smikes> A poser: how do you get efs? smikes> (require 'package-get) smikes> ==> package-get smikes> (package-get-package-provider 'efs) smikes> ==> nil Now, this gotta be a bug. smikes> Ah yes: smikes> (load "package-get-base") smikes> ==> t smikes> (package-get-package-provider 'efs) smikes> ==> (efs "1.08") The following is a patch which fixes this. It's based on emacs-version "21.0 \"Swedish Landrace\" XEmacs Lucid". lisp/ChangeLog 1998-06-15 Adrian Aichner <aichner(a)ecf.teradyne.com&gt; * package-get.el (package-get-package-provider): Added autoload cookie. Loading "package-get-base.el" in ALL functions that use it. Fixed some (interactive ...) with multiple argument specs again. Cosmetic indentation changes. Index: package-get.el =================================================================== RCS file: /usr/CVSroot/XEmacs/xemacs-20/lisp/package-get.el,v retrieving revision 1.11 diff -u -r1.11 package-get.el --- package-get.el 1998/06/14 23:12:36 1.11 +++ package-get.el 1998/06/16 05:20:29 ＠＠ -179,6 +179,7 ＠＠ latest version. Optional argument FETCHED-PACKAGES is used to keep track of packages already fetched." (interactive "sPackage: \nsVersion: ") + (load "package-get-base.el") (let* ((the-package (package-get-info-find-package package-get-base package)) (this-package (package-get-info-version ＠＠ -208,8 +209,8 ＠＠ (package-get-all reqd-name reqd-version fetched-packages))) ) (setq this-requires (cdr this-requires))) - fetched-packages - )) + fetched-packages + )) ;;;###autoload (defun package-get (package &optional version conflict) ＠＠ -229,6 +230,7 ＠＠ sum does not match that stored in `package-get-base' for this version of the package, an error is signalled." (interactive "xPackage List: ") + (load "package-get-base.el") (let* ((this-package (package-get-info-version (package-get-info-find-package package-get-base ＠＠ -252,8 +254,8 ＠＠ (not (file-exists-p (package-get-staging-dir filename)))) (if (file-exists-p (package-get-remote-filename (car search-dirs) filename)) - (copy-file (package-get-remote-filename (car search-dirs) filename) - (package-get-staging-dir filename)) + (copy-file (package-get-remote-filename (car search-dirs) filename) + (package-get-staging-dir filename)) (setq search-dirs (cdr search-dirs)) )) (if (not (file-exists-p (package-get-staging-dir filename))) ＠＠ -261,7 +263,7 ＠＠ ;; Validate the md5 checksum ;; Doing it with XEmacs removes the need for an external md5 program (with-temp-buffer - ; What ever happened to i-f-c-literally + ;; What ever happened to i-f-c-literally (let (file-name-handler-alist) (insert-file-contents-internal (package-get-staging-dir filename))) (if (not (string= (md5 (current-buffer)) ＠＠ -283,15 +285,15 ＠＠ )) (defun package-get-info-find-package (which name) - "Look in WHICH for the packaged called NAME and return all the info - associated with it. See `package-get-base' for info on the format - returned. + "Look in WHICH for the package called NAME and return all the info +associated with it. See `package-get-base' for info on the format +returned. To access fields returned from this, use `package-get-info-version' to return information about particular a version. Use `package-get-info-find-prop' to find particular property from a version returned by `package-get-info-version'." - (interactive "xPackage list: sPackage Name: ") + (interactive "xPackage list: \nsPackage Name: ") (if which (if (eq (caar which) name) (cdar which) ＠＠ -371,17 +373,19 ＠＠ I'm not sure if I want to do this by searching directories or checking some built in variables. For now, use packages-package-list." ;; Use packages-package-list which contains name and version - (equal (plist-get - (package-get-info-find-package packages-package-list - package) ':version) - (if (floatp version) version (string-to-number version)))) + (equal (plist-get + (package-get-info-find-package packages-package-list + package) ':version) + (if (floatp version) version (string-to-number version)))) +;;;###autoload (defun package-get-package-provider (sym) "Search for a package that provides SYM and return the name and version. Searches in `package-get-base' for SYM. If SYM is a consp, then it must match a corresponding (provide (SYM VERSION)) from the package." (interactive "SSymbol: ") + (load "package-get-base.el") (let ((packages package-get-base) (done nil) (found nil)) ＠＠ -484,7 +488,7 ＠＠ " :group '" category "-packages\n" " :initialize 'package-get-ever-installed-p\n" " :type 'boolean)\n\n") custom-buffer))) - package-get-base) custom-buffer) + package-get-base) custom-buffer) ) ;; need this first to avoid infinite dependency loops -- 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 aichner(a)ecf.teradyne.com