GNU bug report logs - #62162
29.0.60; xref.el doesn't compile on Emacs 26, because multi-pair setq-local

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From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
To: João Távora <joaotavora <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 62162 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, dgutov <at> yandex.ru
Subject: bug#62162: 29.0.60; xref.el doesn't compile on Emacs 26, because multi-pair setq-local
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2023 19:40:40 +0200

close 62162 29.0.60
thanks

> I'm reasonably sure that one of the failures has to do with a multi-pair
> call to `setq-local` in xref.el which appeared in this commit
>
>   commit 3573ebfa6d94411257ffefdf9eb72f508dbe502c
>   Author: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
>   Date:   Wed Nov 23 10:38:28 2022 +0200
>
> That construct should not be used in xref.el because it isn't available
> on Emacs 26, which xref purports to require.  In turn, this breaks Eglot
> (and any other packge requiring xref) on those platforms.

Now this is fixed in emacs-29.  I hope Dmitry will decide
when to bump the xref package version.

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