bug#15918: 24.3; package-delete backtrace

[Lars Ingebrigtsen]

Dave Abrahams <dave@boostpro.com> writes:

> I installed use-package from melpa.  It was upgraded recently, so 
>
> `M-x list-packages'
> `U x y e s RET ~ x y e s RET'
>
> I don't know how to reproduce this from emacs -Q, unfortunately.  It
> looks like the package in question ("use-package") no longer has a
> directory in ~/.emacs.d/elpa.  I only have the newer
> use-package-20131105.1032.  I'm not sure why the package manager still
> thinks it's installed.
>
> Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument stringp nil)
>   file-name-directory(nil)

(I'm going through old bug reports that unfortunately got no response at
the time.)

Are you still seeing this issue in newer Emacs versions?

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