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24.3.50; Package dependency documentation

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Tom Willemse <tom <at> ryuslash.org>
Subject: bug#15108: closed (Re: bug#15108: [Patch] Updated package
 dependencies)
Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2013 01:09:03 +0000

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Your bug report

#15108: 24.3.50; Package dependency documentation

which was filed against the emacs package, has been closed.

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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>
To: Tom Willemse <tom <at> ryuslash.org>
Cc: 15108-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#15108: [Patch] Updated package dependencies
Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2013 20:08:32 -0500

> Taken care of in attached patch. I was unsure of how to deal with these
> situations, so I explicitly signal a (hopefully) clear error. Just
> letting it crash on trying to get the cdr of a symbol seemed messy.
> Please let me know what you think.

Thanks, installed in trunk with a few changes,


        Stefan

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From: Tom Willemse <tom <at> ryuslash.org>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 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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