Package: emacs;
Reported by: david <davidimagid <at> gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2025 17:43:02 UTC
Severity: normal
Found in version 31.0.50
Message #5 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):
From: david <davidimagid <at> gmail.com> To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org Subject: 31.0.50; describe-package: Duplicate installed versions and incorrect Install button state Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2025 13:42:21 -0400
Hi Emacs developers, I found a bug in the `describe-package` interface. Here are the steps to reproduce it: 1. Open Emacs and run `M-x list-packages RET`. 2. Click on a package that is already installed (Status: Installed). 3. In the "Other versions" section, click on the same version that is already installed. 4. The package description now shows "Install" even though the package is already installed. 5. If you click "Install", the package is reinstalled, and the "Other versions" section shows the same version twice as installed. The same behavior occurs for packages with Status: dependency. The difference is that when you click "Install" in `describe-package`, the package changes its status in `list-packages` from "dependency" to "installed". Additionally, the package appears duplicated in the "Other versions" section. However, after restarting Emacs, the package returns to its original "dependency" status in `list-packages`. Expected behavior: - The "Install" button should not be shown if the package is already installed. Alternatively, the button could be renamed to "Reinstall" or replaced with a "Delete" button to better reflect the available actions for an already installed package. - The "Other versions" section should not display duplicate entries for the same installed version. If you click "Install" again, the package is overwritten, and a third duplicate entry appears as installed. In GNU Emacs 31.0.50 (build 2, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.24.43, cairo version 1.18.2) of 2025-03-16 built on fedora Repository revision: eab14d68b2e72b9a6b8b0cc67c9667c2bfbed4f5 Repository branch: master System Description: Fedora Linux 41 (Workstation Edition) Configured using: 'configure --with-imagemagick --with-pgtk --with-tree-sitter --with-mailutils --with-sound=yes --with-pdumper=yes --with-dumping=pdumper --with-file-notification=yes --with-gnutls' Configured features: ACL CAIRO DBUS FREETYPE GIF GLIB GMP GNUTLS GPM GSETTINGS HARFBUZZ IMAGEMAGICK JPEG LIBOTF LIBSELINUX LIBSYSTEMD LIBXML2 MODULES NATIVE_COMP NOTIFY INOTIFY PDUMPER PGTK PNG RSVG SECCOMP SOUND SQLITE3 THREADS TIFF TOOLKIT_SCROLL_BARS TREE_SITTER WEBP XIM GTK3 ZLIB Important settings: value of $LANG: en_US.UTF-8 value of $XMODIFIERS: @im=ibus locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix Major mode: Lisp Interaction Minor modes in effect: tooltip-mode: t global-eldoc-mode: t eldoc-mode: t show-paren-mode: t electric-indent-mode: t mouse-wheel-mode: t tool-bar-mode: t menu-bar-mode: t file-name-shadow-mode: t global-font-lock-mode: t font-lock-mode: t blink-cursor-mode: t minibuffer-regexp-mode: t line-number-mode: t indent-tabs-mode: t transient-mark-mode: t auto-composition-mode: t auto-encryption-mode: t auto-compression-mode: t Load-path shadows: None found. 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