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: Fri, 25 Aug 2023 07:38:19 +0000 Message-ID: <87cyzbtvv8.fsf@posteo.net> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="6330"; 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 Fri Aug 25 09:39:07 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 1qZRPP-0001R8-Am for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 25 Aug 2023 09:39:07 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1qZROm-0006E8-0I; Fri, 25 Aug 2023 03:38:28 -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 1qZROj-00064z-2U for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 25 Aug 2023 03:38:25 -0400 Original-Received: from mout02.posteo.de ([185.67.36.66]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1qZROg-0006jx-HA for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 25 Aug 2023 03:38:24 -0400 Original-Received: from submission (posteo.de [185.67.36.169]) by mout02.posteo.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1627B240101 for ; Fri, 25 Aug 2023 09:38:20 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=posteo.net; s=2017; t=1692949100; bh=wnVen9hAntj56PgMuIfmJxGwQeu7mLmpyntB5xolL9E=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Autocrypt:Date:Message-ID:MIME-Version:From; b=fdApHS788ZdDQu4aiPIS8Rsb+Yf+wGBd+aXbddTL1o8DTrloyeoA42kyQx+jERNpb s2VNNJfD+uuIsb3Ng2iSX1gTIgWpZy8zhlR2eIgklyTT4rmZb9tEH+2G7Kq5XSoChJ E+GcEmskM02pDTrbv4SfbZX3HylN5kLa2gKNHSPqIvO4USlhBMrT7rJm3vVfHd4/i2 8C7Lov89mtplc9w5Hy6JFYGsjdZTKArMBs+LxpTOH0fvJt6NAyInpfEHXF1jbtTCOW B18DiB3VvCVz0G45ujOvlcNbW9fi+ZPRlqSCwphDfcnL+WhRNXl26wW7pqm5xXt5ip aTEq/ozRzhQvQ== Original-Received: from customer (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by submission (posteo.de) with ESMTPSA id 4RXBdR4lM2z6txb; Fri, 25 Aug 2023 09:38:19 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: (David Masterson's message of "Thu, 24 Aug 2023 21:52:23 -0700") 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=185.67.36.66; envelope-from=philipk@posteo.net; helo=mout02.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:144955 Archived-At: David Masterson writes: > Rudolf Schlatte writes: > >> David Masterson writes: >> >>> Can someone describe the process that package-autoremove goes through to >>> create the list of packages that are "safe" to be removed? When I use >>> it, I see a few packages that I have connected to other packages >>> (ex. 'diminish being used by 'use-package). Is there anything I should >>> do to signal to package-autoremove that I know a package is needed? >> >> You can add these packages to `package-selected-packages'. `M-x >> list-packages' will show such packages as "dependency" instead of >> "installed"; typing "i" then "x" on the line of a dependency package >> (i.e., trying to install the package) will add it to >> `package-selected-packages' as well. >> >> For me, this situation comes up when I install a package via >> `(use-package ... :ensure t)' instead of via `list-packages'. > > Sounds like a good possibility for me as well. Someone should adjust > use-package to add the package to package-selected-packages for this > reason. My Lisp isn't that good. 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): --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- ... (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)) ... --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- What might be an issue, is that package-install tries to save the modification of `package-selected-packages' to disk (package.el): --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- (if after-init-time (customize-save-variable 'package-selected-packages package-selected-packages) (add-hook 'after-init-hook #'package--save-selected-packages)) --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- 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).