GNU bug report logs - #68317
Can't sort *Packages* buffer by version after installing with package-vc

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Message #11 received at 68317 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Philip Kaludercic <philipk <at> posteo.net>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 68317 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Joseph Turner <joseph <at> breatheoutbreathe.in>
Subject: Re: bug#68317: Can't sort *Packages* buffer by version after
 installing with package-vc
Date: Tue, 09 Jan 2024 19:25:44 +0000

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

>> Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2024 00:59:38 -0800
>> From:  Joseph Turner via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs,
>>  the Swiss army knife of text editors" <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
>> 
>> To reproduce:
>> 
>> 1. Install some package using package-vc.
>> 
>> 2. Open the *Packages* buffer: M-x list-packages.  The version column
>> for the newly installed package should display a git hash.
>> 
>> 3. Click on the Version column header.  If the package's hash starts with
>> a letter, then instead of sorting the results, Emacs signals an error:
>> 
>> version-to-list: Invalid version syntax: ‘c99367ebc2f0afe0baaf2f5e5ca1ad9d62ba6e21’ (must start with a number)
>
> Sounds like package-vc-commit should be modified to produce a valid
> version string (which SHA1 is not)?  Philip?

We can also adjust `package-menu--version-predicate' to handle
non-version numbers, which I think would be more robust.

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