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Installed packages are not considered part of the archive contents

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Message #35 received at 16762 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
To: Stefan <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>
Cc: Johan Andersson <johan.rejeep <at> gmail.com>, 16762 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#16762: Installed packages are not considered part of the
 archive contents
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 16:32:29 +0200

On 24.03.2014 15:07, Stefan wrote:

> Doesn't the above package-installed-p mean that we can't complete the
> name of an already installed package we want to upgrade?

Before the patch, `package-install' would be a no-op for a currently 
installed package, even if a new version is available (because when the 
PKG argument is not a pkg-desc, it's passed to 
`package-compute-transaction' in the list of requirements without 
version, and it's immediately satisfied, requiring no package installation).

Considering that `package-install' wouldn't remove the currently 
installed version, I don't think we'd want it to work for upgrades, anyway.

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