Hello, On Fri 19 Mar 2021 at 03:04AM GMT, Nick Gasson wrote:
> Hi Sean,
>
> On 03/18/21 18:31 PM, Sean Whitton wrote:
>>
>> Thank you for the report. Can you test this patch, please?
>>
>> diff --git a/helper/install b/helper/install
>> index 1a2eb8a..af93ee4 100755
>> --- a/helper/install
>> +++ b/helper/install
>> @@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ echo install/${ELPA_DIR}: byte-compiling for ${FLAVOR}
>> (cd ${elc_dir}
>> set +e
>> ${FLAVOR} --quick --batch -l package \
>> + --eval "(setq package-directory-list \
>> + (delete package-user-dir package-directory-list))"
>> \
>> --eval "(add-to-list 'package-directory-list \"$src_dir\")" \
>> -f package-initialize -f batch-byte-compile *.el > Install.log
>> 2>&1
>> if test $? -ne 0
>
> I've just tried this but unfortunately I get the same error. I think
> it's because package-load-all-descriptors in package.el always cons-es
> package-user-dir on the front of package-directory-list when it searches
> for a package
>
> (defun package-load-all-descriptors ()
> ...
> (dolist (dir (cons package-user-dir package-directory-list))
> (when (file-directory-p dir)
> ...)))
>
> Perhaps an alternative is to set package-user-dir to a temporary
> directory that's guaranteed not to contain any existing packages.
Yes, that sounds like a good idea.
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Sean Whitton
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