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#78222
package-vc-from-checkout generates incorrect package summaries
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Reported by: JD Smith <jdtsmith <at> gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 3 May 2025 00:18:02 UTC
Severity: normal
Done: Philip Kaludercic <philipk <at> posteo.net>
Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.
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Message #5 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):
`package-vc-install-from-checkout' fails to generate correct package summaries in the package files it generates, always using "No description available."
The issue is as follows:
• `package-vc-install-from-checkout' uses `package-desc-create' to create a description structure based on the directory name of the installed package.
• This constructor includes a default `summary' slot of `package--default-summary' ("No description available.")
• During unpacking, `package-vc--generate-description-file' is called with this pre-populated description structure.
• It notices the existence of the (default) `package-desc-summary', and simply skips reading the main package file to derive the summary from its header line.
The solution may be to alter the test logic in `package-vc--generate-description-file', or let-bind `package--default-summary=nil' during structure creation.
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