GNU bug report logs - #26447
Packages are "available obsolete" after being installed

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2017 17:07:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 25.2

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From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Packages are "available obsolete" after being installed
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2017 13:06:37 -0400

Package: emacs
Version: 25.2

mkdir /tmp/foo
HOME=/tmp/foo emacs
M-x list-packages RET
Select "ack" (eg)
  -> In the Help buffer:
     ack is an available package.
Hit "install", confirm "yes"
  -> The Help buffer changes to say:
     ack is an available obsolete package.
     Status: Available Obsolete from gnu -- Install

In the Packages buffer, the status has correctly updated to "installed".
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From: Artur Malabarba <bruce.connor.am <at> gmail.com>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 26447 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#26447: Packages are "available obsolete" after being installed
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2017 16:16:46 -0300

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     Status: Available Obsolete from gnu -- Install

In the Packages buffer, the status has correctly updated to "installed".


Well, technically, they're both right. :-)
The help buffer is still showing the details for the remote package (which
is obsolete now that you have it locally), while the Packages buffer is
showing the locally installed package (whose status is "installed").

But I understand the confusion. Perhaps,  after installing the package, the
help buffer should be changed to point to the local package.

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From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: bruce.connor.am <at> gmail.com
Cc: 26447 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#26447: Packages are "available obsolete" after being installed
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2017 16:07:15 -0400

Artur Malabarba wrote:

> Perhaps, after installing the package, the help buffer should be
> changed to point to the local package.

That's what I expected to happen.
It's what happens (more or less) in Emacs 24.5.
Severity set to 'minor' from 'normal' Request was from npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Sat, 06 May 2017 17:08:01 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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