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

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From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 27601 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, 36637 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#27601: 25.2; Repository is not shown in the *Packages* buffer for installed packages
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2021 16:33:23 +0200

Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> writes:

> 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?

Yes, this is basically the problem.  AFAICT, there is no particular
reason for this, so it should mostly just be a matter of implementing
it.

I didn't consider recording it in package-alist, but I suppose it
could make sense.  I'd hope we can find a clean and preferably
backwards-compatible way of doing it.

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