Hi Ikumi, Your first recipe worked for me. I'm usually loathe to kill emacs, but indeed it needed a fresh session to compile. It only took a few seconds to complete.
Thank you! Peter On Sun, Apr 7, 2024 at 3:08 AM Ikumi Keita <ik...@ikumi.que.jp> wrote: > Hi Peter, > > >>>>> Peter Mao <peter....@gmail.com> writes: > > I'm running emacs 29.3 on GNU/Linux and OSX. When I updated auctex from > v > > 13.2.1 to v. 14.0.4, I see "Checking <path-to>/elpa/auctex-14.0.4..." > > seemingly forever (until I give up and C-g it). > > > Any guidance on what's going on here? Auctex seems to be ok still (I > just > > opened a .tex file and looked at it, but didn't push it any further), but > > my package-selected-packages list is all screwed up now. > > Sorry for inconvenience. It is known that upgrading to AUCTeX 14 from 13 > in running emacs session can lead to unsuccessful installation, > including infinite loop as you experienced. > > The first thing which is worth trying is: > 1. Terminate the current running Emacs session and restart Emacs. > 2. Type ‘M-x package-recompile <RET> auctex <RET>’. > 3. Restart your Emacs again. > > If you are lucky enough, this will basically resolve the issue. There is > still old ‘auctex-X.Y.Z’ directory left behind under > ‘~/.emacs.d/elpa/’, so delete it manually to avoid future trouble. > > If the above prescription doesn't work, then try: > 1. Uninstall AUCTeX once. > 2. Restart your Emacs and (before doing anything else) reinstall > AUCTeX. > > In theory, this recipe will circumvent all caveats in ELPA upgrade of > AUCTeX. Find and delete old ‘auctex-X.Y.Z’ directory remaining under > ‘~/.emacs.d/elpa/’. > > Regards, > Ikumi Keita > #StandWithUkraine #StopWarInUkraine > #Gaza #StopMassiveKilling #CeasefireNOW >
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