bug#22878: 25.1.50; Emacs hangs on startup

[Mark Karpov]

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

> Your report is not detailed enough, as you don't show some part of the
> script you run, and don't tell where exactly it hangs.  Please provide
> those details to allow further investigation.

.travis.yml just executes that python script. I don't know where it
hangs exactly, but here is Emacs Lisp that is executed:

https://github.com/mrkkrp/dot-emacs/blob/master/init.el

And here is ‘mk-compile-init-files’ (although I'm sure in hangs *before*
it, because compiling of files pints to console):

https://github.com/mrkkrp/dot-emacs/blob/master/mk/mk-utils.el#L463

So basically, I think problem is here:

  (add-to-list 'package-archives '("melpa" . "http://melpa.org/packages/";))
  
  (package-initialize)
  
  (unless package-archive-contents
    (package-refresh-contents))
  
  (dolist (package package-selected-packages)
    (when (and (assq package package-archive-contents)
               (not (package-installed-p package)))
      (package-install package t)))

The logs confirm this:

  Starting initial startup
  
  Loading /home/travis/build/mrkkrp/dot-emacs/init.el (source)...
  
  Importing package-keyring.gpg...
  
  Importing package-keyring.gpg...done
  
  Making url-show-status local to  *http melpa.org:80* while let-bound!
  
  No output has been received in the last 10m0s, this potentially
  indicates a stalled build or something wrong with the build itself.

Previously it also had to do with package system with error messages (if
I remember correctly) like “incomprehensible buffer”.

Hope it helps.