From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Obtaining the version of an installed package Date: Mon, 09 Aug 2021 08:58:20 -0400 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="13379"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: "Emacs Devel" To: "Bozhidar Batsov" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Mon Aug 09 14:59:05 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@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 1mD4rv-0003F0-Qg for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 09 Aug 2021 14:59:04 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:38946 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mD4ru-0006Nx-Ml for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 09 Aug 2021 08:59:02 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:42222) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mD4rO-0005iQ-Mh for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Aug 2021 08:58:30 -0400 Original-Received: from mailscanner.iro.umontreal.ca ([132.204.25.50]:27821) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mD4rK-0000Vl-4U for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Aug 2021 08:58:29 -0400 Original-Received: from pmg2.iro.umontreal.ca (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by pmg2.iro.umontreal.ca (Proxmox) with ESMTP id 9411D80904; Mon, 9 Aug 2021 08:58:24 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from mail01.iro.umontreal.ca (unknown [172.31.2.1]) by pmg2.iro.umontreal.ca (Proxmox) with ESMTP id 34A08805CE; Mon, 9 Aug 2021 08:58:23 -0400 (EDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=iro.umontreal.ca; s=mail; t=1628513903; bh=0hkKMN+arT5GwJxnZVk3oHHVVITD8BqRZ+7LRtmmEyA=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:References:Date:In-Reply-To:From; b=otwix5kvTuibJrKUhie4MTcn6RjET3872aaFJIO5uQxxWI7q5O2SSSp+OkcOeq8Kw gS8lHnLCUhSMYve5YeQfMrX4VPlqmGhJ9a7/wbJgUK/kY0MOl6H6d1hs4oNgu4f1Ue eQ3j9DMvtkt2Ufm57PlNUqDskpHpkuI0vdotWaT/ZBGN5KdEwVQqDjlokD0O9ur63q T2RhlGg6r9x+6ENaAyaTaH0JW5UaAQ6cOz+2fS5vT9pwwPNUq8hT0Gs0ZMPYHIbDL0 mosT06H6k0nQb2Csri3gEH2eGDkrty31jtl00Ss4n/AB3vZCRMANLXgX5hGyKsBELf yM5GAqq07FWzA== Original-Received: from alfajor (104-222-120-40.cpe.teksavvy.com [104.222.120.40]) by mail01.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 086B412039B; Mon, 9 Aug 2021 08:58:22 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (Bozhidar Batsov's message of "Mon, 09 Aug 2021 11:28:07 +0300") Received-SPF: pass client-ip=132.204.25.50; envelope-from=monnier@iro.umontreal.ca; helo=mailscanner.iro.umontreal.ca X-Spam_score_int: -42 X-Spam_score: -4.3 X-Spam_bar: ---- X-Spam_report: (-4.3 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED=-2.3, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:272233 Archived-At: > I'm wondering if there's an API for obtaining metadata about installed > packages, in particular the version information. > For years I was using this function from pkg-info > https://github.com/emacsorphanage/pkg-info/blob/master/pkg-info.el#L65, but > I'm wondering if it'd be easy to strip one dependency from my packages. Are you looking for `package-get-version`? Stefan