Re: [patch] automatic loading of package-get-base

Greg> Will you commit my package-get-base patches too? The Greg> package UI stuff is broken otherwise. Also Jan's "big Greg> screwup in package-ui" one. If so I am close to another Greg> patch that should go in, depending on your choice above. Greg, Jan, Steven, I have not been able to apply Greg's nor Jan's patches. I had to manually merge them in. Next thing was that the symlink /ftp＠ftp.xemacs.org:/pub/xemacs/packages: total 93966 <lines deleted by Adrian> lrwxrwxrwx 1 6101 6199 26 Oct 15 00:02 package-index.LATEST -> package-index-1998-10-12-2 sends my emacs-version "21.0 \"Pyrenean-pre4\" XEmacs Lucid" with efs-version "1.17/1.57" into infinite recursion: Signaling: (error "Lisp nesting exceeds `max-lisp-eval-depth'") <lines deleted by Adrian> #<compiled-function (path) "...(45)" [efs-ftp-path path parsed 2 "/" efs-get-file-entry efs-internal-file-name-as-directory efs-host-type file-ent efs-internal-file-directory-p nil efs-chase-symlinks efs-internal-directory-file-name] 6>("/ftp＠ftp.xemacs.org:/pub/xemacs/packages/package-index.LATEST") apply(#<compiled-function (path) "...(45)" [efs-ftp-path path parsed 2 "/" efs-get-file-entry efs-internal-file-name-as-directory efs-host-type file-ent efs-internal-file-directory-p nil efs-chase-symlinks efs-internal-directory-file-name] 6> "/ftp＠ftp.xemacs.org:/pub/xemacs/packages/package-index.LATEST") efs-internal-file-directory-p(nil "/ftp＠ftp.xemacs.org:/pub/xemacs/packages/package-index.LATEST") #<compiled-function (path) "...(45)" [efs-ftp-path path parsed 2 "/" efs-get-file-entry efs-internal-file-name-as-directory efs-host-type file-ent efs-internal-file-directory-p nil efs-chase-symlinks efs-internal-directory-file-name] 6>("/ftp＠ftp.xemacs.org:/pub/xemacs/packages/package-index.LATEST") apply(#<compiled-function (path) "...(45)" [efs-ftp-path path parsed 2 "/" efs-get-file-entry efs-internal-file-name-as-directory efs-host-type file-ent efs-internal-file-directory-p nil efs-chase-symlinks efs-internal-directory-file-name] 6> "/ftp＠ftp.xemacs.org:/pub/xemacs/packages/package-index.LATEST") efs-internal-file-directory-p(unix "/ftp＠ftp.xemacs.org:/pub/xemacs/packages/package-index.LATEST") efs-file-directory-p("/ftp＠ftp.xemacs.org:/pub/xemacs/packages/package-index.LATEST") apply(efs-file-directory-p "/ftp＠ftp.xemacs.org:/pub/xemacs/packages/package-index.LATEST") efs-file-handler-function(file-directory-p "/ftp＠ftp.xemacs.org:/pub/xemacs/packages/package-index.LATEST") file-directory-p("/ftp＠ftp.xemacs.org:/pub/xemacs/packages/package-index.LATEST") apply(file-directory-p "/ftp＠ftp.xemacs.org:/pub/xemacs/packages/package-index.LATEST") dired-handler-fn(file-directory-p "/ftp＠ftp.xemacs.org:/pub/xemacs/packages/package-index.LATEST") file-directory-p("/ftp＠ftp.xemacs.org:/pub/xemacs/packages/package-index.LATEST") find-file-noselect("/ftp＠ftp.xemacs.org:/pub/xemacs/packages/package-index.LATEST") find-file("/ftp＠ftp.xemacs.org:/pub/xemacs/packages/package-index.LATEST") #<compiled-function nil "...(18)" [find-file efs-dired-host-type efs-version-host-types efs-internal-file-name-sans-versions dired-get-filename t] 5 "In dired, visit the file or directory named on this line.\nNote: This function has been modified to work with efs." nil>() call-interactively(dired-find-file) So I customized Type RET or click button2 on an active field to invoke its action. Invoke [Help] for more information. Operate on everything in this buffer: * * * * Package Get Base Filename: * /ftp.xemacs.org:/pub/xemacs/packages/package-index-1998-10-12-2 [State]: this option has been set and saved. Name of the default package database file, usually on ftp.xemacs.org. Parent groups: [Package Get] and now I can install packages from pui-list-packages. Another this I noticed: Selected packages are installed in reverse order[1]. This is somewhat counter-intuitive. After installing those guys: - locale 1.10 ----- Localized menubars and localized splash screens. - sounds-wav 1.05 ----- XEmacs Microsoft sound files. they still show up never to have been installed. This is a known problem, right? Best, Adrian sb> Why don't you fix up the latest package-index on sb> ftp.xemacs.org, drop the modified copy in: sb> ftp://altair.xemacs.org/incoming/ Greg> But it wouldn't contain the updates you're about to make, or Greg> is that just so you don't have to rebuild all packages? If Greg> you want I can run a keyboard macro across the new one you Greg> create later, I've done it here. But I'd prefer it get Greg> created automatically with the build process so that part Greg> also gets tested. Footnotes: [1] from bottom to top in the *Packages* buffer. -- Adrian Aichner Applications Engineer Teradyne GmbH Semiconductor Test Group Telephone +49/89/41861(0)-208 Dingolfinger Strasse 2 Fax +49/89/41861-217 D-81673 MUENCHEN E-mail adrian.aichner(a)teradyne.com