Re: Version tags for cus-start.el options

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2018 13:14:40 +0300
> From: Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden>
> 
> I noticed that options that are defined in C don't have the "This
> variable was first introduced..." part in the *Help* buffer, even if
> cus-start.el does state the version for them.  Why is that?  And
> customize-changed-options does somehow discover the version for those
> variables, because it offers them in the buffer it creates.
> 
> So I wonder why don't show this info in *Help*.  Is it a bug?

Looks like a bug, yes.  Does anyone see anything wrong with the patch
below?

diff --git a/lisp/cus-start.el b/lisp/cus-start.el
index 1a5b3ca..88a6175 100644
--- a/lisp/cus-start.el
+++ b/lisp/cus-start.el
@@ -711,6 +711,8 @@ minibuffer-prompt-properties--setter
          (put symbol 'risky-local-variable (cadr prop)))
       (if (setq prop (memq :set rest))
          (put symbol 'custom-set (cadr prop)))
+      ;; This is used by describe-variable.
+      (if version (put symbol 'custom-version version))
       ;; Don't re-add to custom-delayed-init-variables post-startup.
       (unless after-init-time
        ;; Note this is the _only_ initialize property we handle.
@@ -731,7 +733,6 @@ minibuffer-prompt-properties--setter
          (custom-add-to-group group symbol 'custom-variable))
        ;; Set the type.
        (put symbol 'custom-type type)
-       (if version (put symbol 'custom-version version))
        (while rest
          (setq prop (car rest)
                propval (cadr rest)