[Bug/Support]: "Unable to determine repo dir" for lots of repos about elpaca

[benthamite]

(Ah, I now see that the full error message can actually be seen above: it looks like copying the contents of the Elpaca log buffer copies even the parts hidden from view. In any case, this doesn't help me diagnose the issue, unfortunately.)

[progfolio]

Sounds like a temporary networking issue (GNU's servers have been having issues lately), cache issue, or combination of the two.
What's the output of the following test on your end?

Test Case

How to run this test?

(elpaca-test
  :init (message "%d" (cl-loop for menu in (elpaca--menu-items) sum (length (cdr menu)))))

Host Env

elpaca	b8ed514 HEAD -> master, origin/master, origin/HEAD
installer	0.7
emacs	GNU Emacs 30.0.50 (build 1, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.24.42, cairo version 1.18.0) of 2024-06-12
git	git version 2.45.2

Output

Elpaca menu item cache discarded due to version change.
  INFO     Scraping 16 files for loaddefs... 
  INFO     Scraping 16 files for loaddefs...done
  GEN      ../elpaca-autoloads.el
Cloning into '/tmp/elpaca.udYd8J/elpaca/repos/elpaca'...
Your branch is up to date with 'origin/master'.
Checking /tmp/elpaca.udYd8J/elpaca/repos/elpaca...
Compiling /tmp/elpaca.udYd8J/elpaca/repos/elpaca/elpaca-info.el...
Compiling /tmp/elpaca.udYd8J/elpaca/repos/elpaca/elpaca-log.el...
Compiling /tmp/elpaca.udYd8J/elpaca/repos/elpaca/elpaca-manager.el...
Compiling /tmp/elpaca.udYd8J/elpaca/repos/elpaca/elpaca-menu-elpa.el...
Compiling /tmp/elpaca.udYd8J/elpaca/repos/elpaca/elpaca-menu-melpa.el...
Compiling /tmp/elpaca.udYd8J/elpaca/repos/elpaca/elpaca-menu-org.el...
Compiling /tmp/elpaca.udYd8J/elpaca/repos/elpaca/elpaca-process.el...
Compiling /tmp/elpaca.udYd8J/elpaca/repos/elpaca/elpaca-test.el...
Compiling /tmp/elpaca.udYd8J/elpaca/repos/elpaca/elpaca-ui.el...
Compiling /tmp/elpaca.udYd8J/elpaca/repos/elpaca/elpaca.el...
Checking /tmp/elpaca.udYd8J/elpaca/repos/elpaca/doc...
Compiling /tmp/elpaca.udYd8J/elpaca/repos/elpaca/doc/early-init.el...
Compiling /tmp/elpaca.udYd8J/elpaca/repos/elpaca/doc/init.el...
Compiling /tmp/elpaca.udYd8J/elpaca/repos/elpaca/doc/installer.el...
Checking /tmp/elpaca.udYd8J/elpaca/repos/elpaca/extensions...
Compiling /tmp/elpaca.udYd8J/elpaca/repos/elpaca/extensions/elpaca-use-package.el...
Checking /tmp/elpaca.udYd8J/elpaca/repos/elpaca/images...
Checking /tmp/elpaca.udYd8J/elpaca/repos/elpaca/test...
Compiling /tmp/elpaca.udYd8J/elpaca/repos/elpaca/test/elpaca-test.el...
Compiling /tmp/elpaca.udYd8J/elpaca/repos/elpaca/test/elpaca-tests.el...
Done (Total of 12 files compiled, 4 skipped in 4 directories)

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[benthamite]

Thanks. Here is the test output:

Test Case

How to run this test?

(elpaca-test
  :init (message "%d" (cl-loop for menu in (elpaca--menu-items) sum (length (cdr menu)))))

Host Env

elpaca	f19f4db HEAD
installer	0.6
emacs	GNU Emacs 29.3 (build 2, aarch64-apple-darwin23.2.0, NS appkit-2487.30 Version 14.2.1 (Build 23C71)) of 2024-04-26
git	git version 2.45.2

Output

Elpaca menu item cache discarded due to version change.
  INFO     Scraping files for loaddefs... 
  INFO     Scraping files for loaddefs...done
  GEN      ../elpaca-autoloads.el
Cloning into '/var/folders/n6/67613fgn44zbwm4x_y9mgr4m0000gn/T/elpaca.SRjZHp/elpaca/repos/elpaca'...
Your branch is up to date with 'origin/master'.
Checking /var/folders/n6/67613fgn44zbwm4x_y9mgr4m0000gn/T/elpaca.SRjZHp/elpaca/repos/elpaca...
Compiling /var/folders/n6/67613fgn44zbwm4x_y9mgr4m0000gn/T/elpaca.SRjZHp/elpaca/repos/elpaca/elpaca-info.el...
Elpaca menu item cache discarded due to version change.
Compiling /var/folders/n6/67613fgn44zbwm4x_y9mgr4m0000gn/T/elpaca.SRjZHp/elpaca/repos/elpaca/elpaca-log.el...
Compiling /var/folders/n6/67613fgn44zbwm4x_y9mgr4m0000gn/T/elpaca.SRjZHp/elpaca/repos/elpaca/elpaca-manager.el...
Compiling /var/folders/n6/67613fgn44zbwm4x_y9mgr4m0000gn/T/elpaca.SRjZHp/elpaca/repos/elpaca/elpaca-menu-elpa.el...
Compiling /var/folders/n6/67613fgn44zbwm4x_y9mgr4m0000gn/T/elpaca.SRjZHp/elpaca/repos/elpaca/elpaca-menu-melpa.el...
Compiling /var/folders/n6/67613fgn44zbwm4x_y9mgr4m0000gn/T/elpaca.SRjZHp/elpaca/repos/elpaca/elpaca-menu-org.el...
Compiling /var/folders/n6/67613fgn44zbwm4x_y9mgr4m0000gn/T/elpaca.SRjZHp/elpaca/repos/elpaca/elpaca-process.el...
Compiling /var/folders/n6/67613fgn44zbwm4x_y9mgr4m0000gn/T/elpaca.SRjZHp/elpaca/repos/elpaca/elpaca-test.el...
Compiling /var/folders/n6/67613fgn44zbwm4x_y9mgr4m0000gn/T/elpaca.SRjZHp/elpaca/repos/elpaca/elpaca-ui.el...
Compiling /var/folders/n6/67613fgn44zbwm4x_y9mgr4m0000gn/T/elpaca.SRjZHp/elpaca/repos/elpaca/elpaca.el...
Checking /var/folders/n6/67613fgn44zbwm4x_y9mgr4m0000gn/T/elpaca.SRjZHp/elpaca/repos/elpaca/doc...
Compiling /var/folders/n6/67613fgn44zbwm4x_y9mgr4m0000gn/T/elpaca.SRjZHp/elpaca/repos/elpaca/doc/early-init.el...
Compiling /var/folders/n6/67613fgn44zbwm4x_y9mgr4m0000gn/T/elpaca.SRjZHp/elpaca/repos/elpaca/doc/init.el...
Compiling /var/folders/n6/67613fgn44zbwm4x_y9mgr4m0000gn/T/elpaca.SRjZHp/elpaca/repos/elpaca/doc/installer.el...
Checking /var/folders/n6/67613fgn44zbwm4x_y9mgr4m0000gn/T/elpaca.SRjZHp/elpaca/repos/elpaca/extensions...
Compiling /var/folders/n6/67613fgn44zbwm4x_y9mgr4m0000gn/T/elpaca.SRjZHp/elpaca/repos/elpaca/extensions/elpaca-use-package.el...
Checking /var/folders/n6/67613fgn44zbwm4x_y9mgr4m0000gn/T/elpaca.SRjZHp/elpaca/repos/elpaca/images...
Checking /var/folders/n6/67613fgn44zbwm4x_y9mgr4m0000gn/T/elpaca.SRjZHp/elpaca/repos/elpaca/test...
Compiling /var/folders/n6/67613fgn44zbwm4x_y9mgr4m0000gn/T/elpaca.SRjZHp/elpaca/repos/elpaca/test/elpaca-test.el...
Compiling /var/folders/n6/67613fgn44zbwm4x_y9mgr4m0000gn/T/elpaca.SRjZHp/elpaca/repos/elpaca/test/elpaca-tests.el...
Done (Total of 12 files compiled, 4 skipped in 4 directories)

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6492

 Test Env

Elpaca b8ed514 grafted, HEAD -> master, origin/master, origin/HEAD
installer:      0.7
emacs-version:  GNU Emacs 29.3 (build 2, aarch64-apple-darwin23.2.0, NS appkit-2487.30 Version 14.2.1 (Build 23C71))
 of 2024-04-26
git --version:  git version 2.45.2

[progfolio]

First try visiting: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/nongnu.git/plain/elpa-packages

I'm currently getting a 502 response, which indicates an intermittent networking error on GNU's side. If that's the case for you as well, you'll have to wait until that's resolved.

If you're able to connect okay via your browser,
try deleting the elpaca-cache-directory (usually located at ~/.emacs.d/elpaca/cache/) followed by restarting Emacs. The menus should be repopulated on startup. See if you get the errors after that.

GNU usually has these issues fixed quickly.
If you can't wait it out, I've uploaded a gist with a backup of my recipe cache here:

https://gist.github.com/progfolio/afbf91f4c92161a11bc8805490e3ee25

You should be able to copy each of those files to the elpaca-cache-directory (make sure the file names are the same as they are in the gist), and then restart Emacs.

Let me know if any of that helps.

[benthamite]

Thanks a lot for your help! This wasn't at all urgent but I appreciate your uploading the gist.

The issue was indeed a networking problem. It didn’t occur to me that this might be the culprit because Elpaca failed to load immediately upon restart, rather than only after timing out.