global keybindings re-defined on package upgrade

global keybindings re-defined on package upgrade

[Jose Antonio Ortega Ruiz]

Hi,

Since a little while ago, in emacs 29.0.50 (master), it happens often
that when i upgrade installed packages, some global keybindings i've
re-defined in my init (e.g. <f2>, C-l, C-x p) get re-assigned to their
original binding; it doesn't happen all the time and i haven't yet been
able to find a pattern.  But perhaps this is expected behaviour and i
should restart emacs on upgrade, or maybe move to new-style keymap-*
functions (i'm still using global-set-key and friends).

Thanks,
jao

Re: global keybindings re-defined on package upgrade

[Jose A Ortega Ruiz]

On Thu, Sep 15 2022, Jose Antonio Ortega Ruiz wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Since a little while ago, in emacs 29.0.50 (master), it happens often
> that when i upgrade installed packages, some global keybindings i've
> re-defined in my init (e.g. <f2>, C-l, C-x p) get re-assigned to their
> original binding; it doesn't happen all the time and i haven't yet been
> able to find a pattern.  But perhaps this is expected behaviour and i
> should restart emacs on upgrade, or maybe move to new-style keymap-*
> functions (i'm still using global-set-key and friends).

Answering to myself, this is probably related to use-package's :bind
forms assigning keybindings to the global map; those seem to be the
bindings that are lost on package upgrades.  I'll bring the issue to its
developer(s) once i manage to reproduce it reliably.

Thanks,
jao
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