"`package-archive-contents' before the latest refresh.")
(defun package-menu-refresh ()
- "Download the Emacs Lisp package archive.
-This fetches the contents of each archive specified in
-`package-archives', and then refreshes the package menu."
+ "In Package Menu, download the Emacs Lisp package archive.
+Fetch the contents of each archive specified in
+`package-archives', and then refresh the package menu. Signal a
+user-error if there is already a refresh running asynchronously."
(interactive)
(unless (derived-mode-p 'package-menu-mode)
(user-error "The current buffer is not a Package Menu"))
+ (when (and package-menu-async package--downloads-in-progress)
+ (user-error "Package refresh is already in progress, please wait..."))
(setq package-menu--old-archive-contents package-archive-contents)
(setq package-menu--new-package-list nil)
(package-refresh-contents package-menu-async))