GNU bug report logs - #17530
24.4.50; `package-load-list': incorrect defcustom type

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Mon, 19 May 2014 16:28:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 24.4.50

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #13 received at 17530-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 17530-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#17530: 24.4.50; `package-load-list': incorrect defcustom type
Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2019 02:29:28 +0200

Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> 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 <rgm <at> gnu.org>
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
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