bug#15918: 24.3; package-delete backtrace

[Dave Abrahams]

Thanks, I haven’t seen this in years.

> On Jan 19, 2021, at 6:36 PM, Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> wrote:
> 
> Dave Abrahams <dave@boostpro.com> writes:
> 
>> I installed use-package from melpa.  It was upgraded recently, so 
>> 
>> `M-x list-packages'
>> `U x y e s RET ~ x y e s RET'
>> 
>> I don't know how to reproduce this from emacs -Q, unfortunately.  It
>> looks like the package in question ("use-package") no longer has a
>> directory in ~/.emacs.d/elpa.  I only have the newer
>> use-package-20131105.1032.  I'm not sure why the package manager still
>> thinks it's installed.
>> 
>> Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument stringp nil)
>>  file-name-directory(nil)
> 
> (I'm going through old bug reports that unfortunately got no response at
> the time.)
> 
> Are you still seeing this issue in newer Emacs versions?
> 
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