From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Philip Kaludercic Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: package-autoremove ? Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2023 12:03:15 +0000 Message-ID: <87a5ueovss.fsf@posteo.net> References: <87cyzbtvv8.fsf@posteo.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="38203"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: Rudolf Schlatte , help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: David Masterson Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sat Aug 26 14:03:51 2023 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-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 1qZs19-0009kw-DU for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sat, 26 Aug 2023 14:03:51 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1qZs0k-0002zb-6U; Sat, 26 Aug 2023 08:03:26 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1qZs0i-0002xf-OV for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 26 Aug 2023 08:03:24 -0400 Original-Received: from mout01.posteo.de ([185.67.36.65]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1qZs0g-0004ln-FM for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 26 Aug 2023 08:03:24 -0400 Original-Received: from submission (posteo.de [185.67.36.169]) by mout01.posteo.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 24527240028 for ; Sat, 26 Aug 2023 14:03:21 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=posteo.net; s=2017; t=1693051401; bh=VZKfgaPnDCyvo4RlzO6jb1ryGN/U44rilma/nCQ4Xwo=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Autocrypt:Date:Message-ID:MIME-Version:From; b=f69cRHIQVcGpa2WFQI02eny11r5lxn7w9X+2AABrCPWqT3UnfGrqYC8rXBULqO5Q5 Z9Sqot0sWqmQ1aSJrXhvNKnS9FoqIXPZwDYFTU0xSeM0tZ6HN/MUi/29yzbBNk1vYq ve/Vpv065ZrKj53F9h7K8GlGAA2q+S/eixIimF6doQZ/NB8fEv5J5Hdnygp8eYG78w 35cMP7TxgrKLKcUvuzbSvPySW7Q1VyDciBlQaMR7EQxC5y0YYeDuxcXhnFPtl0TXjX LrRTPGVA0gomz57yJ9Xl78SM0QmZRpijJvW9qNwk6K/n7ES+rqK2+vvxEPBhoxtkpA 6ijNmxx1fuJ4A== Original-Received: from customer (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by submission (posteo.de) with ESMTPSA id 4RXwSm5Vt7z6tw3; Sat, 26 Aug 2023 14:03:20 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: (David Masterson's message of "Fri, 25 Aug 2023 18:50:43 -0700") X-Hashcash: 1:20:230826:dsmasterson@gmail.com::DO9QCvrb9rPYqDW7:1MXr X-Hashcash: 1:20:230826:rudi@constantly.at::bOdJyzSj5vEcdZhh:6EHC X-Hashcash: 1:20:230826:help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org::8ci49fDKZrdO/Ylo:8G0l Autocrypt: addr=philipk@posteo.net; keydata= mDMEZBBQQhYJKwYBBAHaRw8BAQdAHJuofBrfqFh12uQu0Yi7mrl525F28eTmwUDflFNmdui0QlBo aWxpcCBLYWx1ZGVyY2ljIChnZW5lcmF0ZWQgYnkgYXV0b2NyeXB0LmVsKSA8cGhpbGlwa0Bwb3N0 ZW8ubmV0PoiWBBMWCAA+FiEEDg7HY17ghYlni8XN8xYDWXahwukFAmQQUEICGwMFCQHhM4AFCwkI BwIGFQoJCAsCBBYCAwECHgECF4AACgkQ8xYDWXahwulikAEA77hloUiSrXgFkUVJhlKBpLCHUjA0 mWZ9j9w5d08+jVwBAK6c4iGP7j+/PhbkxaEKa4V3MzIl7zJkcNNjHCXmvFcEuDgEZBBQQhIKKwYB BAGXVQEFAQEHQI5NLiLRjZy3OfSt1dhCmFyn+fN/QKELUYQetiaoe+MMAwEIB4h+BBgWCAAmFiEE Dg7HY17ghYlni8XN8xYDWXahwukFAmQQUEICGwwFCQHhM4AACgkQ8xYDWXahwukm+wEA8cml4JpK NeAu65rg+auKrPOP6TP/4YWRCTIvuYDm0joBALw98AMz7/qMHvSCeU/hw9PL6u6R2EScxtpKnWof z4oM Received-SPF: pass client-ip=185.67.36.65; envelope-from=philipk@posteo.net; helo=mout01.posteo.de X-Spam_score_int: -43 X-Spam_score: -4.4 X-Spam_bar: ---- X-Spam_report: (-4.4 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED=-2.3, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H5=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=0.001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:144972 Archived-At: David Masterson writes: > Philip Kaludercic writes: > >> The :ensure keyword for use-package should select the packages, since it >> invokes `package-install' without setting the optional DONT-SELECT >> argument (use-package-ensure.el): >> >> ... >> (if (assoc package package-archive-contents) >> (package-install package) >> (package-refresh-contents) >> (when (assoc package (bound-and-true-p >> package-pinned-packages)) >> (package-read-all-archive-contents)) >> (package-install package)) >> ... >> >> >> What might be an issue, is that package-install tries to save the >> modification of `package-selected-packages' to disk (package.el): > > Save it to "custom-file" which might be nil (.emacs). Didn't know about > custom-file... > >> (if after-init-time >> (customize-save-variable 'package-selected-packages >> package-selected-packages) >> (add-hook 'after-init-hook #'package--save-selected-packages)) >> >> Now if you have customised `custom-file' and/or don't load the contents >> of the file, then upon restarting Emacs the updated value would be lost >> and package-autoremove would suggest removing all the packages installed >> by use-package (but also package-install, for that matter). > > What happens if custom-file (.emacs) is already loaded in a buffer? I > thought, if you customize something (via the GUI?), the custom-file > (.emacs) would be loaded into a buffer (unless it's already in a buffer) > and the custom-variables would be updated. When you exit Emacs, the > file would be saved. That should be the case. You can experiment with this yourself using `customize-save-variable'. -- Philip Kaludercic