Okay, thanks! Although this is a nice answer, as I am having another question also, I'll take the opportunity to also ask the others @emacs-devel about a short explanation/how they deal with this. On Fri, 24 Feb 2023 at 12:29, Philip Kaludercic wrote: > dalanicolai writes: > > > Ah sorry, indeed I had missed your earlier message. > > No problem :) > > > Installing the package works perfectly fine now. Thanks for that, > > this functionality is great! > > OK, I'll be closing this bug report then. > > > Maybe I can also quickly drop the following question here: > > > > To test the function/new commit, I have rebuilt Emacs. > > But I don't understand the 'proper' way to do that. > > AFAIK (I implied from the INSTALL file), when building with > > the same -configure flags, then we can just pull the latest > > version and then do 'make'. > > Right. > > > However, when I do that, then I get all kinds of warnings that > > my src files are newer than the byte-compiled files. > > How do you deal with this? Should I just continue building Emacs > > and then 're-byte-compile' when using it. Or should I just remove > > all .elc files from the lisp directory first? Or do you have any > > other advice? > > At what stage of the compilation do you encounter these warnings? It > makes sense that if you just git pull'ed from emacs.git the .el files > might be newer than the .elc files, because the Makefile has to first > rebuild Emacs which means temacs has to load a few files before dumping > it into the actual emacs executable. Only then will the byte > compilation proceed. Or that is my understanding, I never looked into > the build process in too great of a detail. > > I'd let make run through, then see everything works the way it should. > If not, I think you should better report that as a separate bug. > > > Thanks again for your help! > > > > On Thu, 23 Feb 2023 at 14:17, Philip Kaludercic > wrote: > > > >> ping? > >> > >> Philip Kaludercic writes: > >> > >> > dalanicolai writes: > >> > > >> >>>>From emacs -q read the docstring of `package-vc-selected-packages`. > >> >> > >> >> Subsequently try to use by setting the value using: > >> >> > >> >> (setq package-vc-selected-packages > >> >> '((image-roll :url " > https://github.com/dalanicolai/image-roll.el > >> "))) > >> >> > >> >> As far as I know the value has the correct structure (as described in > >> >> the docstring). However, when trying to actually install the package > >> >> using `package-vs-install-selected-packages`, Emacs somehow > determines > >> >> that `:url` is the name of the package. > >> > > >> > This should be fixed by 2da05876edb5bc8ec0f39ac679c806930e16e5c7, can > >> > you check? > >> > > >> >> In GNU Emacs 30.0.50 (build 1, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version > >> >> 3.24.33, cairo version 1.16.0) of 2023-02-05 built on > >> >> floris-XPS-15-9560 > >> >> Repository revision: d27d9a43d4d1b3f8a213cb739f4d27793158a050 > >> >> Repository branch: master > >> >> System Description: Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS > >> >> > >> >> Configured using: > >> >> 'configure --with-xwidgets --with-pgtk --with-modules --with-cairo > >> >> --with-native-compilation -with-json' > >> >> > >> >> Configured features: > >> >> CAIRO DBUS FREETYPE GIF GLIB GMP GNUTLS GSETTINGS HARFBUZZ JPEG JSON > >> >> LIBSELINUX LIBXML2 MODULES NATIVE_COMP NOTIFY INOTIFY PDUMPER PGTK > PNG > >> >> RSVG SECCOMP SOUND SQLITE3 THREADS TIFF TOOLKIT_SCROLL_BARS XIM > XWIDGETS > >> >> GTK3 ZLIB > >> >> > >> >> Important settings: > >> >> value of $LC_MONETARY: nl_NL.UTF-8 > >> >> value of $LC_NUMERIC: nl_NL.UTF-8 > >> >> value of $LC_TIME: nl_NL.UTF-8 > >> >> value of $LANG: en_US.UTF-8 > >> >> value of $XMODIFIERS: @im=ibus > >> >> locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix > >> >> > >> >> Major mode: Org > >> >> > >> >> Minor modes in effect: > >> >> marginalia-mode: t > >> >> savehist-mode: t > >> >> vertico-mode: t > >> >> which-key-mode: t > >> >> shell-dirtrack-mode: t > >> >> evil-mode: t > >> >> evil-local-mode: t > >> >> windmove-mode: t > >> >> recentf-mode: t > >> >> override-global-mode: t > >> >> tooltip-mode: t > >> >> global-eldoc-mode: t > >> >> show-paren-mode: t > >> >> electric-indent-mode: t > >> >> mouse-wheel-mode: t > >> >> tool-bar-mode: t > >> >> menu-bar-mode: t > >> >> file-name-shadow-mode: t > >> >> global-font-lock-mode: t > >> >> font-lock-mode: t > >> >> blink-cursor-mode: t > >> >> line-number-mode: t > >> >> indent-tabs-mode: t > >> >> transient-mark-mode: t > >> >> auto-composition-mode: t > >> >> auto-encryption-mode: t > >> >> auto-compression-mode: t > >> >> > >> >> Load-path shadows: > >> >> None found. > >> >> > >> >> Features: > >> >> (shadow sort mail-extr emacsbug cl-print edebug shortdoc package-x > >> >> package-vc vc help-fns mule-util org-element org-persist org-id > >> >> org-refile avl-tree oc-basic ol-eww eww xdg url-queue mm-url ol-rmail > >> >> ol-mhe ol-irc ol-info ol-gnus nnselect gnus-art mm-uu mml2015 mm-view > >> >> mml-smime smime dig gnus-sum shr pixel-fill kinsoku url-file svg > >> >> gnus-group gnus-undo gnus-start gnus-dbus dbus xml gnus-cloud nnimap > >> >> nnmail mail-source utf7 nnoo parse-time gnus-spec gnus-int gnus-range > >> >> gnus-win gnus nnheader range ol-docview doc-view jka-compr image-mode > >> >> exif ol-bibtex bibtex iso8601 ol-bbdb ol-w3m ol-doi org-link-doi > >> >> cursor-sensor vc-git diff-mode vc-dispatcher vc-svn cus-edit > cus-start > >> >> cus-load eglot external-completion array filenotify jsonrpc > marginalia > >> >> marginalia-autoloads xref org ob ob-tangle ob-ref ob-lob ob-table > ob-exp > >> >> org-macro org-src ob-comint org-pcomplete org-list org-footnote > >> >> org-faces org-entities noutline outline ob-emacs-lisp ob-core ob-eval > >> >> org-cycle org-table ol org-fold org-fold-core org-keys oc > org-loaddefs > >> >> cal-menu calendar cal-loaddefs org-version org-compat org-macs > >> >> format-spec imenu consult-icomplete icomplete flymake-proc flymake > >> >> project consult-vertico consult compat bookmark consult-autoloads > ert-x > >> >> compat-macs compat-autoloads savehist orderless orderless-autoloads > >> >> vertico-flat vertico vertico-autoloads evil-nerd-commenter > >> >> evil-nerd-commenter-operator evil-nerd-commenter-sdk sgml-mode > facemenu > >> >> dom evil-nerd-commenter-autoloads which-key pcase which-key-autoloads > >> >> bind-map evil-test-helpers evil evil-keybindings evil-integration > ert pp > >> >> ewoc debug backtrace find-func elp evil-maps evil-commands ffap > reveal > >> >> flyspell ispell evil-jumps evil-command-window evil-search evil-ex > shell > >> >> pcomplete evil-types evil-macros evil-repeat evil-states evil-core > >> >> advice evil-common windmove calc calc-loaddefs calc-macs thingatpt > rect > >> >> evil-digraphs evil-vars edmacro kmacro info evil-autoloads undo-tree > >> >> diff queue undo-tree-autoloads tar-mode arc-mode archive-mode comp > >> >> comp-cstr rx generator warnings icons cl compile comint ansi-osc > >> >> ansi-color ring queue-autoloads loaddefs-gen lisp-mnt radix-tree > >> >> mm-archive message sendmail yank-media dired dired-loaddefs rfc822 > mml > >> >> mml-sec epa derived epg rfc6068 epg-config gnus-util > >> >> text-property-search time-date mailabbrev gmm-utils mailheader > mm-decode > >> >> mm-bodies mm-encode mail-utils gnutls network-stream url-cache > url-http > >> >> url-auth mail-parse rfc2231 rfc2047 rfc2045 mm-util ietf-drums > >> >> mail-prsvr url-gw nsm puny cl-extra help-mode recentf tree-widget > >> >> wid-edit use-package use-package-ensure use-package-delight > >> >> use-package-diminish use-package-bind-key bind-key easy-mmode > >> >> use-package-core finder-inf bind-map-autoloads :url-autoloads package > >> >> browse-url url url-proxy url-privacy url-expand url-methods > url-history > >> >> url-cookie generate-lisp-file url-domsuf url-util mailcap > url-handlers > >> >> url-parse auth-source cl-seq eieio eieio-core cl-macs password-cache > >> >> json subr-x map byte-opt gv bytecomp byte-compile url-vars > cl-loaddefs > >> >> cl-lib rmc iso-transl tooltip cconv eldoc paren electric uniquify > >> >> ediff-hook vc-hooks lisp-float-type elisp-mode mwheel term/pgtk-win > >> >> pgtk-win term/common-win pgtk-dnd tool-bar dnd fontset image > regexp-opt > >> >> fringe tabulated-list replace newcomment text-mode lisp-mode > prog-mode > >> >> register page tab-bar menu-bar rfn-eshadow isearch easymenu timer > select > >> >> scroll-bar mouse jit-lock font-lock syntax font-core term/tty-colors > >> >> frame minibuffer nadvice seq simple cl-generic indonesian philippine > >> >> cham georgian utf-8-lang misc-lang vietnamese tibetan thai tai-viet > lao > >> >> korean japanese eucjp-ms cp51932 hebrew greek romanian slovak czech > >> >> european ethiopic indian cyrillic chinese composite emoji-zwj > charscript > >> >> charprop case-table epa-hook jka-cmpr-hook help abbrev obarray > oclosure > >> >> cl-preloaded button loaddefs theme-loaddefs faces cus-face macroexp > >> >> files window text-properties overlay sha1 md5 base64 format env > >> >> code-pages mule custom widget keymap hashtable-print-readable > backquote > >> >> threads xwidget-internal dbusbind inotify dynamic-setting > >> >> system-font-setting font-render-setting cairo gtk pgtk multi-tty > >> >> make-network-process native-compile emacs) > >> >> > >> >> Memory information: > >> >> 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