https://github.com/emacs-eask/archives

Handle refreshing package archives failure
https://github.com/emacs-eask/archives

archives-content elpa emacs

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Handle refreshing package archives failure

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/emacs-eask/archives
• Owner: emacs-eask
• License: gpl-3.0
• Created: 2022-04-12T08:21:15.000Z (over 3 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2025-07-26T20:25:47.000Z (2 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-07-26T20:49:41.859Z (2 months ago)
• Topics: archives-content, elpa, emacs
• Language: Emacs Lisp
• Homepage:
• Size: 6.36 GB
• Stars: 7
• Watchers: 0
• Forks: 4
• Open Issues: 1
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# archives

> Handle refreshing package archives failure

[![Refresh](https://github.com/emacs-eask/archives/actions/workflows/refresh.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/emacs-eask/archives/actions/workflows/refresh.yml)

Workflow automatically downloads package archives and stores them here.

**NOTE:** It will refresh every `1` hour(s).

## ❓ Why do we need this?

When sandboxing during Emacs package development, we might need to call

`package-refresh-contents` multiple times due to the newly set up

environment. While Eask already minimizes unnecessary refreshes, you

may still encounter `404` errors from the archive servers (`elpa`,

`melpa`, etc.). This typically happens when the server temporarily

blocks your IP after too many requests within a short period. In such

cases, you’ll need to wait a few minutes (depending on the server) for

your IP to be unblocked.

This is where the `archives` comes in! Eask helps you avoid this situation

by downloading the `archive-contents` files when a `404` is encountered.

In other words, your package refreshes will never fail. 🎉

## ⚜️ License

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify

it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by

the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or

(at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,

but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of

MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the

GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License

along with this program.  If not, see .

See [`LICENSE`](./LICENSE) for details.