From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: Adam Porter <adam@alphapapa.net>
Cc: 49474@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#49474: 28.0.50; package-menu-filter-by-status doesn't accept argument it claims to
Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2021 18:54:14 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87bl7anm89.fsf@gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAO_b3FVpuk1hf9JO6U0hq-O1E0aNAayBDM2m+2mDn5_jOPbXCg@mail.gmail.com> (Adam Porter's message of "Thu, 8 Jul 2021 20:20:51 -0500")
Adam Porter <adam@alphapapa.net> writes:
> The docstring for the function package-menu-filter-by-status says:
>
> When called interactively, prompt for STATUS, which can be a
> comma-separated string. If STATUS is empty, show all packages.
>
> When called from Lisp, STATUS can be a string or a list of
> strings. If STATUS is nil or the empty string, show all
> packages.
>
> However, when given a comma-separated string or a list of strings, it
> doesn't work, because it applies a filter predicate that calls
> string-match-p, which expects a regexp string.
Yup. I've now changed the command (in Emacs 28) to work as documented.
Hopefully nobody were relying on the previous, undocumented regexp-match
behaviour.
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(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
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