bug#60479: =package-vc-selected-packages=

[Colin McLear]

Please disregard the last email. There was an error in my code. Looks like the 
new changes work fine. Thank you!

regards,

Colin

On 2023-02-14 at 09:44 -05, Colin McLear <mclear@unl.edu> wrote...
> I pulled from emacs master today and now I can get the original code working. 
> /But/, I tried with a different package, like so:
>
>
> ,----
>  (setq package-vc-selected-packages              
>  '((zotxt                                        
>  :url "<https://github.com/egh/zotxt-emacs.git>" 
>  :branch "master")))                             
>
>  (package-vc-install-selected-packages)          
> `----
>
> and I get the following stacktrace:
>
> ,----
>  Debugger entered--Lisp error: (cl-assertion-failed ((package-vc-p pkg) nil))
>  cl--assertion-failed((package-vc-p pkg))
>  package-vc--version(#s(package-desc :name zotxt :version (20210908 402)
> :summary "Tools to integrate emacs with Zotero via the zotxt..." :reqs 
> ((request
> (0 3 2)) (deferred (0 5 1))) :kind tar :archive "melpa" :dir
> "/Users/roambot/.emacs.d/var/elpa/zotxt-20210908.40..." :extras ((:commit .
> "d344e7ac281a083f4e39e95b5664633a015e2b3b") (:authors ("Erik Hetzner" .
> "egh@e6h.org")) (:maintainer "Erik Hetzner" . "egh@e6h.org") (:keywords 
> "bib"))
> :signed nil))
>  package-vc--generate-description-file(#s(package-desc :name zotxt :version
> (20210908 402) :summary "Tools to integrate emacs with Zotero via the 
> zotxt..."
> :reqs ((request (0 3 2)) (deferred (0 5 1))) :kind tar :archive "melpa" :dir
> "/Users/roambot/.emacs.d/var/elpa/zotxt-20210908.40..." :extras ((:commit .
> "d344e7ac281a083f4e39e95b5664633a015e2b3b") (:authors ("Erik Hetzner" .
> "egh@e6h.org")) (:maintainer "Erik Hetzner" . "egh@e6h.org") (:keywords 
> "bib"))
> :signed nil) "/Users/roambot/.emacs.d/var/elpa/zotxt-20210908.40...")
>  package-vc--unpack-1(#s(package-desc :name zotxt :version (20210908 402)
> :summary "Tools to integrate emacs with Zotero via the zotxt..." :reqs 
> ((request
> (0 3 2)) (deferred (0 5 1))) :kind tar :archive "melpa" :dir
> "/Users/roambot/.emacs.d/var/elpa/zotxt-20210908.40..." :extras ((:commit .
> "d344e7ac281a083f4e39e95b5664633a015e2b3b") (:authors ("Erik Hetzner" .
> "egh@e6h.org")) (:maintainer "Erik Hetzner" . "egh@e6h.org") (:keywords 
> "bib"))
> :signed nil) "/Users/roambot/.emacs.d/var/elpa/zotxt-20210908.40...")
>  package-vc--unpack(#s(package-desc :name zotxt :version (20210908 402) 
> :summary
> "Tools to integrate emacs with Zotero via the zotxt..." :reqs ((request (0 3 
> 2))
> (deferred (0 5 1))) :kind tar :archive "melpa" :dir
> "/Users/roambot/.emacs.d/var/elpa/zotxt-20210908.40..." :extras ((:commit .
> "d344e7ac281a083f4e39e95b5664633a015e2b3b") (:authors ("Erik Hetzner" .
> "egh@e6h.org")) (:maintainer "Erik Hetzner" . "egh@e6h.org") (:keywords 
> "bib"))
> :signed nil) (:url "<https://github.com/egh/zotxt-emacs.git>" :branch 
> "master"))
>  package-vc-install-selected-packages()
>  (progn (package-vc-install-selected-packages))
>  elisp--eval-last-sexp(nil)
>  eval-last-sexp(nil)
>  funcall-interactively(eval-last-sexp nil)
>  command-execute(eval-last-sexp)
> `----
>
> This package /does/ install normally if I just do:
>
> ,----
>  (unless (package-installed-p 'zotxt-emacs)                       
>  (package-vc-install "<https://github.com/egh/zotxt-emacs.git>")) 
> `----
>
> Please let me know if there is other information I can provide.
>
> regards,
>
> Colin
>
> On 2023-02-13 at 20:01 UTC, Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net> wrote...
>> Non-NU Email
>>
>> Colin McLear <mclear@unl.edu> writes:
>>
>>> Hi – I’m not sure if this is a bug or user ineptitude, but when trying
>>> to use the package-vc functionality like so:
>>>
>>> (setq package-vc-selected-packages
>>>       '((capf-bibtex
>>>          :url 
>>> "<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://github.com/mclear-tools/capf-bibtex.git__;!!PvXuogZ4sRB2p-tU!DmhU_CroTe5ssC5YQFGK32EQz4JmYhCM-MrZmdoQD1oJxWwAiZ1DUmmalUE6KN4ZTHmQAuUZgUVd8g>$
>>>  "
>>>          :branch "main")))
>>>
>>> (package-vc-install-selected-packages)
>>>
>>>
>>> I get the error package-vc--unpack: Wrong type argument: package-desc,
>>> nil. I’ve tried this with various other packages from github as well
>>> and get the same error. The above seems to be just like the example
>>> described in the info manual so I’m unsure what I could be doing
>>> wrong. I should also say that the package installs just fine using
>>> package-vc-install.
>>
>> I have recently fixed a few bugs and this appears to work on my machine.
>> Can you check as well?
>>
>>> thanks,
>>>
>>> Colin
>>>
>>> –
>>> Colin McLear
>>> Associate Professor
>>> Department of Philosophy
>>> University of Nebraska–Lincoln
>>> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.colinmclear.net__;!!PvXuogZ4sRB2p-tU!DmhU_CroTe5ssC5YQFGK32EQz4JmYhCM-MrZmdoQD1oJxWwAiZ1DUmmalUE6KN4ZTHmQAuXfGhHsow>$
>>>  


-- 
Colin McLear
Associate Professor
Department of Philosophy
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
<https://www.colinmclear.net>