I can take a look at this tomorrow.

On Sat, May 17, 2025 at 1:02 AM Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:

> Ping!  Michael, could you please chime in?
>
> > Cc: 77928@debbugs.gnu.org
> > Date: Thu, 01 May 2025 20:43:28 +0300
> > From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
> >
> > > Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2025 14:26:34 -0700
> > > From:  Steven Allen via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs,
> > >  the Swiss army knife of text editors" <bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
> > >
> > >
> > > ebcde0f90f6 (bug#77928) makes it impossible to override themed faces
> with
> > > :custom-face. This can be reproduced by:
> > >
> > > 1. Applying a theme (tested with modus).
> > > 2. Then attempt to override a themed face with ":custom-face".
> > >
> > > E.g., put the following into a scratch buffer and eval it.
> > >
> > >     (load-theme 'modus-vivendi)
> > >     (use-package emacs :custom-face (font-lock-keyword-face ((t
> :italic t))))
> > >
> > > I'd expect my keywords to become italic but nothing happens (tested
> with
> > > `emacs -Q`).
> > >
> > > Additionally, this patch (as it was intended, as far as I can tell)
> > > makes the :custom-face feature much less useful for tweaking faces.
> > > Previously, it was possible to achieve both behaviors (override or
> > > merge), now it's only possible to override faces entirely which isn't
> > > nearly as useful.
> > >
> > > (I posted a comment on
> > > https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=77928#28 but the bug was
> > > already closed)
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Michael, could you please look into this regression?
> >
> >
> >
> >
>