From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Glenn Morris Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#18021: 24.3.92; Uninstalling package foo leaves foo.txt file in elpa dir Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2014 17:23:50 -0400 Message-ID: References: <5ssim188ar.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <868unthvu2.fsf@yandex.ru> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1405545855 12570 80.91.229.3 (16 Jul 2014 21:24:15 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2014 21:24:15 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Jan Rehders , 18021@debbugs.gnu.org To: Dmitry Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jul 16 23:24:08 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1X7WgJ-00076j-9z for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 16 Jul 2014 23:24:07 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:41382 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X7WgI-00025c-Sn for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 16 Jul 2014 17:24:06 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:57586) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X7WgF-00025Q-He for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 16 Jul 2014 17:24:04 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X7WgE-0005z8-R7 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 16 Jul 2014 17:24:03 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:33392) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X7WgE-0005z4-Oz for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 16 Jul 2014 17:24:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1X7WgE-0007j6-9u for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 16 Jul 2014 17:24:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Glenn Morris Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2014 21:24:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 18021 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 18021-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B18021.140554583529678 (code B ref 18021); Wed, 16 Jul 2014 21:24:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 18021) by debbugs.gnu.org; 16 Jul 2014 21:23:55 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:56891 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1X7Wg6-0007iU-4j for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 16 Jul 2014 17:23:54 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([208.118.235.10]:44963 ident=Debian-exim) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1X7Wg3-0007iI-Oi for 18021@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 16 Jul 2014 17:23:52 -0400 Original-Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X7Wg2-000329-To; Wed, 16 Jul 2014 17:23:50 -0400 X-Spook: STARLAN Qaddafi Lon Horiuchi Exon Shell plutonium AVIP X-Ran: v=1$L7|l\][u/MVw`~G`dSOB.2ufx!{|.N~H(G=bi4{e0F^g@@E&e#6MY_\M,w7Uuw_gJH X-Hue: green X-Attribution: GM In-Reply-To: <868unthvu2.fsf@yandex.ru> (Dmitry's message of "Wed, 16 Jul 2014 23:50:29 +0300") User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 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.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:91600 Archived-At: Dmitry wrote: > Furhermore, the -readme.txt files get saved in the elpa dir regardless > of whether you install the respective packages or not. > > They are cached there: when the user opens the description buffer for a > package that hasn't been installed yet, the -readme.txt file gets > downloaded, saved, and then displayed. I think you've confirmed that this is intended behaviour and not a bug.