bug#65649: [PATCH] package-vc: Continue installing package when documentation build fails

[Philip Kaludercic]

Btw, watch out when reporting a bug, you shouldn't CC people directly,
but add a X-Debbugs-CC header
(https://debbugs.gnu.org/Reporting.html#xcc), as otherwise I'd be
creating a new bug report when responding to your message.

Joseph Turner <joseph@breatheoutbreathe.in> writes:

> It would be nice to report more information about the package with failed
> documentation, but AFAICT with-demoted-errors does not allow its FORMAT
> string to be a symbol whose value is a string.

What are the main errors we are concerned with?  I am a bit concerned
that `with-demoted-errors' is a too coarse approach and might be applied
to widely in your current patch.  It might be better to use a classical
condition-case and handle the right errors in the right place, or if
practicable try to detect if an error would occur before doing anything.

Also, the buffer *package-vc doc* should stay persistent and would
include error messages, that could also be used here.

> Joseph Turner <joseph@breatheoutbreathe.in> writes:
>
>> Oops, the format string should be %S, not %s.
>>
>> [2. text/x-diff; 
>> 0001-Continue-installing-package-when-documentation-build.patch]
>> From 83c62d80b5199cee911e30c1f3bb03c5a585b689 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
>> From: Joseph Turner <joseph@breatheoutbreathe.in>
>> Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2023 23:24:16 -0700
>> Subject: [PATCH] Continue installing package when documentation building 
>> fails
>>
>> * lisp/emacs-lisp/package-vc.el (package-vc--build-documentation):
>> Demote errors to messages.
>> ---
>>  lisp/emacs-lisp/package-vc.el | 61 ++++++++++++++++++-----------------
>>  1 file changed, 31 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/package-vc.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/package-vc.el
>> index 747fe696204..bc1200c583f 100644
>> --- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/package-vc.el
>> +++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/package-vc.el
>> @@ -409,36 +409,37 @@ prepared."
>>    "Build documentation for package PKG-DESC from documentation source in 
>> FILE.
>>  FILE can be an Org file, indicated by its \".org\" extension,
>>  otherwise it's assumed to be an Info file."
>> -  (let* ((pkg-name (package-desc-name pkg-desc))
>> -         (default-directory (package-desc-dir pkg-desc))
>> -         (docs-directory (file-name-directory (expand-file-name file)))
>> -         (output (expand-file-name (format "%s.info" pkg-name)))
>> -         clean-up)
>> -    (when (string-match-p "\\.org\\'" file)
>> -      (require 'ox)
>> -      (require 'ox-texinfo)
>> -      (with-temp-buffer
>> -        (insert-file-contents file)
>> -        (setq file (make-temp-file "ox-texinfo-"))
>> -        (let ((default-directory docs-directory))
>> -          (org-export-to-file 'texinfo file))
>> -        (setq clean-up t)))
>> -    (with-current-buffer (get-buffer-create " *package-vc doc*")
>> -      (erase-buffer)
>> -      (cond
>> -       ((/= 0 (call-process "makeinfo" nil t nil
>> -                            "-I" docs-directory
>> -                            "--no-split" file
>> -                            "-o" output))
>> -        (message "Failed to build manual %s, see buffer %S"
>> -                 file (buffer-name)))
>> -       ((/= 0 (call-process "install-info" nil t nil
>> -                            output (expand-file-name "dir")))
>> -        (message "Failed to install manual %s, see buffer %S"
>> -                 output (buffer-name)))
>> -       ((kill-buffer))))
>> -    (when clean-up
>> -      (delete-file file))))
>> +  (with-demoted-errors "package-vc: Could not build documentation: %S"
>> +    (let* ((pkg-name (package-desc-name pkg-desc))
>> +           (default-directory (package-desc-dir pkg-desc))
>> +           (docs-directory (file-name-directory (expand-file-name file)))
>> +           (output (expand-file-name (format "%s.info" pkg-name)))
>> +           clean-up)
>> +      (when (string-match-p "\\.org\\'" file)
>> +        (require 'ox)
>> +        (require 'ox-texinfo)
>> +        (with-temp-buffer
>> +          (insert-file-contents file)
>> +          (setq file (make-temp-file "ox-texinfo-"))
>> +          (let ((default-directory docs-directory))
>> +            (org-export-to-file 'texinfo file))
>> +          (setq clean-up t)))
>> +      (with-current-buffer (get-buffer-create " *package-vc doc*")
>> +        (erase-buffer)
>> +        (cond
>> +         ((/= 0 (call-process "makeinfo" nil t nil
>> +                              "-I" docs-directory
>> +                              "--no-split" file
>> +                              "-o" output))
>> +          (message "Failed to build manual %s, see buffer %S"
>> +                   file (buffer-name)))
>> +         ((/= 0 (call-process "install-info" nil t nil
>> +                              output (expand-file-name "dir")))
>> +          (message "Failed to install manual %s, see buffer %S"
>> +                   output (buffer-name)))
>> +         ((kill-buffer))))
>> +      (when clean-up
>> +        (delete-file file)))))
>>
>>  (defun package-vc-install-dependencies (deps)
>>    "Install missing dependencies according to DEPS.