RE: Issues installing packages from melpa

[Janelle Rose]

Hi Philip & Akber, 

I don't know if it's the network because the newer versions of emacs on the 
network don't have the "Process melpa.org connection broken by remote peer" 
error message. 

We do have a lot of customizations to our emacs install. Is there a way to 
launch a "vanilla" version to ignore those customizations. If so, we can try 
that and set the proxy in the .emacs file and see if the behavior changes. 

-Janelle 

-----Original Message-----
From: Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net> 
Sent: Wednesday, October 6, 2021 3:49 PM
To: Akber Khan <Akber.Khan@frb.gov>
Cc: Janelle Rose <Janelle.T.Rose@frb.gov>; Tassilo Horn <tsdh@gnu.org>; 
help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Issues installing packages from melpa



Akber Khan <Akber.Khan@frb.gov> writes:

> Hi Philip,
>
> I'm sure its not being modified on startup (but if there's a way I can 
> demonstrate that to you definitively please let me know).

You could add a

    (debug-on-variable-change 'file-name-handler-alist)

to the beginning for your init.el or .emacs, and see if the debugger pops up. 
But I think this is not likely.

> What do you think about the second part of the error besides the 
> symbols that indicate a problem with compressed files? The message:
>
> "Process melpa.org connection broken by remote peer"
>
> That appears in all the package descriptions?

It sounds like something to do with networking, but I cannot say for sure. Can 
you verify that this is not related to your local network?
Eg. by using Tor or a VPN. If not, I think it would be better to open a proper 
bug report (M-x report-emacs-bug), so that the maintainers take a look at the 
issue.

-- 
        Philip Kaludercic