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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: Julian H <julian_urlaub@outlook.com>
Cc: 26607@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#26607: 25.1; Installed packages get status 'dependency' after removing obsolete versions.
Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2020 12:17:56 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87pn3vayaj.fsf@gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AM2PR07MB061250591A89D2ED180FDA578B1A0@AM2PR07MB0612.eurprd07.prod.outlook.com> (Julian H.'s message of "Fri, 21 Apr 2017 08:18:30 +0000")

Julian H <julian_urlaub@outlook.com> writes:

> When updating a package and then deleting the obsolete verion, the
> current installed packages don't have the status 'installed'
> afterwards but the status 'dependency'.
>
> How to replicate:
> 1. M-x package-list-packages
> 2. M-x package-menu-mark-obsolete-for-deletion
> 3. delete marked packages

(This bug report unfortunately got no response at the time.)

With 3), do you mean `M-x package-menu-execute' (i.e., `x')?

> Then the status of the currently installed version becomes
> 'dependency'.  For example, this might be problematic when using M-x
> package-autoremove, because these packages would be deleted.

In any case, I can't reproduce this bug, because I don't seem to have
any obsolete packages installed.  Anybody else?

Are you still seeing this bug in more recent versions of Emacs?

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  reply	other threads:[~2020-11-30 11:17 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-04-21  8:18 bug#26607: 25.1; Installed packages get status 'dependency' after removing obsolete versions Julian H
2020-11-30 11:17 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen [this message]
2021-01-12 20:29   ` Lars Ingebrigtsen

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