GNU bug report logs - #16313
24.3; package-delete does not update package-alist

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: stephen_leake <at> stephe-leake.org

Date: Wed, 1 Jan 2014 12:39:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: moreinfo

Found in version 24.3

Fixed in version 24.4

Done: Bastien Guerry <bzg <at> altern.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Bastien <bzg <at> altern.org>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 16313 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#16313: 24.3; package-delete does not update package-alist
Date: Wed, 08 Jan 2014 09:38:20 +0100

Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> writes:

> Bastien Guerry wrote:
>
>> Still, package-delete did not cleanly delete the package from
>> package-alist, only its description.
>
> _Should_ it remove the entire entry? It's not obvious to me, given eg
> the way package-installed-p works.

I've read through the code and I think package-delete should remove
the entire entry.  The docstring of package-alist also suggests so.

Let me know if I'm wrong.

-- 
 Bastien
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