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Package installed with package-vc and :lisp-dir breaks list-packages

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Message #5 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ankit Gadiya <ankit <at> argp.in>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Package installed with package-vc and :lisp-dir breaks list-packages
Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2025 19:59:50 +0530

[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]

After installing a package using package-vc with the :lisp-dir parameter, the
subsequent M-x list-packages fail with this message:

package-menu--print-info-simple: Opening directory: No such file or
directory, /home/ankit/lisp

Steps to reproduce:

1. Evaluate the following expression or load any package using package-vc with
:lisp-dir specified.

(use-package rio
  :vc ( :url "https://github.com/rapyuta-robotics/rapyuta-io-cli"
        :rev :latest
        :lisp-dir "./lisp")
  :bind
  ("C-c r" . rio-transient))

2. List packages using M-x list-packages


Analysis:

The `package-vc-commit' function assumes :lisp-dir as the full path instead of
expanding it relative to the package-desc-dir. I've attached a patch to fix
this. The logic is similar to the one used in package-vc--main-file function.

  (cl-loop with dir = (let ((pkg-spec (package-vc--desc->spec pkg-desc)))
                        (or (plist-get pkg-spec :lisp-dir)
                            (package-desc-dir pkg-desc)))

In GNU Emacs 31.0.50 (build 2, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version
 3.24.49, cairo version 1.18.4) of 2025-08-19 built on thinkpad
Repository revision: 2df20f8da0a9db0555cafea434dfc0bc237cc685
Repository branch: feat/go-test-coverage
System Description: Debian GNU/Linux 13 (trixie)

Configured using:
 'configure --prefix=/usr/local/ --localstatedir=/var/local/
 --libdir=/usr/local/lib/ --sysconfdir=/usr/local/etc/
 --mandir=/usr/local/share/man/ --with-gameuser=:games --with-modules
 --without-libotf --without-m17n-flt --without-gconf --without-gsettings
 --without-m17n-flt --with-native-compilation=aot --with-pgtk
 --with-sound=yes --with-mailutils --with-tree-sitter 'CFLAGS=-O2 -pipe
 -march=native -fomit-frame-pointer''

Configured features:
CAIRO DBUS FREETYPE GLIB GMP GNUTLS HARFBUZZ JPEG LCMS2 LIBSELINUX
LIBSYSTEMD LIBXML2 MODULES NATIVE_COMP NOTIFY INOTIFY PDUMPER PGTK PNG
RSVG SECCOMP SOUND SQLITE3 THREADS TIFF TOOLKIT_SCROLL_BARS TREE_SITTER
WEBP XIM GTK3 ZLIB

Important settings:
  value of $LANG: en_GB.UTF-8
  value of $XMODIFIERS: @im=ibus
  locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix

Major mode: Fundamental

Minor modes in effect:
  windmove-mode: t
  global-git-commit-mode: t
  magit-auto-revert-mode: t
  electric-pair-mode: t
  server-mode: t
  auth-source-xoauth2-plugin-mode: t
  gcmh-mode: t
  savehist-mode: t
  marginalia-mode: t
  vertico-mode: t
  which-key-mode: t
  corfu-popupinfo-mode: t
  global-corfu-mode: t
  corfu-mode: t
  global-auto-revert-mode: t
  evil-commentary-mode: t
  global-evil-collection-unimpaired-mode: t
  evil-collection-unimpaired-mode: t
  evil-mode: t
  evil-local-mode: t
  pixel-scroll-precision-mode: t
  zoom-mode: t
  override-global-mode: t
  tooltip-mode: t
  global-eldoc-mode: t
  eldoc-mode: t
  show-paren-mode: t
  electric-indent-mode: t
  mouse-wheel-mode: t
  tab-bar-mode: t
  menu-bar-mode: t
  file-name-shadow-mode: t
  context-menu-mode: t
  global-font-lock-mode: t
  font-lock-mode: t
  minibuffer-regexp-mode: t
  column-number-mode: t
  line-number-mode: t
  indent-tabs-mode: t
  transient-mark-mode: t
  auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-encryption-mode: t
  auto-compression-mode: t

Load-path shadows:
/home/ankit/.config/emacs/elpa/modus-themes-4.8.1/theme-loaddefs hides
/usr/local/share/emacs/31.0.50/lisp/theme-loaddefs

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evil-collection-consult consult-xref evil-collection-xref xref consult
windmove misearch multi-isearch emacs-news-mode emacsql-sqlite-builtin
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tramp-loaddefs evil-collection-gnus gnus nnheader gnus-util
text-property-search time-date mail-utils range mm-util mail-prsvr
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c++-ts-mode c-ts-mode c-ts-common treesit pcomplete
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evil-search evil-ex evil-macros evil-repeat evil-states evil-core comp
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[0001-Fix-bug-where-VC-packages-with-lisp-dir-were-breakin.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]

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

From: Philip Kaludercic <philipk <at> posteo.net>
To: Ankit Gadiya via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of
 text editors" <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Ankit Gadiya <ankit <at> argp.in>, 79447 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#79447: Package installed with package-vc and :lisp-dir
 breaks list-packages
Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2025 17:42:01 +0000

Ankit Gadiya via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of
text editors" <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org> writes:

> After installing a package using package-vc with the :lisp-dir parameter, the
> subsequent M-x list-packages fail with this message:
>
> package-menu--print-info-simple: Opening directory: No such file or
> directory, /home/ankit/lisp
>
> Steps to reproduce:
>
> 1. Evaluate the following expression or load any package using package-vc with
> :lisp-dir specified.
>
> (use-package rio
>   :vc ( :url "https://github.com/rapyuta-robotics/rapyuta-io-cli"
>         :rev :latest
>         :lisp-dir "./lisp")
>   :bind
>   ("C-c r" . rio-transient))
>
> 2. List packages using M-x list-packages
>
>
> Analysis:
>
> The `package-vc-commit' function assumes :lisp-dir as the full path instead of
> expanding it relative to the package-desc-dir. I've attached a patch to fix
> this. The logic is similar to the one used in package-vc--main-file function.
>
>   (cl-loop with dir = (let ((pkg-spec (package-vc--desc->spec pkg-desc)))
>                         (or (plist-get pkg-spec :lisp-dir)
>                             (package-desc-dir pkg-desc)))

This appears to be a duplicate of bug#79188?  Can you take a look at it
and confirm that?

>
> In GNU Emacs 31.0.50 (build 2, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version
>  3.24.49, cairo version 1.18.4) of 2025-08-19 built on thinkpad
> Repository revision: 2df20f8da0a9db0555cafea434dfc0bc237cc685
> Repository branch: feat/go-test-coverage
> System Description: Debian GNU/Linux 13 (trixie)
>
> Configured using:
>  'configure --prefix=/usr/local/ --localstatedir=/var/local/
>  --libdir=/usr/local/lib/ --sysconfdir=/usr/local/etc/
>  --mandir=/usr/local/share/man/ --with-gameuser=:games --with-modules
>  --without-libotf --without-m17n-flt --without-gconf --without-gsettings
>  --without-m17n-flt --with-native-compilation=aot --with-pgtk
>  --with-sound=yes --with-mailutils --with-tree-sitter 'CFLAGS=-O2 -pipe
>  -march=native -fomit-frame-pointer''
>
> Configured features:
> CAIRO DBUS FREETYPE GLIB GMP GNUTLS HARFBUZZ JPEG LCMS2 LIBSELINUX
> LIBSYSTEMD LIBXML2 MODULES NATIVE_COMP NOTIFY INOTIFY PDUMPER PGTK PNG
> RSVG SECCOMP SOUND SQLITE3 THREADS TIFF TOOLKIT_SCROLL_BARS TREE_SITTER
> WEBP XIM GTK3 ZLIB
>
> Important settings:
>   value of $LANG: en_GB.UTF-8
>   value of $XMODIFIERS: @im=ibus
>   locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix
>
> Major mode: Fundamental
>
> Minor modes in effect:
>   windmove-mode: t
>   global-git-commit-mode: t
>   magit-auto-revert-mode: t
>   electric-pair-mode: t
>   server-mode: t
>   auth-source-xoauth2-plugin-mode: t
>   gcmh-mode: t
>   savehist-mode: t
>   marginalia-mode: t
>   vertico-mode: t
>   which-key-mode: t
>   corfu-popupinfo-mode: t
>   global-corfu-mode: t
>   corfu-mode: t
>   global-auto-revert-mode: t
>   evil-commentary-mode: t
>   global-evil-collection-unimpaired-mode: t
>   evil-collection-unimpaired-mode: t
>   evil-mode: t
>   evil-local-mode: t
>   pixel-scroll-precision-mode: t
>   zoom-mode: t
>   override-global-mode: t
>   tooltip-mode: t
>   global-eldoc-mode: t
>   eldoc-mode: t
>   show-paren-mode: t
>   electric-indent-mode: t
>   mouse-wheel-mode: t
>   tab-bar-mode: t
>   menu-bar-mode: t
>   file-name-shadow-mode: t
>   context-menu-mode: t
>   global-font-lock-mode: t
>   font-lock-mode: t
>   minibuffer-regexp-mode: t
>   column-number-mode: t
>   line-number-mode: t
>   indent-tabs-mode: t
>   transient-mark-mode: t
>   auto-composition-mode: t
>   auto-encryption-mode: t
>   auto-compression-mode: t
>
> Load-path shadows:
> /home/ankit/.config/emacs/elpa/modus-themes-4.8.1/theme-loaddefs hides
> /usr/local/share/emacs/31.0.50/lisp/theme-loaddefs
>
> Features:
> (shadow sort mail-extr emacsbug lisp-mnt whitespace vertico-directory
> magit-patch magit-subtree magit-extras magit-gitignore magit-ediff
> evil-collection-ediff ediff ediff-merg ediff-mult ediff-wind ediff-diff
> ediff-help ediff-init ediff-util goto-addr ispell
> evil-collection-consult consult-xref evil-collection-xref xref consult
> windmove misearch multi-isearch emacs-news-mode emacsql-sqlite-builtin
> face-remap evil-collection-forge forge-repos forge-tablist forge-topics
> forge-commands forge-semi forge-bitbucket forge-gogs forge-gitea
> forge-gitlab forge-github forge-client forge-forgejo forge-notify
> forge-revnote forge-pullreq forge-issue forge-discussion forge-topic
> yaml eieio-custom magit-bookmark evil-collection-bookmark bookmark
> forge-post evil-collection-markdown-mode markdown-mode
> evil-collection-outline noutline outline forge-repo forge forge-core
> ghub-legacy ghub-graphql treepy gsexp ghub let-alist gnutls forge-db
> closql emacsql-sqlite emacsql emacsql-compiler eieio-base
> evil-collection-magit magit-submodule magit-blame magit-stash
> magit-reflog magit-bisect magit-push magit-pull magit-fetch magit-clone
> magit-remote magit-commit magit-sequence magit-notes magit-worktree
> magit-tag magit-merge magit-branch magit-reset magit-files magit-refs
> magit-status magit evil-collection-magit-repos magit-repos magit-apply
> magit-wip magit-log which-func magit-diff evil-collection-smerge-mode
> smerge-mode diff git-commit evil-collection-log-edit log-edit message
> yank-media evil-collection-dired dired dired-loaddefs rfc822 mml mml-sec
> evil-collection-epa epa mm-decode mm-bodies mm-encode mailabbrev
> gmm-utils mailheader pcvs-util add-log magit-core magit-autorevert
> magit-margin magit-transient magit-process evil-collection-with-editor
> with-editor magit-mode benchmark magit-git magit-base
> evil-collection-magit-section magit-section cursor-sensor crm llama
> cond-let bug-reference display-line-numbers hl-line hideshow mule-util
> elec-pair yasnippet evil-collection-vc-git vc-git
> evil-collection-diff-mode diff-mode track-changes vc-dispatcher
> vertico-sort vertico-repeat tramp-cache time-stamp tramp-sh project
> evil-collection-compile compile server auth-source-xoauth2-plugin
> smtpmail sendmail oauth2 url-http url-auth mail-parse rfc2231 rfc2047
> rfc2045 ietf-drums url-gw nsm puny plstore epg rfc6068 epg-config gcmh
> savehist evil-collection-vertico marginalia vertico
> evil-collection-which-key which-key corfu-popupinfo
> evil-collection-corfu kind-icon svg-lib color svg dom xml corfu
> autorevert filenotify evil-commentary evil-commentary-integration
> kubed-transient transient derived kubed evil-collection-daemons daemons
> kubed-tramp kubed-common tramp trampver tramp-integration files-x
> tramp-message tramp-compat shell parse-time iso8601 format-spec
> tramp-loaddefs evil-collection-gnus gnus nnheader gnus-util
> text-property-search time-date mail-utils range mm-util mail-prsvr
> evil-collection-custom cus-edit pp cus-start cus-load wid-edit just-mode
> c++-ts-mode c-ts-mode c-ts-common treesit pcomplete
> evil-collection-comint comint ansi-osc ansi-color
> evil-collection-unimpaired evil-collection-tabulated-list
> evil-collection-tab-bar evil-collection-simple evil-collection-replace
> evil-collection-process-menu evil-collection-package-menu
> evil-collection-kmacro evil-collection-info evil-collection-indent
> evil-collection-imenu evil-collection-helpful evil-collection-help
> evil-collection-elisp-refs evil-collection-elisp-mode
> evil-collection-eldoc evil-collection-edebug evil-collection-debug
> evil-collection-buff-menu evil-collection annalist evil evil-integration
> evil-maps evil-commands reveal evil-jumps evil-command-window evil-types
> evil-search evil-ex evil-macros evil-repeat evil-states evil-core comp
> comp-cstr comp-run comp-common rx evil-common thingatpt rect evil-vars
> helpful cc-langs cc-vars cc-defs imenu trace cl-print edebug debug
> backtrace info-look find-func f help-fns radix-tree elisp-refs s dash
> modus-vivendi-theme modus-themes fontaine pixel-scroll cua-base ring
> orderless zoom no-littering compat exec-path-from-shell
> use-package-ensure edmacro kmacro use-package-bind-key bind-key
> easy-mmode cl-extra help-mode use-package-core
> auth-source-xoauth2-plugin-autoloads caddyfile-mode-autoloads
> corfu-autoloads daemons-autoloads dape-autoloads debbugs-autoloads
> eat-autoloads embark-consult-autoloads consult-autoloads
> embark-autoloads empv-autoloads evil-collection-autoloads
> annalist-autoloads evil-commentary-autoloads evil-autoloads
> exec-path-from-shell-autoloads fish-mode-autoloads fontaine-autoloads
> gcmh-autoloads geiser-guile-autoloads geiser-autoloads
> goto-chg-autoloads gptel-autoloads hcl-mode-autoloads helpful-autoloads
> elisp-refs-autoloads f-autoloads dash-autoloads hurl-mode-autoloads
> just-mode-autoloads keycast-autoloads kind-icon-autoloads
> kubed-autoloads logos-autoloads loop-autoloads marginalia-autoloads
> mcp-autoloads modus-themes-autoloads no-littering-autoloads
> oauth2-autoloads olivetti-autoloads orderless-autoloads
> org-pomodoro-autoloads alert-autoloads log4e-autoloads gntp-autoloads
> orgit-forge-autoloads orgit-autoloads forge-autoloads
> markdown-mode-autoloads magit-autoloads pcase magit-section-autoloads
> ghub-autoloads llama-autoloads closql-autoloads emacsql-autoloads
> cond-let-autoloads pikchr-mode-autoloads finder-inf popper-autoloads
> rfc-mode-autoloads rio-autoloads s-autoloads sly-autoloads warnings
> svg-lib-autoloads system-packages-autoloads treepy-autoloads
> vertico-autoloads vundo-autoloads info with-editor-autoloads
> yaml-autoloads yasnippet-autoloads zoom-autoloads package browse-url xdg
> url url-proxy url-privacy url-expand url-methods url-history url-cookie
> generate-lisp-file url-domsuf url-util mailcap url-handlers url-parse
> auth-source cl-seq eieio eieio-core cl-macs icons password-cache json
> subr-x map byte-opt gv bytecomp byte-compile url-vars cl-loaddefs cl-lib
> rmc iso-transl tooltip cconv eldoc paren electric uniquify ediff-hook
> vc-hooks lisp-float-type elisp-mode mwheel term/pgtk-win pgtk-win
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Message #14 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ankit Gadiya <ankit <at> argp.in>
To: Philip Kaludercic <philipk <at> posteo.net>
Cc: "Ankit Gadiya via Bug reports for GNU Emacs,
 the Swiss army knife of text editors" <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>,
 79447 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#79447: Package installed with package-vc and :lisp-dir breaks
 list-packages
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2025 21:23:38 +0530

On Sun, 14 Sept 2025 at 23:12, Philip Kaludercic <philipk <at> posteo.net> wrote:
>
> Ankit Gadiya via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of
> text editors" <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org> writes:
>
> > After installing a package using package-vc with the :lisp-dir parameter, the
> > subsequent M-x list-packages fail with this message:
> >
> > package-menu--print-info-simple: Opening directory: No such file or
> > directory, /home/ankit/lisp
> >
> > Steps to reproduce:
> >
> > 1. Evaluate the following expression or load any package using package-vc with
> > :lisp-dir specified.
> >
> > (use-package rio
> >   :vc ( :url "https://github.com/rapyuta-robotics/rapyuta-io-cli"
> >         :rev :latest
> >         :lisp-dir "./lisp")
> >   :bind
> >   ("C-c r" . rio-transient))
> >
> > 2. List packages using M-x list-packages
> >
> >
> > Analysis:
> >
> > The `package-vc-commit' function assumes :lisp-dir as the full path instead of
> > expanding it relative to the package-desc-dir. I've attached a patch to fix
> > this. The logic is similar to the one used in package-vc--main-file function.
> >
> >   (cl-loop with dir = (let ((pkg-spec (package-vc--desc->spec pkg-desc)))
> >                         (or (plist-get pkg-spec :lisp-dir)
> >                             (package-desc-dir pkg-desc)))
>
> This appears to be a duplicate of bug#79188?  Can you take a look at it
> and confirm that?

The bug#79188 is a different issue. In my case, the package installed through
package-vc is built properly with both elc and eln files. I don't see any issues
with the package itself. Rather in my case the M-x list-packages broke due to
that one package.

To add some more context, I do have more than one package installed through
package-vc. But the only one with the :lisp-dir parameter triggered
this issue. All
other packages don't break it.

-- 
Ankit

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