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package-reinstall should respect originating archives

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From: Ship Mints <shipmints <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: package-reinstall should respect originating archives
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2025 11:11:23 -0400

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I've installed a package that is hosted by multiple archives.  In this
example, it's "dirvish," a nice dired wrapper.  It is hosted in both
non-GNU ELPA and MELPA.  The dirvish author asked for feedback on the MELPA
version before bumping official version numbers which update releases on
ELPA, hence I have the hand-selected MELPA dirvish installed.  I have
package-archive-priorities that put both ELPAs above MELPA.

When I call package-reinstall on dirvish (to overwrite local changes, for
example), the non-GNU ELPA version is installed rather than reinstalling
the MELPA version which is what I expected to happen.  I'm guessing most
users have the same expectation.

-Stephane

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