GNU bug report logs - #78521
Error: No package in XXX with `package-install-file`

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Jen-Chieh Shen <jcs090218 <at> gmail.com>

Date: Wed, 21 May 2025 00:10:01 UTC

Severity: normal

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From: Philip Kaludercic <philipk <at> posteo.net>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Jen-Chieh Shen <jcs090218 <at> gmail.com>, 78521 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#78521: Error: No package in XXX with `package-install-file`
Date: Thu, 22 May 2025 10:45:54 +0000
Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

>> From: Jen-Chieh Shen <jcs090218 <at> gmail.com>
>> Date: Tue, 20 May 2025 17:08:38 -0700
>> 
>> I recently encountered an error, No package in XXX, when using the package-install-file function in
>> the latest Emacs snapshot. This function was working correctly as of May 5, 2025, but started failing
>> sometime after May 8, 2025. I suspect there may have been a breaking change introduced.
>> 
>> This issue only affects the snapshot build—my CI tests cover Emacs versions 26.3, 27.2, 28.2, 29.4, 30.1,
>> and the snapshot, and all versions except the snapshot pass. You can view the test results here:
>> https://github.com/emacs-eask/cli/actions/runs/14904371642.
>
> Philip, could you please take a look at this issue?

Can you elaborate what the tests are doing?  package-install-file works
fine for me on my end.




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