From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#54747: 28.1.50; package.el - Better error message if newer Emacs is required Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2022 13:46:04 +0200 Message-ID: <874k35azgj.fsf_-_@gnus.org> References: <9c7d2f03-5ee2-c5f8-e804-2c4dbf98a05e@daniel-mendler.de> <7647e4c3-2e5e-b09c-f9a7-aee42571e6d5@daniel-mendler.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="12184"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: 54747@debbugs.gnu.org To: Daniel Mendler Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Thu Apr 07 13:47:48 2022 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1ncQc7-0002tz-Kc for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 07 Apr 2022 13:47:47 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:48626 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ncQc6-0001NN-Ep for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 07 Apr 2022 07:47:46 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:57056) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ncQbP-0001LU-Lu for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Apr 2022 07:47:05 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:37883) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ncQbO-00076u-5e for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Apr 2022 07:47:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1ncQbN-0001j8-W9 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Apr 2022 07:47:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2022 11:47:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 54747 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 54747-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B54747.16493319764280 (code B ref 54747); Thu, 07 Apr 2022 11:47:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 54747) by debbugs.gnu.org; 7 Apr 2022 11:46:16 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:60010 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1ncQad-00016g-TU for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 07 Apr 2022 07:46:16 -0400 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([95.216.78.240]:48546) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1ncQac-00010L-1q for 54747@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 07 Apr 2022 07:46:15 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnus.org; s=20200322; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:Date: References:Subject:Cc:To:From:Sender:Reply-To:Content-Transfer-Encoding: Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender: Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=JVVyhGD6hLNx0UPjWwswy1SgBA7T+ndPvz4hqlFDb7c=; b=Oej2k9O7QwslRx4eNyH2zvPNkC 6ZHpNXeJXTPSNhMHOaY+/zkskRUDkH+HwXLvKrt2o5plYbUikK7dPYQiLa0l/EiVJXTGHZLCfwmUa 4BEiXD8K9Aa1Y1NiCgYZj5KZOCJH3DP4BG5AUELYUO2rfhDmE0VecgXNyQZCT5LNM6ek=; Original-Received: from [84.212.220.105] (helo=xo) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1ncQaT-0000yN-CE; Thu, 07 Apr 2022 13:46:07 +0200 X-Now-Playing: Pan Amsterdam's _Ha Chu_: "Carrot Cake" In-Reply-To: <7647e4c3-2e5e-b09c-f9a7-aee42571e6d5@daniel-mendler.de> (Daniel Mendler's message of "Wed, 6 Apr 2022 14:30:27 +0200") X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:229522 Archived-At: Daniel Mendler writes: >> I forgot to mention the current error message. The message is for example: >> >> "package emacs-27.1 unavailable" >> >> See https://github.com/minad/vertico/issues/217 for the original bug >> report when a user tried to install a package from GNU ELPA on Emacs 26, >> while the package requires Emacs 27. > > On the other hand, `list-packages` refuses to mark the package as > installable. So maybe nothing needs to be done here? In any case it is a > very minor issue. You can probably judge better if people stumbled > before over this error message. Otherwise feel free to close the issue! I think it makes sense to make this error message better -- people may be calling `package-install' explicitly. It'd be easier to debug this if I had a recipe for reproduction, though. Do you have one handy? -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no