`make gzip-el' gzips package-get-base.el, which causes the expression
(package-get-file-installed-p "package-get-base.el")
(at the top level of package-get.el) to return nil, which in turn
causes
(file-attributes package-file)
to signal an error, which causes the load of package-get to fail.
I don't have a fix. The question (to my mind) is whether:
a) package-get-file-installed-p should allow for the case where a
gzipped version of the file is installed,
b) package-get should explicitly test for the existance of
package-get-base.el.gz, or
c) make gzip-el should avoid gzipping package-get-base.el
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Glynn Clements <glynn(a)sensei.co.uk>