`vim-powerline` startup error #15654

caiquefigueiredo · 2022-07-21T23:31:48Z

Description

After updating emacs to the latest development branch, I was getting the following error on every startup:

(Spacemacs) --> installing package: vim-powerline@spacemacs-modeline... [1/1]
Fetcher: file
Source: nil

/Users/haru/.emacs.d/.cache/quelpa/build/vim-powerline/vim-colors.el -> /var/folders/ts/5p4gxt6941q3mbmflmmrqm2w0000gn/T/vim-powerlineA7SmZK/vim-powerline-20220721.194245/vim-colors.el
/Users/haru/.emacs.d/.cache/quelpa/build/vim-powerline/vim-powerline-theme.el -> /var/folders/ts/5p4gxt6941q3mbmflmmrqm2w0000gn/T/vim-powerlineA7SmZK/vim-powerline-20220721.194245/vim-powerline-theme.el
Error getting PACKAGE-DESC: (file-missing Opening input file No such file or directory /Users/haru/.emacs.d/.cache/quelpa/packages/vim-powerline-20220721.194245.tar)
(Spacemacs) Error: 
An error occurred while installing vim-powerline (error: (wrong-type-argument package-desc nil))

Reproduction guide 🪲

Start Emacs with latest develop release

Observed behaviour: 👀 💔
Emacs starts and is otherwise functional

Expected behaviour: ❤️ 😄
Emacs starts without errors

System Info 💻

OS: darwin
Emacs: 28.1
Spacemacs: 0.999.0
Spacemacs branch: fix-vim-powerline (rev. baf1256)
Graphic display: nil
Running in daemon: nil
Distribution: spacemacs
Editing style: vim
Completion: helm
Layers:

(asciidoc
 (auto-completion :variables auto-completion-enable-snippets-in-popup t)
 (c-c++ :variables c-c++-backend 'lsp-clangd)
 (clojure :variables clojure-backend 'cider clojure-enable-clj-refactor t clojure-enable-linters
          '(clj-kondo joker)
          clojure-indent-style 'always-indent)
 coffeescript
 (colors :variables colors-enable-nyan-cat-progress-bar nil colors-colorize-identifiers nil)
 command-log d
 (dhall :variables dhall-format-at-save nil dhall-use-header-line nil dhall-command nil)
 (docker :variables docker-dockerfile-backend 'lsp)
 emacs-lisp emoji git
 (go :variables go-tab-width 2 go-backend 'lsp)
 (haskell :variables haskell-completion-backend 'lsp)
 helm html
 (java :variables java-backend 'lsp)
 javascript
 (json :variabels json-backend nil)
 (lsp :variables lsp-enable-file-watchers t lsp-file-watch-threshold 10000 lsp-log-io t)
 markdown multiple-cursors
 (osx :variables osx-right-command-as 'super)
 pass pdf perl5 python racket
 (ruby :variables ruby-backend 'nil)
 rust
 (scala :variables scala-backend 'scala-metals)
 (scheme :variables scheme-implementations
         '(guile racket))
 (shell :variables shell-default-shell 'vterm shell-default-term-shell "zsh" vterm-clear-scrollback-when-clearing t)
 (spacemacs-layouts :variables spacemacs-layouts-restrict-spc-tab t persp-autokill-buffer-on-remove 'kill-weak)
 (sql :variables sql-backend 'lsp sql-capitalize-keywords t)
 syntax-checking
 (terraform :variables terraform-backend 'lsp)
 themes-megapack
 (treemacs :variables treemacs-use-scope-type 'Perspectives)
 unicode-fonts
 (version-control :variables version-control-diff-side 'left)
 xclipboard yaml
 (zig :variables zls-backend 'lsp))

System configuration features: ACL GLIB GMP GNUTLS JPEG JSON LIBXML2 MODULES NOTIFY KQUEUE NS PDUMPER PNG RSVG THREADS TIFF TOOLKIT_SCROLL_BARS ZLIB

Backtrace 🐾

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lebensterben · 2022-07-21T23:36:24Z

try clearing ~/.emacs.d/.cache/quelpa/packages first.

caiquefigueiredo · 2022-07-21T23:40:53Z

Same error. I did clear the entire ~/.emacs.d/.cache before trying #15653. Would that have unwanted side-effects?

lebensterben · 2022-07-21T23:44:41Z

try a fresh install then...

caiquefigueiredo · 2022-07-22T00:05:49Z

Took a while, but same error. If I'm the only one facing this issue, I'm cool with closing it. I'll just keep my build with my fork.

caiquefigueiredo · 2022-07-22T00:06:32Z

Although this was from a clean develop (not counting my .spacemacs)

lebensterben · 2022-07-22T00:07:51Z

Note that your changes are erroneous....

caiquefigueiredo · 2022-07-22T00:08:44Z

Maybe worth nothing: the error only showed up after restarting emacs. During the reinstall, everything was ok. But after I've closed emacs and reopened it, the error showed up.

caiquefigueiredo · 2022-07-22T00:10:06Z

Note that your changes are erroneous....

In the sense it breaks? I took that fix out of code I've seen around the repo. Such as this one

lebensterben · 2022-07-22T00:12:14Z

🧐

caiquefigueiredo · 2022-07-22T00:21:40Z

There might be something a little deeper at play here. Using a clean develop branch, I'm now getting the following:

(Spacemacs) --> installing package: zonokai-emacs@themes-megapack... [1/2]
Fetcher: github
Source: ZehCnaS34/zonokai-emacs

Updating /Users/haru/.emacs.d/.cache/quelpa/build/zonokai-emacs/
/Users/haru/.emacs.d/.cache/quelpa/build/zonokai-emacs/zonokai-blue-theme.el -> /var/folders/ts/5p4gxt6941q3mbmflmmrqm2w0000gn/T/zonokai-emacsI6O7tw/zonokai-emacs-20160321.2325/zonokai-blue-theme.el
/Users/haru/.emacs.d/.cache/quelpa/build/zonokai-emacs/zonokai-red-theme.el -> /var/folders/ts/5p4gxt6941q3mbmflmmrqm2w0000gn/T/zonokai-emacsI6O7tw/zonokai-emacs-20160321.2325/zonokai-red-theme.el
/Users/haru/.emacs.d/.cache/quelpa/build/zonokai-emacs/zonokai-theme.el -> /var/folders/ts/5p4gxt6941q3mbmflmmrqm2w0000gn/T/zonokai-emacsI6O7tw/zonokai-emacs-20160321.2325/zonokai-theme.el
/Users/haru/.emacs.d/.cache/quelpa/build/zonokai-emacs/zonokai.el -> /var/folders/ts/5p4gxt6941q3mbmflmmrqm2w0000gn/T/zonokai-emacsI6O7tw/zonokai-emacs-20160321.2325/zonokai.el
Error getting PACKAGE-DESC: (file-missing Opening input file No such file or directory /Users/haru/.emacs.d/.cache/quelpa/packages/zonokai-emacs-20160321.2325.tar)
(Spacemacs) Error: 
An error occurred while installing zonokai-emacs (error: (wrong-type-argument package-desc nil))

(Spacemacs) --> installing package: vim-powerline@spacemacs-modeline... [2/2]
Fetcher: file
Source: nil

/Users/haru/.emacs.d/.cache/quelpa/build/vim-powerline/vim-colors.el -> /var/folders/ts/5p4gxt6941q3mbmflmmrqm2w0000gn/T/vim-powerlineKRATVB/vim-powerline-20220721.205145/vim-colors.el
/Users/haru/.emacs.d/.cache/quelpa/build/vim-powerline/vim-powerline-theme.el -> /var/folders/ts/5p4gxt6941q3mbmflmmrqm2w0000gn/T/vim-powerlineKRATVB/vim-powerline-20220721.205145/vim-powerline-theme.el
Error getting PACKAGE-DESC: (file-missing Opening input file No such file or directory /Users/haru/.emacs.d/.cache/quelpa/packages/vim-powerline-20220721.205145.tar)
(Spacemacs) Error: 
An error occurred while installing vim-powerline (error: (wrong-type-argument package-desc nil))

Basically the same error, but with the github fetcher involving ZehCnaS34/zonokai-emacs

lebensterben · 2022-07-22T00:30:34Z

Rather strange.

lebensterben · 2022-07-22T05:15:23Z

please install gnu tar and retry.

humorForus · 2022-07-22T10:46:31Z

The same error, it seems cannot get package from github.

prepor · 2022-07-22T13:52:28Z

the same error for me

caiquefigueiredo · 2022-07-22T16:54:50Z

Indeed. Adding gnutar from nixpgks into my home-manager setup made it work 🎉
Thanks for the help, @lebensterben

lebensterben · 2022-07-22T17:53:44Z

@prepor @humorForus

Are you running bugOS? Try to install gnu tar and retry.

ograycode · 2022-07-22T18:04:51Z

I had the same issue, brew install gnu-tar solved it for me. Thanks.

lebensterben · 2022-07-23T08:42:14Z

Although installing gnu-tar fixes the issue, it turns out that I made a mistake in a recent commit.

The latest commit should have fixed it without requiring of gnu-tar on macOS or Windows.

mirkov · 2022-11-23T21:16:19Z

I just recently experienced the same problem on macOS, and installing gnu-tar fixed it. Here are the details as best I recall (I was not taking notes).

Started with Emacs 28.1 where I don't recall having the error.

Updated Emacs to 28.2 and got errors. Here are snippets from the *Messages* buffer:

Error getting PACKAGE-DESC: (wrong-type-argument stringp nil)
(Spacemacs) Error:
An error occurred while installing vim-powerline (error: (wrong-type-argument package-desc nil))
...
Error getting PACKAGE-DESC: (wrong-type-argument stringp nil)
(Spacemacs) Error:
An error occurred while installing inspector (error: (wrong-type-argument package-desc nil))

Updated Spacemacs/develop to 913962b3e, restarted, and had the same errors.

Installed gnu-tar and Spacemacs started cleanly, no errors in ~~Messages~~ buffer.

Prometheus77 · 2023-01-05T16:59:29Z

I'm on Windows and am having this same issue with a fresh install of emacs 28.1, Spacemacs develop branch (commit f1c7979). But I can't figure out how to install gnu-tar on Windows.

lebensterben · 2023-01-05T17:56:15Z

I'm on Windows and am having this same issue with a fresh install of emacs 28.1, Spacemacs develop branch (commit f1c7979). But I can't figure out how to install gnu-tar on Windows.

There is a section in readme about installing GNU tar on Windows via scoop.sh

There are reports of unexpected failure when installing packages on systems with BSD Tar. So from now on GNU Tar is a REQUIRED dependency. fixes #15654

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Fix vim-powerline error during startup #15653

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change(readme): require GNU Tar as dependency #15874

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