GNU bug report logs - #72160
29.3; package buglet

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Devon Sean McCullough <Emacs-hacker2023 <at> jovi.net>

Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2024 16:18:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 29.3

Fixed in version 31.1

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #31 received at 72160 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
To: Devon Sean McCullough <Emacs-hacker2023 <at> jovi.net>
Cc: 72160 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#72160: 29.3; package buglet
Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2025 19:27:29 -0800

Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com> writes:

>> (package-install "xr") ; (error "Package ‘xr’ is unavailable")
>> Should work like (package-install 'xr)
>> instead of erring with that awfully misleading error message.
>
> I was considering just improving the error message, however
> `package-upgrade` already accepts either a symbol or a string.
>
> So I changed this function to accept a string also, to be more
> consistent (commit 735eace97b8).

BTW, the other option here is to make the backwards-incompatible change
and make `package-upgrade` require only a symbol.

I'd personally be fine with that instead, but then that should probably
just lead to a warning at first, for a couple of versions or so.
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