GNU bug report logs - #78222
package-vc-from-checkout generates incorrect package summaries

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From: JD Smith <jdtsmith <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: package-vc-from-checkout generates incorrect package summaries
Date: Fri, 2 May 2025 20:16:52 -0400

`package-vc-install-from-checkout' fails to generate correct package summaries in the package files it generates, always using "No description available."  

The issue is as follows:

    • `package-vc-install-from-checkout' uses `package-desc-create' to create a description structure based on the directory name of the installed package.
    • This constructor includes a default `summary' slot of `package--default-summary' ("No description available.")
    • During unpacking, `package-vc--generate-description-file' is called with this pre-populated description structure.
    • It notices the existence of the (default) `package-desc-summary', and simply skips reading the main package file to derive the summary from its header line.

The solution may be to alter the test logic in  `package-vc--generate-description-file', or let-bind `package--default-summary=nil' during structure creation.

Message #8 received at 78222 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: JD Smith <jdtsmith <at> gmail.com>, Philip Kaludercic <philipk <at> posteo.net>
Cc: 78222 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#78222: package-vc-from-checkout generates incorrect package
 summaries
Date: Sat, 10 May 2025 13:30:39 +0300

> From: JD Smith <jdtsmith <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, 2 May 2025 20:16:52 -0400
> 
> `package-vc-install-from-checkout' fails to generate correct package summaries in the package files it generates, always using "No description available."  
> 
> The issue is as follows:
> 
>     • `package-vc-install-from-checkout' uses `package-desc-create' to create a description structure based on the directory name of the installed package.
>     • This constructor includes a default `summary' slot of `package--default-summary' ("No description available.")
>     • During unpacking, `package-vc--generate-description-file' is called with this pre-populated description structure.
>     • It notices the existence of the (default) `package-desc-summary', and simply skips reading the main package file to derive the summary from its header line.
> 
> The solution may be to alter the test logic in  `package-vc--generate-description-file', or let-bind `package--default-summary=nil' during structure creation.

Philip, any comments or suggestions?

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