Sort didn't exist before fb87d500

-  (let ((pkg-descs (cdr (assq pkg-name package-alist))))
+  (let ((pkg-descs (sort (cdr (assq pkg-name package-alist))

We can fix incorrect sorting

diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/package.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/package.el
index ba0e3618f28..228d77b54e7 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/package.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/package.el
@@ -916,17 +916,18 @@ correspond to previously loaded files."

 (defun package--get-activatable-pkg (pkg-name)
   ;; Is "activatable" a word?
-  (let ((pkg-descs (sort (cdr (assq pkg-name package-alist))
-                         (lambda (p1 p2)
-                           (let ((v1 (package-desc-version p1))
-                                 (v2 (package-desc-version p2)))
-                             (or
-                              ;; Prefer VC packages.
-                              (package-vc-p p1)
-                              (package-vc-p p2)
-                              ;; Prefer builtin packages.
-                              (package-disabled-p p1 v1)
-                              (not (package-disabled-p p2 v2))))))))
+  (let ((pkg-descs
+         ;; Prefer VC packages
+         (apply 'append
+                (cl-reduce
+                 (lambda (p1 p2)
+                   (if (package-vc-p p1)
+                       (push p1 (cl-first p2))
+                     (push p1 (cl-second p2)))
+                   p2)
+                 (cdr (assq pkg-name package-alist))
+                 :initial-value (list nil nil)
+                 :from-end t))))
     ;; Check if PACKAGE is available in `package-alist'.
     (while
         (when pkg-descs

or just revert fb87d500

On Sun, Jun 4, 2023 at 3:41 PM Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:

> > From: Евгений Бойков <artscan@list.ru>
> > Date: Sun, 4 Jun 2023 15:37:31 +1000
> > Cc: Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net>, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>,
> 63757@debbugs.gnu.org
> >
> > Excuse me for extra messages, I've already found a bug in the previous
> patch.
> > I need a review, especially with in-place operations.
> >
> > move "Prefer VC packages" to `package-process-define-package`
> > drop `package-disabled-p` and "Prefer builtin packages" comment
>
> Thanks, but I'm not really comfortable with such non-trivial changes
> in package.el at this late stage of the pretest.
>
> Is this problem new in Emacs 29, or did it exist in Emacs 28 as well?
> If it is new, which change(s) caused the incorrect ordering of
> versions in Emacs 29?
>


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