Xiyue Deng [02/Jul 6:15pm -07] wrote: > I have identified a case that this dependency handling is required for > correctly byte compiling transitive dependency on packages that need to > be newer than the built-in ones. When working on magit 4.6.0, which > requires transient 0.13 and compat 31.0, both of which are built-in > packages but the version required is higher than the ones bundled in > Emacs 30.2 and hence external newer packages are required. With dh-elpa > 2.1.9, the compilation of magit fails (full log attached). The first few > lines look like below: > > ,---- > | Checking /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/elpa/magit-4.6.0... > | Compiling /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/elpa/magit-4.6.0/git-commit.el... > | > | In toplevel form: > | git-commit.el:103:11: Error: Symbol’s function definition is void: > static-when > | Compiling /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/elpa/magit-4.6.0/git-rebase.el... > | > | In toplevel form: > | git-rebase.el:75:11: Error: transient--init-suffix-key is already defined > as something else than a generic function > | ... > `---- > > This strongly suggests that the bundled older version of compat is > in-use which does not provide `static-when' yet. > > Initially I suspected that the command to do the byte compiling may be > at fault, more specifically the use of "--quick" may cause it to ignore > the external packages, but ruled it out after some experiments. I have > confirmed that using dh-elpa with the simplified dependency handling > magit 4.6.0 will succeed to byte compile. > > It would be good to have this reviewed and approved soon. Maybe we can > make an experimental upload soonish for testing?
I'm not sure where it is. Could you just post patches? -- Sean Whitton
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