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?
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