Re: "package-get-update-all" problem
|--==> "FO" == Florian-Daniel Otel <otel(a)ce.chalmers.se> writes:
FO> Dear all,
FO> I tried to update my XEmacs to 21.4.8 (and subsequently to 21.1.4) but
FO> both manifest the following problem:
FO> When trying to update packages via menubar ("Tools->Packages->Add
FO> Download site" and then "Tools->Packages->Update Package
Index") the
FO> FTP subprocess fails to login to the appropriate site (tried this with
FO> several). I do not experience this problem w/ my current 21.1.10
Without seeing the actual error message you are getting, or any
information about your system it will impossible to accurately
diagnose your problem.
After looking into my crystal ball, sacrificing a couple of virgins
(boy, they're hard to come by these days), and spending an hour or two
staring at some chicken entrails, I think you should try:
(setq efs-ftp-program-name "/bin/ftp")
Please understand that this is just a guess. If that doesn't work
please do 'M-x report-xemacs-bug RET'. That should give us the
information we need to debug this.
FO> After some digging I understood that the function called when updating
FO> is "package-get-update-all"
No it doesn't. "Tools -> Packages -> Update Package Index" runs
`package-get-update-base'.
FO> (Btw: How/where can one find which elisp function corresp. to a
FO> menubar action ?).
C-h k <choose menu item>
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