GNU bug report logs - #23346
25.1.50; package.el silently installs package dependencies

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Ian Dunn <dunni <at> gnu.org>

Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2016 16:18:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Found in version 25.1.50

Fixed in version 29.1

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

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From: Ian Dunn <dunni <at> gnu.org>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 25.1.50; package.el silently installs package dependencies
Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2016 12:17:01 -0400


    For instance, if I request to install trie, I will be asked in the minibuffer if I want to install it.  That's fine, but then all of its dependencies are installed without asking.  Would it be possible to do a dependency check before prompting the user?


In GNU Emacs 25.1.50.1 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.18.9)
 of 2016-04-11 built on escafil
Repository revision: 435da5d2955ce35be4785b7d46566ed9b42ea9fb
Windowing system distributor 'The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.11803000
System Description:	Parabola GNU/Linux-libre

Configured using:
 'configure --with-modules --with-xwidgets CC=gcc
 PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/:/usr/local/lib64/pkgconfig/:/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/:/usr/local/lib64/pkgconfig/:'

Configured features:
XPM JPEG TIFF GIF PNG RSVG IMAGEMAGICK SOUND GPM DBUS GCONF GSETTINGS
NOTIFY ACL GNUTLS LIBXML2 FREETYPE M17N_FLT LIBOTF XFT ZLIB
TOOLKIT_SCROLL_BARS GTK3 X11 MODULES XWIDGETS

Important settings:
  value of $LANG: en_US.UTF-8
  locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix

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Ian Dunn
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bug#23346; Package emacs. (Fri, 13 May 2022 13:32:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Ian Dunn <dunni <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 23346 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#23346: 25.1.50; package.el silently installs package
 dependencies
Date: Fri, 13 May 2022 15:31:28 +0200

Ian Dunn <dunni <at> gnu.org> writes:

>     For instance, if I request to install trie, I will be asked in the
>     minibuffer if I want to install it.  That's fine, but then all of
>     its dependencies are installed without asking.  Would it be
>     possible to do a dependency check before prompting the user?

I've now added this to Emacs 29.

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bug marked as fixed in version 29.1, send any further explanations to 23346 <at> debbugs.gnu.org and Ian Dunn <dunni <at> gnu.org> Request was from Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Fri, 13 May 2022 13:32:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
bug archived. Request was from Debbugs Internal Request <help-debbugs <at> gnu.org> to internal_control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Sat, 11 Jun 2022 11:24:05 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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