From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Yuri D'Elia Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#27822: [PATCH] do not auto-remove external packages (fixes #27822) Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2018 14:50:00 +0200 Message-ID: <87h8kyrpqf.fsf@wavexx.thregr.org> References: <87y3rc8thp.fsf@wavexx.thregr.org> <877elugljf.fsf@wavexx.thregr.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1531831748 7630 195.159.176.226 (17 Jul 2018 12:49:08 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2018 12:49:08 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: mu4e 1.1.0; emacs 27.0.50 Cc: 27822@debbugs.gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jul 17 14:49:04 2018 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1ffPPb-0001on-3w for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 17 Jul 2018 14:49:03 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:59097 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ffPRg-0002Su-4I for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 17 Jul 2018 08:51:12 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:37869) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ffPRZ-0002Sn-U4 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 17 Jul 2018 08:51:06 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ffPRW-0008EL-RX for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 17 Jul 2018 08:51:05 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:39551) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ffPRW-0008ED-MM for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 17 Jul 2018 08:51:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1ffPRW-0003QS-FU for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 17 Jul 2018 08:51:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Yuri D'Elia Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2018 12:51:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 27822 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: patch Original-Received: via spool by 27822-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B27822.153183180613091 (code B ref 27822); Tue, 17 Jul 2018 12:51:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 27822) by debbugs.gnu.org; 17 Jul 2018 12:50:06 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:44569 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1ffPQb-0003P4-Ll for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 17 Jul 2018 08:50:06 -0400 Original-Received: from erc.thregr.org ([46.43.2.63]:60368) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1ffPQY-0003OY-RS for 27822@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 17 Jul 2018 08:50:03 -0400 Original-Received: from [2a02:27e8:20:9049:4a2a:e3ff:fe02:7265] (helo=localhost) by erc.thregr.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) id 1ffPQX-0001c2-3W (envelope-from ); Tue, 17 Jul 2018 14:50:01 +0200 In-reply-to: X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 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" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:148608 Archived-At: On Tue, Jul 17 2018, Stefan Monnier wrote: > AFAIK packages installed via dpkg can't be removed (lack of access > rights), so attempting to remove them is not that big of a deal, is it? As described in the bug report, if I add a directory of with custom packages, autoremove will happily zap all of them because they're not marked as manually installed. Additional directories shouldn't be managed by package.el. > Or does it signal an error, prevent local packages from being > auto-removed, or something (I mean, beside the philosophical argument, > does it result in an actual harmful behavior in practice)? Both. Harmful behavior (deletion) in case there's an additional directory of user-handled packages. Removal error due to missing permissions also prevents dependent packages to be auto-removed.