I put this into /tmp/repro.el:
(toggle-debug-on-error t)
(package-initialize)
(let ((scheme "https://"))
(setq package-archives
tls-checktrust t
))
(package-list-packages)
Then I started emacs with `open --new ~/git-repositories/3rd-party/emacs-master/nextstep/Emacs.app --args -Q --load /tmp/repro.el`
I saw the *Packages* buffer appear, but the mode line said (Package
Menu:Loading), and stayed that way for many minutes; I expected it to
eventually change to (Package Menu).
I then did M-x list-processes and saw
In GNU Emacs 25.1.50.1 (x86_64-apple-darwin15.3.0, NS appkit-1404.34 Version 10.11.3 (Build 15D21))
of 2016-03-06 built on Eric-Hanchrows-MacBook-Pro.local
Repository revision: 7882dc625e1ec562fcd0e1b743ef11b160cae18e
Windowing system distributor 'Apple', version 10.3.1404
Configured features:
JPEG RSVG NOTIFY ACL GNUTLS LIBXML2 ZLIB TOOLKIT_SCROLL_BARS NS
Important settings:
value of $LANG: en_US.UTF-8
locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix
Major mode: Package Menu
Minor modes in effect:
tooltip-mode: t
global-eldoc-mode: t
electric-indent-mode: t
mouse-wheel-mode: t
tool-bar-mode: t
menu-bar-mode: t
file-name-shadow-mode: t
global-font-lock-mode: t
font-lock-mode: t
blink-cursor-mode: t
auto-composition-mode: t
auto-encryption-mode: t
auto-compression-mode: t
buffer-read-only: t
line-number-mode: t
transient-mark-mode: t
Recent messages:
For information about GNU Emacs and the GNU system, type C-h C-a.
Debug on Error enabled globally
Importing package-keyring.gpg...done
Setting ‘package-selected-packages’ temporarily since "emacs -q" would overwrite customizations
Load-path shadows:
/Users/erichanchrow/.emacs.d/elpa/helm-20160306.110/helm-multi-match hides /Users/erichanchrow/.emacs.d/elpa/helm-core-20160305.2327/helm-multi-match
/Users/erichanchrow/.emacs.d/elpa/shorten-20150306.517/shorten hides /Users/erichanchrow/.emacs.d/elpa/tracking-20151129.319/shorten
Features:
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mm-bodies mm-encode mailabbrev gmm-utils mailheader sendmail mail-utils
cus-edit wid-edit network-stream nsm starttls url-http tls gnutls
mail-parse rfc2231 rfc2047 rfc2045 mm-util ietf-drums mail-prsvr url-gw
puny seq url-cache url-auth url url-proxy url-privacy url-expand
url-methods url-history url-cookie url-domsuf url-util mailcap epg
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url-parse auth-source cl-seq eieio byte-opt bytecomp byte-compile
cl-extra help-mode easymenu cconv eieio-core cl-macs gv eieio-loaddefs
cl-loaddefs pcase cl-lib password-cache url-vars cus-start cus-load
time-date mule-util tooltip eldoc electric uniquify ediff-hook vc-hooks
lisp-float-type mwheel term/ns-win ns-win ucs-normalize term/common-win
tool-bar dnd fontset image regexp-opt fringe tabulated-list newcomment
elisp-mode lisp-mode prog-mode register page menu-bar rfn-eshadow timer
select scroll-bar mouse jit-lock font-lock syntax facemenu font-core
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vietnamese tibetan thai tai-viet lao korean japanese eucjp-ms cp51932
hebrew greek romanian slovak czech european ethiopic indian cyrillic
chinese charscript case-table epa-hook jka-cmpr-hook help simple abbrev
obarray minibuffer cl-preloaded nadvice loaddefs button faces cus-face
macroexp files text-properties overlay sha1 md5 base64 format env
code-pages mule custom widget hashtable-print-readable backquote kqueue
cocoa ns multi-tty make-network-process emacs)
Memory information:
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(symbols 48 33953 0)
(miscs 40 61 175)
(strings 32 51560 10192)
(string-bytes 1 1213646)
(vectors 16 39105)
(vector-slots 8 713983 4934)
(floats 8 236 111)
(intervals 56 7211 386)
(buffers 976 16))