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charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AuthUser: emacs@HIDDEN X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 58367 Cc: 58367 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Stefan Monnier <monnier@HIDDEN> X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: <debbugs-submit.debbugs.gnu.org> List-Unsubscribe: <https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi-bin/mailman/options/debbugs-submit>, <mailto:debbugs-submit-request <at> debbugs.gnu.org?subject=unsubscribe> List-Archive: <https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi-bin/mailman/private/debbugs-submit/> List-Post: <mailto:debbugs-submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org> List-Help: <mailto:debbugs-submit-request <at> debbugs.gnu.org?subject=help> List-Subscribe: <https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/debbugs-submit>, <mailto:debbugs-submit-request <at> debbugs.gnu.org?subject=subscribe> Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces <at> debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" <debbugs-submit-bounces <at> debbugs.gnu.org> X-Spam-Score: -1.0 (-) I've found another difference regarding `package-install-file' and a package with subdirectories that I can reproduce with the previously attached files. This is the difference between installing a directory or installing a .tar file. For example M-: (package-install-file "ustar-withsub-0.1") ;; * installs but ignores subdirectory M-: (package-install-file "ustar-withsub-0.1.tar") ;; * 28.2 - error ;; * with patch - installs and includes subdirectory I believe sub directories should be allowed from this part of the docs and the patch now allows for it as well as fixing the error. "...Files may also extract into subdirectories of the content directory. ..." https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/elisp/Multi_002dfile-Packages.html It would be to good to see if anyone can reproduce these as it looks like more patches are needed to support sub directories? 1) for v7-withsub-0.1.tar so it looks at the top level for "-pkg.el" 2) include subdirectories when installing from a directory to match functionality of installing from .tar.
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charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed `package-install-file' signals an error for some .tar packages based on their structure - both file layout and tar format. This is specific to the package routines for .tar files as Emacs can understand them fine, and can also install the packages if they have already been extracted. There's 2 different issues that cause this: 1) An old style .tar file (autoconf tar-v7, `tar cof ...`) vs a new style file (autoconf tar-ustar, `tar cf ...`) 2) A package where all files are in a single directory vs having child directories. A package with child directories currently only installs successfully if it's already extracted; the manual also says they are allowed. Combining these issues the current state of package installation using .tar files is: * ustar-nosub - error * ustar-withsub - error * v7-nosub - success * v7-withsub - error The main issue is how the package functions try to calculate the root of the package directory and from there it can locate the "-pkg.el" file etc. From this we get two different errors: 1) Cannot handle a plain directory being first and missing a path separator. e.g. This happens for ustar files with or without a sub directory. $ tar tf ustar-nosub-0.1.tar ustar-nosub-0.1 ustar-nosub-0.1/ustar-nosub.el ustar-nosub-0.1/ustar-nosub-pkg.el M-: (package-install-file "ustar-nosub-0.1.tar") Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument stringp nil) directory-file-name(nil) package--description-file(nil) package-tar-file-info() package-install-from-buffer() package-install-file("~/tmp/pkgtest/tars/ustar-nosub-0.1.tar") funcall-interactively(package-install-file "~/tmp/pkgtest/tars/ustar-nosub-0.1.tar") call-interactively(package-install-file record nil) command-execute(package-install-file record) execute-extended-command(nil "package-install-file" "package-install-file") funcall-interactively(execute-extended-command nil "package-install-file" "package-install-file") call-interactively(execute-extended-command nil nil) command-execute(execute-extended-command) 2) Looks for "-pkg.el" in a sub directory when it won't be there. This happens for a v7 file but may also happen for a ustar if it wasn't for error (1). $ tar tf v7-withsub-0.1.tar v7-withsub-0.1/v7-sub/foo.txt v7-withsub-0.1/v7-withsub.el v7-withsub-0.1/v7-withsub-pkg.el M-: (package-install-file "tar tf v7-withsub-0.1.tar") Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument arrayp nil) tar--describe-as-link(nil) tar--check-descriptor(nil) tar-get-file-descriptor("v7-withsub-0.1/v7-sub/v7-sub-pkg.el") package-tar-file-info() package-install-from-buffer() package-install-file("~/tmp/pkgtest/tars/v7-withsub-0.1.tar") funcall-interactively(package-install-file "~/tmp/pkgtest/tars/v7-withsub-0.1.tar") call-interactively(package-install-file record nil) command-execute(package-install-file record) execute-extended-command(nil "package-install-file" "package-install-file") funcall-interactively(execute-extended-command nil "package-install-file" "package-install-file") call-interactively(execute-extended-command nil nil) command-execute(execute-extended-command) For comparison the only .tar file that works is an old style v7 file with all files in a single directory $ tar tf v7-nosub-0.1.tar v7-nosub-0.1/v7-nosub.el v7-nosub-0.1/v7-nosub-pkg.el M-: (package-install-file "v7-nosub-0.1.tar") success I've attached the example files to help you investigate. There is also a proof of concept patch as it fixes ustar files with or without sub directories, but it still fails on v7-withsub making the new summary: * ustar-nosub - success * ustar-withsub - success * v7-nosub - success * v7-withsub - error The modified functions were `package-untar-buffer' and `package-tar-file-info'. p.s. These results are from OpenBSD 7.1 with their `tar` and Emacs 28.2 and master. 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