Do not pin `lua` as a dependency.main

Fixes #1874.

2 files changed, 22 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/luarocks/deplocks.lua b/src/luarocks/deplocks.lua
index 6f4e40a6..9b9a66d4 100644
--- a/src/luarocks/deplocks.lua
+++ b/src/luarocks/deplocks.lua
@@ -61,6 +61,12 @@ function deplocks.load(root_rock_name, dirname)
 
 
    depstable = result
+
+
+   if depstable.dependencies and depstable.dependencies["lua"] then
+      depstable.dependencies["lua"] = nil
+   end
+
    return true, filename
 end
 
@@ -69,6 +75,11 @@ function deplocks.add(depskey, name, version)
       return
    end
 
+
+   if name == "lua" then
+      return
+   end
+
    local dk = depstable[depskey]
    if not dk then
       dk = {}
diff --git a/src/luarocks/deplocks.tl b/src/luarocks/deplocks.tl
index 2c4889bd..127af92a 100644
--- a/src/luarocks/deplocks.tl
+++ b/src/luarocks/deplocks.tl
@@ -61,6 +61,12 @@ function deplocks.load(root_rock_name: string, dirname: string): boolean, string
 
    -- FIXME we're not really checking that the table is a DepsTable
    depstable = result as DepsTable
+
+   -- Discard any previously pinned version for `lua`.
+   if depstable.dependencies and depstable.dependencies["lua"] then
+      depstable.dependencies["lua"] = nil
+   end
+
    return true, filename
 end
 
@@ -69,6 +75,11 @@ function deplocks.add(depskey: DepsKey, name: string, version: string)
       return
    end
 
+   -- Do not pin `lua`: it is a special pseudo-dependency.
+   if name == "lua" then
+      return
+   end
+
    local dk = depstable[depskey]
    if not dk then
       dk = {}