GNU bug report logs - #79389
24.5; use-package 2.4.6 is incompatible with emacs24

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Robin Putters <robin.putters <at> keronic.com>

Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2025 08:35:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 24.5

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From: Robin Putters <robin.putters <at> keronic.com>
To: "bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org" <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
Subject: 24.5; use-package 2.4.6 is incompatible with emacs24
Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2025 08:28:43 +0000

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Entering directory `.../elpa/use-package-2.4.6/'
use-package-core.el:1675:1:Error: Unknown upattern `(quote nil)'

                 (:rev (pcase v
                         ('nil (if use-package-vc-prefer-newest nil :last-release))
                         (:last-release :last-release)

use-package-core.el:1718:1:Error: Unknown upattern `(quote nil)'

    (pcase arg
      ((or 'nil 't) (list name))                 ; guess name
      ((pred symbolp) (list arg))                ; use this name


In GNU Emacs 24.5.1 (i686-pc-mingw32)
of 2015-04-11 on LEG570
Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 6.3.9600
Configured using:
`configure --prefix=/c/usr --host=i686-pc-mingw32'

Important settings:
  value of $LANG: ENU
  locale-coding-system: cp1252

Major mode: Emacs-Lisp


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From: Sean Whitton <spwhitton <at> spwhitton.name>
To: Robin Putters <robin.putters <at> keronic.com>
Cc: 79389 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#79389: 24.5; use-package 2.4.6 is incompatible with emacs24
Date: Fri, 05 Sep 2025 10:03:36 +0100

Hello,

I think we should probably just raise the minimum required Emacs for
our version of use-package to 25 (or even higher).  Any objections?

-- 
Sean Whitton
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