Subject: Re: bug#17530: 24.4.50; `package-load-list': incorrect defcustom type

From: Stefan Kangas <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2019 02:29:28 +0200

Drew Adams <[email-masked]> writes:

> The defcustom type is (repeat symbol), but the doc string says that it
> should be a repetition of entries like this:
>
> 1. The symbol `all' (only).
> 2. List (NAME VERSION), where NAME is a symbol and VERSION is one of
>    these: t, a string, or nil.
>
> So it is currently effectively impossible to customize this option.

This has subsequently been fixed:

commit 9be8a2fb41043b4d4734a67f155d6923df10671b
Author: Glenn Morris <[email-masked]>
Date:   Thu Jan 28 08:58:43 2016 -0800

    * lisp/emacs-lisp/package.el (package-load-list): Improve :type.

I'm therefore closing this bug report.

Best regards,
Stefan Kangas