GNU bug report logs - #39682
describe-package disabled by help-fns+.elc compiled in older Emacs

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Tim Johnson <tim <at> tj49.com>

Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2020 23:05:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Found in version 26.3

Done: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 39682 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Tim Johnson <tim <at> tj49.com>
Subject: bug#39682: 26.3; Help window for list-packages disabled
Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2020 21:07:21 -0500

Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> writes:

> It would be good to know for sure that that was the problem.  But if
> you no longer have the old help-fns+.elc (byte-compiled before Emacs
> 24.4) then there's probably no way to reproduce the problem anymore.

I can reproduce it with

emacs-25.3 -Q --batch -l package -f batch-byte-compile help-fns+.el
emacs-26.3 -Q -l package -l help-fns+.elc -f list-packages -f package-menu-describe-package
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