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

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Joseph Turner <joseph <at> breatheoutbreathe.in>, Philip Kaludercic <philipk <at> posteo.net>
Cc: 68317 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#68317: Can't sort *Packages* buffer by version after installing with package-vc
Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2024 15:03:27 +0200

> 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?

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