(Don't forget to keep the bug tracker in the CC's; I have resent your
message so that everything remains in the archives)

Steven Allen <steven@stebalien.com> writes:

>>> Following up on my previous patch (Bug#68761), we need to scan for
>>> package requirements inside the lisp-dir (if set), not in the root
>>> package directory.
>>
>> Looks good, do you have any specific examples where this caused
>> problems?
>
> pdf-tools puts all its files in a "lisp" dir, so they weren't getting
> searched when scanning for dependencies. The package definition is:
>
>     (:url "https://github.com/vedang/pdf-tools/pulls"
>      :lisp-dir "lisp")
>
> This patch causes package-vc to scan for dependencies in elisp files in
> "$pkg-dir/lisp/", instead of looking for elisp files in "$pkg-dir/".

OK, I have slightly modified the commit, can you check if it still works
for you: