bug#39682: 26.3; Help window for list-packages disabled

[Tim Johnson]

Following Noam's instructions, here is a dump of *Messages*

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Importing package-keyring.gpg...done
Package refresh done
No package specified
t
No package specified
previous-line: Beginning of buffer
t
"No package specified"
No package specified
Entering debugger...

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I note that

(package-desc-p (tabulated-list-get-id))
just returns t

below is dump of *Backtrace* using different methods
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Debugger entered--Lisp error: "No package specified"
  message("No package specified")
  describe-package(#s(package-desc :name ack :version (1 8) :summary "interface to ack-like tools" :reqs nil :kind tar :archive "gnu" :dir nil :extras ((:url . 
"https://github.com/leoliu/ack-el";) (:maintainer "João Távora" . "joaotavora@gmail.com") (:authors ("Leo Liu" . 
"sdl.web@gmail.com")) (:keywords "tools" "processes" "convenience")) :signed nil))
  package-menu-describe-package()
  funcall-interactively(package-menu-describe-package)
  call-interactively(package-menu-describe-package nil nil)
  command-execute(package-menu-describe-package)
  recursive-edit()
  debug(error "No package specified")
  message("No package specified")
  describe-package(#s(package-desc :name ack :version (1 8) :summary "interface to ack-like tools" :reqs nil :kind tar :archive "gnu" :dir nil :extras ((:url . 
"https://github.com/leoliu/ack-el";) (:maintainer "João Távora" . "joaotavora@gmail.com") (:authors ("Leo Liu" . 
"sdl.web@gmail.com")) (:keywords "tools" "processes" "convenience")) :signed nil))
  package-menu-describe-package()
  funcall-interactively(package-menu-describe-package)
  call-interactively(package-menu-describe-package nil nil)
  command-execute(package-menu-describe-package)
  recursive-edit()
  debug(error "No package specified")
  message("No package specified")
  describe-package(#s(package-desc :name ace-window :version (0 9 0) :summary "Quickly switch windows." :reqs ((avy (0 2 0))) :kind single :archive 
"gnu" :dir nil :extras ((:keywords "window" "location") (:authors ("Oleh Krehel" . "ohwoeowho@gmail.com")) (:maintainer 
"Oleh Krehel" . "ohwoeowho@gmail.com") (:url . "https://github.com/abo-abo/ace-window";)) :signed nil))
  package-menu-describe-package(#<marker (moves after insertion) at 8 in 
*Packages*>)
  button-activate(#<marker (moves after insertion) at 8 in *Packages*> t)
  push-button(8 t)
  push-button((mouse-2 (#<window 6 on *Packages*> 8 (65 . 11) 260014406 nil 8 
(7 . 0) nil (2 . 11) (9 . 17))))
  funcall-interactively(push-button (mouse-2 (#<window 6 on *Packages*> 8 (65 . 
11) 260014406 nil 8 (7 . 0) nil (2 . 11) (9 . 17))))
  call-interactively(push-button nil nil)
  command-execute(push-button)

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On 2/20/20 8:53 AM, Noam Postavsky wrote:
> (setq debug-on-message "No package specified")
Thanks

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Tim
tj49.com