If package-get-all is called for a package that doesn't exist, you get an error. This happened to me in b50 when I ran package-get-update-all with Steve's updated package-get-base.el because the 'ph package wasn't in the list (I presume). Here's a patch that at least avoids the error, although I'm not sure it's the right fix. -Barry *** package-get.el 1998/07/24 20:19:18 1.1 --- package-get.el 1998/07/24 20:19:57 *************** *** 185,215 **** the-package version)) (this-requires (package-get-info-prop this-package 'requires)) ) ! (setq version (package-get-info-prop this-package 'version)) ! (unless (package-get-installedp package version) ! (package-get package version)) ! (setq fetched-packages ! (append (list package) ! (package-get-info-prop this-package 'provides) ! fetched-packages)) ! ;; grab everything that this package requires plus recursively ! ;; grab everything that the requires require. Keep track ! ;; in `fetched-packages' the list of things provided -- this ! ;; keeps us from going into a loop ! (while this-requires ! (if (not (member (car this-requires) fetched-packages)) ! (let* ((reqd-package (package-get-package-provider ! (car this-requires))) ! (reqd-version (cadr reqd-package)) ! (reqd-name (car reqd-package))) ! (if (null reqd-name) ! (error "Unable to find a provider for %s" (car this-requires))) ! (setq fetched-packages ! (package-get-all reqd-name reqd-version fetched-packages))) ! ) ! (setq this-requires (cdr this-requires))) ! fetched-packages ! )) ;;;###autoload (defun package-get (package &optional version conflict) --- 185,217 ---- the-package version)) (this-requires (package-get-info-prop this-package 'requires)) ) ! (when this-package ! (setq version (package-get-info-prop this-package 'version)) ! (unless (package-get-installedp package version) ! (package-get package version)) ! (setq fetched-packages ! (append (list package) ! (package-get-info-prop this-package 'provides) ! fetched-packages)) ! ;; grab everything that this package requires plus recursively ! ;; grab everything that the requires require. Keep track ! ;; in `fetched-packages' the list of things provided -- this ! ;; keeps us from going into a loop ! (while this-requires ! (if (not (member (car this-requires) fetched-packages)) ! (let* ((reqd-package (package-get-package-provider ! (car this-requires))) ! (reqd-version (cadr reqd-package)) ! (reqd-name (car reqd-package))) ! (if (null reqd-name) ! (error "Unable to find a provider for %s" ! (car this-requires))) ! (setq fetched-packages ! (package-get-all reqd-name reqd-version fetched-packages))) ! ) ! (setq this-requires (cdr this-requires))) ! fetched-packages ! ))) ;;;###autoload (defun package-get (package &optional version conflict)