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24.3.50; Package dependency documentation

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From: Tom Willemse <tom <at> ryuslash.org>
To: 15108 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#15108: 24.3.50; Package dependency documentation
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2013 02:23:07 +0200

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I noticed that the "Packaging Basics" section in the Emacs Lisp manual
suggests that version numbers in `Package-Requires' headers are
optional, however the explanation of `Package-Requires' makes it clear
that the version specifier is necessary and testing confirms this.

The values `foo', `(foo)' and `((foo))' all cause an error to be
signaled by `package-buffer-info'. This seems to me that there is no
"possibly" about it.

It's only a tiny change and I hope it's OK. I have tried to follow the
guidelines found in the Emacs manual about sending patches, I didn't
find any reference about diffs of multiple files, so I hope it's OK to
send the diffs separately.

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