bug#67949: 29.1; package-vc-{install,upgrade} modifies tracked files

[Sean Allred]

Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net> writes:

> This is intentional, the -pkg.el file shouldn't be tracked in the
> repository, as this is a file that should be generated.  When a package
> is distributed on ELPA, it is generated before the tarball is created,
> and the same logic is applied locally here as well.
>
> That being said, it would be nice if we could be more robust here, as
> many packages sadly continue to make the mistake of beliving the -pkg.el
> file is an authoritative source of information.  My guess is that the
> tricky part will be to ensure that this can be done, independently of
> the involved VC backend...

Ah, I see. I suppose the package headers are the authoritative source?

Even after years of elisp work, I guess I just don't distribute new
packages often enough to remember this :-)

Seems this is discussed in Info node "(elisp) Library Headers".

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Sean Allred