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25.2; Repository is not shown in the *Packages* buffer for installed packages

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Message #14 received at 27601 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
Cc: 27601 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, 36637 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#27601: 25.2; Repository is not shown in the *Packages*
 buffer for installed packages
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2021 16:54:33 +0200

Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se> writes:

> The package "ivy" is available from all three archives.  After installing the
> package from gnu, when I run M-x package-list-packages, I see in the "*Package*"
> buffer the following two entries (although not next to each other):
>
>   ivy                20190709.740  available  melpa      Incremental
> Vertical completYon
>   ivy                0.11.0        installed             Incremental
> Vertical completYon

I guess the problem here is that we apparently don't save the archive in
`package-alist' when packages are installed?  Is there any particular
reason for that?

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