From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#57503: 28.1.91; package-selected-packages should not be saved to custom-file Date: Wed, 07 Sep 2022 07:38:10 +0200 Message-ID: <878rmvpwvx.fsf@miha-pc> References: <87bks0368n.fsf@fastmail.fm> <87h71pc450.fsf@posteo.net> <87y1v1j4os.fsf@gnus.org> <87bkrxg81b.fsf@gmail.com> <875yi4iy37.fsf@gnus.org> <871qsrbedc.fsf@gnus.org> <877d2iff15.fsf@gmail.com> <878rmy3wc7.fsf@gnus.org> <87tu5mdopn.fsf@gmail.com> <87h71mdkuq.fsf@gmail.com> <87edwp1w2z.fsf@gnus.org> <87wnagdih0.fsf@gmail.com> <87ilm0vlk7.fsf@gnus.org> <87czc8pi3i.fsf@miha-pc> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="35810"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: Joost Kremers , 57503@debbugs.gnu.org, Lars Ingebrigtsen , Philip Kaludercic , Robert Pluim To: Stefan Kangas Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Wed Sep 07 07:25:15 2022 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1oVnYo-00098K-Tx for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 07 Sep 2022 07:25:14 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:50326 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1oVnYn-0008US-98 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 07 Sep 2022 01:25:13 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:34016) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1oVnYc-0008UK-7R for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Sep 2022 01:25:02 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:36265) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1oVnYb-0005zR-Qr for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Sep 2022 01:25:01 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1oVnYb-0005ZY-JO for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Sep 2022 01:25:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 07 Sep 2022 05:25:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 57503 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 57503-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B57503.166252830021411 (code B ref 57503); Wed, 07 Sep 2022 05:25:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 57503) by debbugs.gnu.org; 7 Sep 2022 05:25:00 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:53197 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1oVnYa-0005ZG-FQ for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 07 Sep 2022 01:25:00 -0400 Original-Received: from kamnitnik.top ([209.250.245.214]:42426) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1oVnYY-0005Z5-SJ for 57503@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 07 Sep 2022 01:24:59 -0400 In-Reply-To: X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:241726 Archived-At: Stefan Kangas writes: > writes: > >> And if my opinion counts, I like having the variable in my .emacs, >> possibly under revision control. On a fresh machine, I can then simply >> type M-x package-install-selected-packages to install all the packages >> from the variable, and M-x package-autoremove to uninstall all packeges >> not in listed the variable. > > Can't this use case be supported with a multisession variable too > though? Indeed it can, sorry. I was under the false impression that multisesion variables were stored in a sqlite database by default, which isn't suitable for revision control.