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Bug#1103033: emacs: generate versioned Provides for all :core packages

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Hello,

On Thu 19 Jun 2025 at 05:16pm -07, Xiyue Deng wrote:

> Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> writes:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> On Wed 18 Jun 2025 at 07:07pm -07, Xiyue Deng wrote:
>>
>>> Ah didn't think about that.  I think it's better than using control.in
>>> in general, though there are the "unused" warning on other packages
>>> (using "?=" doesn't seem to help).
>>
>> I don't follow.
>>
>
> Excerpt from build log (basically it shows a warning of substitution
> variable unused for all binary packages except emacs-common where it's
> used.)

Ah, I see.  Could you define it as the empty string for those packages
and then add a dummy entry to Provides ?

> I have filed the bug upstream[1], but that would be for 31.x.  I was
> hoping this would be useful for Trixie to handle security updates,
> though it may have already been a bit too late for that.

I intended to say, once the interface is settled upstream, I would be
happy to backport it for 30.1 in forky, so we can deploy your change
before the release of 31.1.

-- 
Sean Whitton

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Bug#1103033: emacs: generate versioned Provides for all :core packages Xiyue Deng <manphiz@gmail.com> - 2025-06-17 03:10 +0200
  Bug#1103033: emacs: generate versioned Provides for all :core packages Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> - 2025-06-18 16:20 +0200
    Bug#1103033: emacs: generate versioned Provides for all :core packages Xiyue Deng <manphiz@gmail.com> - 2025-06-19 04:10 +0200
      Bug#1103033: emacs: generate versioned Provides for all :core packages Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> - 2025-06-19 14:50 +0200
        Bug#1103033: emacs: generate versioned Provides for all :core packages Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> - 2025-06-20 13:40 +0200
          Bug#1103033: emacs: generate versioned Provides for all :core packages Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> - 2025-07-04 14:40 +0200
            Bug#1103033: emacs: generate versioned Provides for all :core packages Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> - 2025-07-04 22:50 +0200
              Bug#1103033: emacs: generate versioned Provides for all :core packages Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> - 2025-07-15 11:20 +0200
                Bug#1103033: emacs: generate versioned Provides for all :core packages Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> - 2025-07-15 23:00 +0200
                Bug#1103033: emacs: generate versioned Provides for all :core packages Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> - 2025-07-16 11:40 +0200
                Bug#1103033: emacs: generate versioned Provides for all :core packages Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> - 2025-07-16 20:40 +0200
                Bug#1103033: emacs: generate versioned Provides for all :core packages Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> - 2025-07-18 11:20 +0200
                Bug#1103033: emacs: generate versioned Provides for all :core packages Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> - 2025-07-20 16:40 +0200
                Bug#1103033: emacs: generate versioned Provides for all :core packages Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> - 2025-07-21 10:30 +0200
                Bug#1103033: emacs: generate versioned Provides for all :core packages Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> - 2025-07-15 23:00 +0200
                Bug#1103033: emacs: generate versioned Provides for all :core packages Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> - 2025-07-16 12:10 +0200

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