From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#44306: package-delete exiting on encountering system/dependency packages Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2020 14:12:19 +0100 Message-ID: <87sg9vhn7w.fsf@gnus.org> References: <20201029125237.t4a5fiwrosfulpev@E15-2016.optimum.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="27187"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: 44306@debbugs.gnu.org To: Boruch Baum Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Fri Oct 30 14:13:11 2020 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-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 1kYUDP-0006vy-DQ for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 30 Oct 2020 14:13:11 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:42536 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kYUDO-00088D-DM for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 30 Oct 2020 09:13:10 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:60368) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kYUDG-00087o-T1 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 30 Oct 2020 09:13:02 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:45060) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kYUDG-0001P7-Fn for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 30 Oct 2020 09:13:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1kYUDG-0005IL-BU for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 30 Oct 2020 09:13:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2020 13:13:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 44306 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 44306-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B44306.160406355120311 (code B ref 44306); Fri, 30 Oct 2020 13:13:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 44306) by debbugs.gnu.org; 30 Oct 2020 13:12:31 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:56606 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1kYUCk-0005HX-Od for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 30 Oct 2020 09:12:31 -0400 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([95.216.78.240]:37714) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1kYUCi-0005HG-Uk for 44306@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 30 Oct 2020 09:12:29 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnus.org; s=20200322; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:Date: References:Subject:Cc:To:From:Sender:Reply-To:Content-Transfer-Encoding: Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender: Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=NEi+EzAel2xeZ7S9PmS2u0ogn+8gPe0oRz4ufzbaivQ=; b=F2CzeKpXZW2WtzqmkZ1lYcCx7B CRxTRxUSaKzHy0io+185cvIX+sRt1tvEIDPoBbEDUAv23DSWRnuWmDvzYSPZjm4ybPgCUJoK9vbbm rvIytvKbjoF6Hrm/PYaOAm6o43PryXMm14uaCfUFsn8yoVeSbMYVD4kjXIBxs7WWue64=; Original-Received: from cm-84.212.202.86.getinternet.no ([84.212.202.86] helo=xo) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1kYUCa-0000Oz-OI; Fri, 30 Oct 2020 14:12:23 +0100 X-Now-Playing: Noveller's _Arrow_: "Canyons" In-Reply-To: <20201029125237.t4a5fiwrosfulpev@E15-2016.optimum.net> (Boruch Baum's message of "Thu, 29 Oct 2020 08:52:37 -0400") X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:192088 Archived-At: Boruch Baum writes: > When attempting to perform package-autoremove to clean up obsolete > packages, my emacs would abort with an error that `foo' is a system > package. Thus, it had become impossible to perform the operation. I > altered function package-delete to replace its two calls to function > `error' with simple `message' and can now clean up the packages. It kinda sounds like there something wrong in what package-autoremove is trying to delete. I'm assuming that the package wasn't literally "foo" -- what package was it that it wanted to remove? -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no