GNU bug report logs - #77468
30.1.50; package-quickstart file is not relocatable

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Spencer Baugh <sbaugh <at> janestreet.com>

Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2025 18:47:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 30.1.50

Done: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>

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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Spencer Baugh <sbaugh <at> janestreet.com>
Cc: 77468 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#77468: 30.1.50; package-quickstart file is not relocatable
Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2025 16:24:38 -0400

> Maybe package-quickstart.el could use relative names to packages in
> package-user-dir (since it itself lives in package-user-dir), and
> absolute names to packages outside that?

Sounds OK.  Tho maybe we should check `file*-in-directory-p` (or the
presence of "../" in the output of `file-relative-name`) rather than
distinguishing based on `package-user-dir` vs `package-directory-list`?

In any case, it sounds like a good compromise.


        Stefan
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