Bug#1032202: New buttercup_eval directive

Sean Whitton <[email protected]> Thu, 09 Jul 2026 13:25:56 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.linux.debian.devel.emacsen
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Sergio Durigan Junior [01/Mar 10:09pm -05] wrote:
> On Wednesday, March 01 2023, Sean Whitton wrote:
>
>> On Wed 01 Mar 2023 at 10:51AM -05, Sergio Durigan Junior wrote:
>>
>>> I would like to propose the inlined patch to implement a new
>>> buttercup_eval directive on dh-elpa.  Aside from the fact that this is a
>>> good-to-have feature, there is a bigger problem at play here: it's
>>> currently not possible to eval elisp code when buttercup is invoked
>>> during autopkgtest, which makes workarounds like the one uploaded for
>>> flycheck (at bug #1028725) incomplete.
>>>
>>> It'd be great if we could have this in bookworm, but due to the freeze
>>> I'd understand if it's not possible.  I'd like to have this in unstable
>>> ASAP, though, if that's OK with you.
>>
>> If it is only for autopkgtests or similar, I don't think it's
>> appropriate for this stage of the freeze -- we can just disable the
>> relevant tests.  Thanks for the patch -- please ping once the next
>> release cycle opens up.
>
> Thanks for the reply.  I will try to remember to ping.

Could you confirm your patch still works?  If so we can install it.

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Sean Whitton

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