download failure print the original error

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From: Konstantin Kharlamov <Hi-Angel <at> yandex.ru>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 75065 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Philip Kaludercic <philipk <at> posteo.net>, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Subject: bug#75065: Upon archive download failure print the original error
Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2024 23:51:30 +0300

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On Thu, 2024-12-26 at 15:40 -0500, Stefan Monnier wrote:
> > The `car` seems to just contain word error. Here's how both
> > compare:
> > 
> > • current patch with `(cdr err)`:
> >     Failed to download ‘melpa’ archive. Error: ("Location
> > melpa.org/packages/ is not a url nor an absolute file name")
> > 
> > • suggested change with `err`:
> >     Failed to download ‘melpa’ archive. Error: (error "Location
> > melpa.org/packages/ is not a url nor an absolute file name")
> > 
> > I can of course remove the word `Error` in the second case.
> > My question then is: will `(car err)` always be the word "error"?
> > Or
> > may there be another content?
> 
> The shape and content of `err` depends on the actual error that
> caused
> the download to fail.  `(car err)` contains the error "type", which
> can
> be `error` but can also be more specific such as
> `wrong-number-of-arguments`, `file-error`, ...

Thank you, I see!

Please check the attached patch. With this change the error of
accessing https-less address is shown as follows:

	Failed to download ‘melpa’ archive: (error "Location melpa.org/packages/ is not a url nor an absolute file name")

[1.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]

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