bug#53744: 27.2; [debbugs] soap-client.el: `string-search' (void function?)

[Michael Albinus]

Kevin Vigouroux via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of
text editors" <bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org> writes:

Hi,

> When I use the “debbugs” package [https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/debbugs.html]
> to find keywords with `debbugs-gnu-search', it produces the following error.
>
> #+begin_quote
> error in process filter: soap-decode-xs-complex-type: Symbol’s function 
> definition is void: string-search
> #+end_quote

`string-search' is used in soap-client.el since commit 3b7b181bded in
Emacs master branch. However, it exists since Emacs 28.1 only.

soap-client.el is used also for older Emacsen via GNU ELPA. I recommend
to revert that change.

Best regards, Michael.