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27.0.50; Dependency reversal of seq-subseq and cl-subseq causes regression when using seq from ELPA

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From: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 37976 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Terje Larsen <terlar <at> gmail.com>
Subject: bug#37976: 27.0.50; Dependency reversal of seq-subseq and cl-subseq causes regression when using seq from ELPA
Date: Fri, 08 Nov 2019 18:44:34 +0100

Hi Stefan,

is this issue on your radar?

Terje Larsen <terlar <at> gmail.com> writes:

> I meant the seq package provided by GNU ELPA repository. Guess I
> slipped on the keyboard there. My Emacs selects the seq25.el from
> ELPA.

His original report:

> Since the commit 0e4dd67aae8b10032317a29a6bd99d2d4a64c897 there is a
> regression for people using seq from MELPA.

> The dependency was reversed so cl-subseq is using seq-subseq, but before
> seq-subseq was using cl-subseq.

> What ended up happening now is that Emacs is using the new builtin cl-subseq
> from cl-extra. But using seq-subseq from MELPA which causes an infinite
> loop as they depend on eachother.

> What is the recommended way to solve this issue? I am not controlling
> using seq from MELPA since I am using a package that pulls in seq from
> MELPA as a dependency. For now I am considering to patch the seq in
> MELPA.


TIA,

Michael.

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