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bug#24493: 25.1; Delete dependency in package manager
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Clément Pit--Claudel |
Subject: |
bug#24493: 25.1; Delete dependency in package manager |
Date: |
Sun, 25 Sep 2016 10:49:56 -0400 |
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On 2016-09-25 09:43, Michael Heerdegen wrote:
> Dominik Schrempf <dominik.schrempf@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> When deleting a dependency in the package manager (flag dependency
>> with d, then execute action with x), the minibuffer reads "Package
>> manager: Operation finished [deleted 1]". However, deletion did not
>> take place because the FORCE flag has not been given to
>> `package-delete'.
>
> Indeed, I saw that too yesterday. The current behavior is very
> confusing to the end user. It's important to fix this.
I think it would be nice to mark reverse dependencies of the package for
deletion, instead of silently skipping it. Maybe pressing d on a dependency
could prompt: "this will also uninstall x, y, z, continue?".
Clément.
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