Re: packages
|--==> "APA" == Adrian Aichner <adrian(a)xemacs.org> writes:
APA> It's our package management system that leaves packages laying around
APA> in package-get-dir and on next installation it causes the MD5 sum
APA> error that confuses all but experienced users of the package system.
APA> I guess
APA> * package-get-remove-copy - After copying and installing a package, if
this is t, then remove the
APA> should take care of it.
No it shouldn't. 'package-get-remove-copy' does exactly what the docs
say it does.
The problem only crops up if the package download is interrupted and
you are left with a partial file in package-get-dir. It could also
happen if for some reason a package was released without incrementing
its version, but no XPRE worth his salt would ever let that happen.[1]
What is needed is a function to clean up after an unsuccessful or
interrupted package install.
Footnotes:
[1] We'll conveniently overlook the times when I did this. :-)
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