From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Philip Kaludercic Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#59120: 29.0.50; [package-vc] Nowhere to find package-vc-archive-spec-alist Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2022 18:58:08 +0000 Message-ID: <87mt8s59kv.fsf@posteo.net> References: <60289282-1604-4239-BB4F-0D46F06CA39F@gmail.com> <87cz9p3hcg.fsf@posteo.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="29631"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: 59120@debbugs.gnu.org To: Yuan Fu Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Tue Nov 15 19:59:24 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 1ov19Y-0007UU-Bf for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 15 Nov 2022 19:59:24 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ov19E-0000nc-RA; Tue, 15 Nov 2022 13:59:04 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ov19C-0000kk-Dw for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Nov 2022 13:59:02 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ov19C-0002CA-4p for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Nov 2022 13:59:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1ov19B-0005Bg-T8 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Nov 2022 13:59:01 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Philip Kaludercic Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2022 18:59:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 59120 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 59120-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B59120.166853869819887 (code B ref 59120); Tue, 15 Nov 2022 18:59:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 59120) by debbugs.gnu.org; 15 Nov 2022 18:58:18 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:55258 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1ov18T-0005Ah-S3 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 15 Nov 2022 13:58:18 -0500 Original-Received: from mout02.posteo.de ([185.67.36.66]:39421) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1ov18R-0005AS-Rh for 59120@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 15 Nov 2022 13:58:16 -0500 Original-Received: from submission (posteo.de [185.67.36.169]) by mout02.posteo.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C9F8B240103 for <59120@debbugs.gnu.org>; Tue, 15 Nov 2022 19:58:09 +0100 (CET) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=posteo.net; s=2017; t=1668538689; bh=KJGyzKJtT1vQ4TpDCqqJIL9olwXMt6iX5gTw+6U9R6U=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:From; b=PpuWaAPQGLStsdqI4oU+ak0dEAdJe8Ib5b5WQ9PLt43mjnSqmim5ga8yT/1m6zt8X bDGm/eI99tu0OGW1Em9ZGGlg5bLQFcAEbU59L/8/qwKx8ft2r1BgRxYaDfWpJag+up WEmw2PSoWpkLQ2NLbSCLnKiXCa4HAmI3lxECD/SXiyOQqzQ0VfTovbMOmUcvBmpmFU xz7Y8em6ByJjGSRGVqdUhXiKHieuM67hGHHD4Sz0a1lNaEOMHTFW5br1VassomdKU0 gZaRrVza4+UOH5HH6Vr9kUQAHSG7HOD+eY4JyycCDza+VjW2kWv1YoRB9DkzDtmFlG Gg4VvqwVUxz5Q== Original-Received: from customer (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by submission (posteo.de) with ESMTPSA id 4NBb6T1Nnbz9rxG; Tue, 15 Nov 2022 19:58:08 +0100 (CET) In-Reply-To: (Yuan Fu's message of "Tue, 15 Nov 2022 10:29:47 -0800") 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-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:247968 Archived-At: Yuan Fu writes: >>> More over, it would be nice if the documentation of package-vc-install >>> (docstring or manual) can explain how do I specify the branch when >>> Using package-vc-install. From what I can see you can only specify the = url >>> and revision. >>=20 >> There is no explicit way to do this right now, besides switching to a >> different branch after checking out the repository. >>=20 >> The only other thing you can do is provide a package specification, as >> documented in `package-vc-selected-packages'. That has a :branch >> property. > > I wonder if I can define my own package archive, so that I can control > everything easily, without setting up a full-blown archive with > tarballs and a server. Because I=E2=80=99m not going to download any tarb= alls > from the archive, and will only use package-vc-install on this > personal archive. IOW a package archive that only provide package > specs. Is that possible? It should possible, you would have an empty archive-contents and an elpa-packages.eld file containing all the specifications. I haven't tried it out though, so something might be broken -- but nothing that can't be fixed.