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bug#6805: 24.0.50; package--dir assumes that Emacs is installed
From: |
Chong Yidong |
Subject: |
bug#6805: 24.0.50; package--dir assumes that Emacs is installed |
Date: |
Sun, 08 Aug 2010 16:33:57 -0400 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com> writes:
> When I compile Emacs from Git and run it without doing "make install" I
> run into this in package.el:
>
> (unless pkg-dir
> (error "Internal error: could not find directory for %s-%s"
> name version-str))
I can't reproduce this. I run Emacs in place without `make install',
and have not encountered any such error. Could you provide a precise
description of the error, such as the error message shown in echo area?
> It's failing that assertion because package--dir assumes that Emacs is
> already installed:
>
> package-directory-list is a variable defined in `package.el'.
> Its value is
> ("/usr/local/share/emacs/24.0.50/site-lisp/elpa"
> "/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp/elpa")
It should not matter if these directories do not exist, but your bug
report does not provide enough information to tell for sure.