GNU bug report logs - #44366
26.2: package-delete not removing all obsolete versions of a package

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Boruch Baum <boruch_baum <at> gmx.com>

Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2020 06:39:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 26.2

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From: Boruch Baum <boruch_baum <at> gmx.com>
To: Emacs Bug Reporting <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
Subject: 26.2: package-delete not removing all obsolete versions of a package
Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2020 01:38:46 -0500

emacs-version: 26.2 (debian)

  NOTE: This is a follow-up to bug report #44306.

When several versions of a package accumulate (in my case, it seems to
have arisen because operations of `package-autoremove' failed in
mid-course), then package-autoremove only deletes the single most recent
obsolete version of the package. For example, in examining my *Messages*
buffer, I see that one run of the function reported

   Package `popup-20200610.317' deleted.

A next run of the function reported

   Package `popup-20200531.742' deleted.

Finally, the most recent run of the function reported:

   Package `popup-0.5.8' is a system package, not deleting

My expectation is that all obsolete versions of a package should be
removed on the first run of the function.

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