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Bug#1103033: dh-elpa: Handle version of built-in package better

From Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name>
Newsgroups linux.debian.bugs.dist, linux.debian.maint.emacsen
Subject Bug#1103033: dh-elpa: Handle version of built-in package better
Date 2025-04-14 06:30 +0200
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control: reassign -1 src:emacs
control: retitle -1 emacs: generate versioned Provides for all :core packages

Hello,

On Sun 13 Apr 2025 at 08:55pm -07, Xiyue Deng wrote:

> Option 1 also sounds good to me.

Cool.  I'm not planning to work on it but I can review patches.

> This may also be useful to handle security update for stable version,
> though I'm not sure whether it will automatically handle the upgrades.
>
> (Wondering for the situation that Emacs version A provides foo 1.0, and
> when foo 1.0 founds a security issue, and Emacs version A+deb12u1 fixes
> it by providing foo 1.1, will foo 1.0 automatically upgrade to Emacs
> A+deb12u1, or it still requires user manually uninstalling foo 1.0?)

No, and in fact the foo with the security hole would override the one
shipped with Emacs.  We'd have to patch both packages.

-- 
Sean Whitton

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Bug#1103033: dh-elpa: Handle version of built-in package better Xiyue Deng <manphiz@gmail.com> - 2025-04-14 03:40 +0200
  Bug#1103033: dh-elpa: Handle version of built-in package better Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> - 2025-04-14 04:50 +0200
    Bug#1103033: dh-elpa: Handle version of built-in package better Xiyue Deng <manphiz@gmail.com> - 2025-04-14 06:00 +0200
      Bug#1103033: dh-elpa: Handle version of built-in package better Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> - 2025-04-14 06:30 +0200
        Bug#1103033: dh-elpa: Handle version of built-in package better Xiyue Deng <manphiz@gmail.com> - 2025-04-14 06:40 +0200

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