[Bug]: Symbol's function definition is void: define-short-documentation-group

[ybgwon]

Expected behavior

Normal loading

Actual behavior

Library loading fail. Emacs says below error. "Symbol's function definition is void: define-short-documentation-group"

f.el version

0.20.0

Emacs version

something else (please specify)

Relevant code or log output

emacs-version is a variable defined in ‘C source code’.
Its value is "29.0.50"

(when (version<= "28.1" emacs-version)
   (require 'f-shortdoc))

I think it's a problem with the above code.

[daanturo]

Your Emacs version is outdated, it's now 29.0.60, please update. @Phundrak this is just an issue of using an outdated development version.

[Phundrak]

Alright, I could not verify since I’m on Emacs 30.0.50, I initially reverted the commit out of precaution. I added back the commit

[ybgwon]

I'm not using newest distro. I'm using ubuntu bionic based distro.

I use below repo for emacs-snapshot. deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-elisp/ppa/ubuntu bionic main

$ apt update && apt install emacs-snapshot ... emacs-snapshot is already the newest version (20220430:105493-4ea8ab77e2~ubuntu18.04.1).

[Phundrak]

It simply means your repository’s version is outdated, Emacs snapshot got bumped to version 30.0.50 by the end of November. And based on the version you shared, it hasn’t been updated since April 30th, 2022. I would advise you not to use this package and either compile Emacs yourself if you want its development version or fall back to a stable version.

[ybgwon]

Yes, you are right ! Thank you.

[Phundrak]

Out of curiosity, I went to check on the PPA, it seems it keeps getting updated, just not for Bionic — there is only one package for Bionic in there.