startup error on ubuntu 14.04 - works find on OSX

[donhill]

I am running ubuntu 14.04 with GNU Emacs 24.3.50.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.10.6). I have the same config on OSX and it works fine. I am getting the following error on startup.

Wrong type argument: arrayp, ([cl-struct-package-desc ag (20140322 948) A front-end for ag ('the silver searcher'), the C ack replacement. nil nil nil /home/dhill/.emacs.d/elpa/ag-20140322.948 nil nil])

When I enable debub-init I get

Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument arrayp ([cl-struct-package-desc ag (20140322 948) "A front-end for ag ('the silver searcher'), the C ack replacement." nil nil nil "/home/dhill/.emacs.d/elpa/ag-20140322.948" nil nil]))
aref(([cl-struct-package-desc ag (20140322 948) "A front-end for ag ('the silver searcher'), the C ack replacement." nil nil nil "/home/dhill/.emacs.d/elpa/ag-20140322.948" nil nil]) 0)
(memq (aref package-info 0) cl-struct-package-desc-tags)

Any thoughts on how to fix this. I am new to emacs so if I need to run more tests please let me know.

[Wilfred]

Hmm, looks like it may be an issue with package.el rather than ag.el. Is that the full traceback? It's not clear to me what's calling (memq (aref package-info 0) cl-struct-package-desc-tags).

[donhill]

Here is the complete output -

Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument arrayp ([cl-struct-package-desc ag (20140322 948) "A front-end for ag ('the silver searcher'), the C ack replacement." nil nil nil "/home/dhill/.emacs.d/elpa/ag-20140322.948" nil nil]))
  aref(([cl-struct-package-desc ag (20140322 948) "A front-end for ag ('the silver searcher'), the C ack replacement." nil nil nil "/home/dhill/.emacs.d/elpa/ag-20140322.948" nil nil]) 0)
  (memq (aref package-info 0) cl-struct-package-desc-tags)
  (and (memq (aref package-info 0) cl-struct-package-desc-tags))
  (or (and (memq (aref package-info 0) cl-struct-package-desc-tags)) (error "%s accessing a non-%s" (quote package-desc-reqs) (quote package-desc)))
  (progn (or (and (memq (aref package-info 0) cl-struct-package-desc-tags)) (error "%s accessing a non-%s" (quote package-desc-reqs) (quote package-desc))) (aref package-info 4))
  (mapcar (quote car) (progn (or (and (memq (aref package-info 0) cl-struct-package-desc-tags)) (error "%s accessing a non-%s" (quote package-desc-reqs) (quote package-desc))) (aref package-info 4)))
  (mapcar (quote donhill/package-requirements) (mapcar (quote car) (progn (or (and (memq (aref package-info 0) cl-struct-package-desc-tags)) (error "%s accessing a non-%s" (quote package-desc-reqs) (quote package-desc))) (aref package-info 4))))
  (cons package (mapcar (quote donhill/package-requirements) (mapcar (quote car) (progn (or (and (memq (aref package-info 0) cl-struct-package-desc-tags)) (error "%s accessing a non-%s" (quote package-desc-reqs) (quote package-desc))) (aref package-info 4)))))
  (donhill/flatten (cons package (mapcar (quote donhill/package-requirements) (mapcar (quote car) (progn (or (and (memq ... cl-struct-package-desc-tags)) (error "%s accessing a non-%s" (quote package-desc-reqs) (quote package-desc))) (aref package-info 4))))))
  (cond ((null package-info) (list package)) (t (donhill/flatten (cons package (mapcar (quote donhill/package-requirements) (mapcar (quote car) (progn (or ... ...) (aref package-info 4))))))))
  (let ((package-info (cdr (assoc package package-alist)))) (cond ((null package-info) (list package)) (t (donhill/flatten (cons package (mapcar (quote donhill/package-requirements) (mapcar (quote car) (progn ... ...))))))))
  donhill/package-requirements(ag)
  mapcar(donhill/package-requirements (ag coffee-mode color-theme-sanityinc-tomorrow expand-region dash dart-mode fill-column-indicator haml-mode idomenu inf-ruby less-css-mode magit markdown-mode multiple-cursors paredit rainbow-mode rhtml-mode ruby-compilation scss-mode smartparens undo-tree window-number yagist yaml-mode yasnippet))
  (apply (quote append) (mapcar (quote donhill/package-requirements) packages))
  (delete-dups (apply (quote append) (mapcar (quote donhill/package-requirements) packages)))
  donhill/packages-requirements((ag coffee-mode color-theme-sanityinc-tomorrow expand-region dash dart-mode fill-column-indicator haml-mode idomenu inf-ruby less-css-mode magit markdown-mode multiple-cursors paredit rainbow-mode rhtml-mode ruby-compilation scss-mode smartparens undo-tree window-number yagist yaml-mode yasnippet))
  (let ((packages-and-dependencies (donhill/packages-requirements packages))) (let ((--dolist-tail-- (mapcar (quote car) package-alist)) package) (while --dolist-tail-- (setq package (car --dolist-tail--)) (if (memq package packages-and-dependencies) nil (donhill/package-delete-by-name package)) (setq --dolist-tail-- (cdr --dolist-tail--)))))
  donhill/package-delete-unless-listed((ag coffee-mode color-theme-sanityinc-tomorrow expand-region dash dart-mode fill-column-indicator haml-mode idomenu inf-ruby less-css-mode magit markdown-mode multiple-cursors paredit rainbow-mode rhtml-mode ruby-compilation scss-mode smartparens undo-tree window-number yagist yaml-mode yasnippet))
  donhill/package-install-and-remove-to-match-list(ag coffee-mode color-theme-sanityinc-tomorrow expand-region dash dart-mode fill-column-indicator haml-mode idomenu inf-ruby less-css-mode magit markdown-mode multiple-cursors paredit rainbow-mode rhtml-mode ruby-compilation scss-mode smartparens undo-tree window-number yagist yaml-mode yasnippet)
  eval-buffer(#<buffer  *load*-233293> nil "/home/dhill/.emacs.d/donhill/init/packages.el" nil t)  ; Reading at buffer position 2739
  load-with-code-conversion("/home/dhill/.emacs.d/donhill/init/packages.el" "/home/dhill/.emacs.d/donhill/init/packages.el" nil nil)
  load("/home/dhill/.emacs.d/donhill/init/packages" nil)
  (let ((file (file-name-sans-extension (expand-file-name path user-emacs-directory)))) (load file noerror))
  donhill/load-init-file("donhill/init/packages")
  eval-buffer(#<buffer  *load*> nil "/home/dhill/.emacs.d/init.el" nil t)  ; Reading at buffer position 557
  load-with-code-conversion("/home/dhill/.emacs.d/init.el" "/home/dhill/.emacs.d/init.el" t t)
  load("/home/dhill/.emacs.d/init" t t)
  #[0 "�\205\262    \306=\203�\307�\310Q\202;   \311=\204�\307�\312Q\202;\313\307\314\315#\203*\316\202;\313\307\314\317#\203:\320\nB�\321\202;\316\322�\323�\322\211#\210�\322=\203a\324\325\326\307�\327Q!\"\323�\322\211#\210�\322=\203`��\210�\203\243\330�!\331\232\203\243\332�!\211\333P\334�!\203}\211\202\210\334�!\203\207�\202\210\314\262��\203\241\335��\"\203\237\336\337��#\210\340\341!\210��\266�\f?\205\260\314�\323\342\322\211#)\262�\207" [init-file-user system-type delayed-warnings-list user-init-file inhibit-default-init inhibit-startup-screen ms-dos "~" "/_emacs" windows-nt "/.emacs" directory-files nil "^\\.emacs\\(\\.elc?\\)?$" "~/.emacs" "^_emacs\\(\\.elc?\\)?$" (initialization "`_emacs' init file is deprecated, please use `.emacs'") "~/_emacs" t load expand-file-name "init" file-name-as-directory "/.emacs.d" file-name-extension "elc" file-name-sans-extension ".el" file-exists-p file-newer-than-file-p message "Warning: %s is newer than %s" sit-for 1 "default"] 7 "\n\n(fn)"]()
  command-line()
  normal-top-level()

[Wilfred]

The traceback mentions functions donhill/package-requirements and donhill/flatten. I guess these are functions you've written? Can I see the source?

Also, it's suspicious that ag is simply the first package alphabetically. If you remove ag and try again, do you still get the error?

[donhill]

I am closing this issue. I started removing packages from my config and I still get the arrayp without loading up 'ag package. I must be missing a dependency somewhere as this is a clean env I am setting up.