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28.1.91; package-selected-packages should not be saved to custom-file

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Joost Kremers <joostkremers <at> fastmail.fm>, 57503 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Philip Kaludercic <philipk <at> posteo.net>, Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
Subject: bug#57503: 28.1.91; package-selected-packages should not be saved to custom-file
Date: Mon, 05 Sep 2022 13:16:24 +0200

Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com> writes:

> Iʼm not convinced thatʼs necessary. I just did the following:
>
> 1. emacs-29+my patch, install some packages => no package-selected-packages
> setting
> 2. emacs-28, run `package-list-packagesʼ => package-selected-packages
> is populated with packages set in step 1, and saved in .emacs

Oh, I didn't know that it was automatically recreated.  Then what's the
point of the variable?  According to the doc string:

---
Store here packages installed explicitly by user.
---

Does 2) there get that right, or does it contain all packages installed,
explicitly or not?

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