GNU bug report logs - #27010
The "package-autoremove" will remove many useful packages.

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: 王志鹏 <mei_qi <at> icloud.com>

Date: Sun, 21 May 2017 16:13:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: moreinfo, wontfix

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: 王志鹏 <mei_qi <at> icloud.com>
Cc: 27010 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#27010: The "package-autoremove" will remove many useful packages.
Date: Mon, 22 May 2017 16:59:07 -0400

王志鹏 wrote:

> When I use this feature, it will remove many useful packages.
> Under what circumstances will the packages be autoremove?

When they are not listed in package-selected-packages, or dependencies
of packages so listed. This is not a detailed answer, but your report
isn't detailed either.
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