Re: user-controlled load-path extension: load-dir

[Tom Tromey]

>>>>> "Dimitri" == Dimitri Fontaine <address@hidden> writes:

Dimitri> Given the following (or some variations, all based upon reading (info
Dimitri> "(elisp) Packaging Basics") and (info "(elisp) Library Headers"), then
Dimitri> the describe-function of `version-to-list' and helpers):

Dimitri> ;; Version: 1.2~dev
Dimitri> ;; Package-Version: 1.2+alpha1

Weird version number.

Dimitri> It seem to me that the function `package-strip-rcs-id' is buggy
Dimitri> from failing to use `version-to-list' and instead invents its
Dimitri> own regexp to match the version identifier, then returns nil
Dimitri> which gets into an error.

If version-to-list accepts that version but package.el still gives an
error, then it is a bug.  Please report it to the bug tracker, thanks.

Tom