[Bug: 21.5-b29] packages UI: non-ideal handling of missing deps

================================================================ Dear Bug Team! I've been running into a lot of those "Cannot open load file: " messages. I've just realized that this is probably because the package management UI does not check dependancies unless explicitly requested to do so; it would probably be a good idea to have an option (defaulting to on) to have it do this automatically at the beginning of `pui-install-selected-packages' (aka "x"). If the check fails, the user should probably have a choice between "include dependancies", "ignore dependancies", and "cancel". Also, having realized this, I tried to fix it with just `pui-add-required-packages', but that refused to do anything unless I selected at least one package first; perhaps this check should be removed? Of course, I'm a bit of an XEmacs newbie, so maybe I'm coming at this all wrong, but even so I'm sure that improvements can be made (to help newbies come at it from a better angle, if nothing else). ================================================================ System Info to help track down your bug: --------------------------------------- OS version: Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600] OS: Windows_NT XEmacs 21.5-b29 "garbanzo" configured for `i586-pc-win32'. Building XEmacs using "nmake". Building XEmacs using make flags " ". Building XEmacs in source tree "C:\\XEmacsBuild\\xemacs-21.5.29". For src, using compiler "cl -nologo -W3 -DSTRICT -Zi -Od -MD -c -TP -IC:\XEmacsBuild\xemacs-21.5.29\nt\inc -IC:\XEmacsBuild\xemacs-21.5.29\src -I"C:/cygwin/usr/local/src\xpm-3.4k" -I"C:/cygwin/usr/local/src\xpm-3.4k\lib" -I"C:/cygwin/usr/local/src\libpng-1.2.8" -I"C:/cygwin/usr/local/src/zlib" -I"C:/cygwin/usr/local/src/tiff-3.7.3\libtiff" -I"C:/cygwin/usr/local/src\jpeg-6b" -I"C:/cygwin/usr/local/src/zlib" -DHAVE_MS_WINDOWS -DHAVE_MENUBARS -DHAVE_SCROLLBARS -DHAVE_TOOLBARS -DHAVE_WIDGETS -DHAVE_DIALOGS -DHAVE_XPM -DFOR_MSW -DHAVE_GIF -DHAVE_PNG -DHAVE_TIFF -DHAVE_JPEG -DHAVE_ZLIB -DHAVE_NATIVE_SOUND -DMULE -DERROR_CHECK_ALL -DPDUMP -DSYSTEM_MALLOC -DDEBUG_XEMACS -D_DEBUG -DWIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN -DWIN32_NATIVE -Demacs -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DPATH_VERSION=\"21.5-b29\" -DPATH_PROGNAME=\"xemacs\" -DEMACS_VERSION=\"21.5-b29\" -DEMACS_PROGNAME=\"xemacs\" -DSHEBANG_PROGNAME=\"xemacs-script\" -DSTACK_TRACE_EYE_CATCHER=xemacs_21_5_b29_i586_pc_win32 -DPATH_PREFIX=\""C:/XEmacsBuild/installed/XEmacs-21.5.29"\" -DEMACS_MAJOR_VERSION=21 -DEMACS_MINOR_VERSION=5 -DEMACS_BETA_VERSION=29 -DXEMACS_CODENAME=\""garbanzo"\" -DXEMACS_EXTRA_NAME=\"""\" -DEMACS_CONFIGURATION=\"i586-pc-win32\"". For lib-src, using compiler "cl -nologo -W3 -DSTRICT -Zi -Od -MD -IC:\XEmacsBuild\xemacs-21.5.29\lib-src -IC:\XEmacsBuild\xemacs-21.5.29\src -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DWIN32_NATIVE". Compiling as C++. Installing XEmacs in "C:/XEmacsBuild/installed/XEmacs-21.5.29". Compiling in support for Microsoft Windows native GUI. Compiling in international (MULE) support. Compiling in support for XPM images. Compiling in support for GIF images. Compiling in support for PNG images. Compiling in support for TIFF images. Compiling in support for JPEG images. Compiling in support for GZIP compression/decompression. Compiling in support for toolbars. Compiling in support for dialogs. Compiling in support for widgets. Compiling in support for native sounds. Using portable dumper. Using system malloc. Using DLL version of C runtime library. Compiling in extra internal error-checking. NOTE: --------------------------------------------------------- NOTE: Compiling in support for runtime error-checking. NOTE: XEmacs will run noticeably more slowly as a result. NOTE: Error-checking is on by default for XEmacs beta releases. NOTE: --------------------------------------------------------- Compiling in debugging support (no slowdown). Load-Path Lisp Shadows: ---------------------- (e:\XEmacs\xemacs-packages\lisp\xemacs-base\regexp-opt e:\XEmacs\XEmacs-21.5.29\lisp\regexp-opt e:\XEmacs\xemacs-packages\lisp\xemacs-base\easy-mmode e:\XEmacs\XEmacs-21.5.29\lisp\easy-mmode e:\XEmacs\xemacs-packages\lisp\build\build-report e:\XEmacs\XEmacs-21.5.29\lisp\build-report e:\XEmacs\xemacs-packages\lisp\apel\alist e:\XEmacs\XEmacs-21.5.29\lisp\alist) Internationalization Settings: ------------------------- Environment: Value of LC_ALL : nil Value of LC_COLLATE : nil Value of LC_CTYPE : nil Value of LC_MESSAGES : nil Value of LC_MONETARY : nil Value of LC_NUMERIC : nil Value of LC_TIME : nil Value of LANG : nil Lisp locale settings: current-language-environment => "English" default-buffer-file-coding-system => mswindows-multibyte-dos default-process-coding-system => (undecided . mswindows-multibyte-system-default) (current-locale) => "English_United States.1252" keyboard-coding-system => mswindows-multibyte-system-default terminal-coding-system => mswindows-multibyte-system-default (coding-priority-list) => (iso-8-1 utf-16-little-endian-bom utf-16-bom utf-8-bom iso-7 no-conversion utf-8 iso-8-2 iso-8-designate iso-lock-shift shift-jis big5 utf-16-little-endian utf-16 ucs-4) Coding system aliases: 'native is aliased to mswindows-multibyte-system-default-dos 'file-name is aliased to mswindows-multibyte-system-default 'mswindows-multibyte-system-default is not a coding system alias Installed XEmacs Packages: ------------------------- (xemacs-devel ver: 1.8 upstream: No-Upstream-Ver) (xemacs-base ver: 2.27 upstream: No-Upstream-Ver) (time ver: 1.14 upstream: 1.17) (textools ver: 1.15 upstream: No-Upstream-Ver) (text-modes ver: 1.98 upstream: No-Upstream-Ver) (texinfo ver: 1.3 upstream: No-Upstream-Ver) (speedbar ver: 1.29 upstream: 1.0pre4) (sounds-wav ver: 1.12 upstream: No-Upstream-Ver) (sh-script ver: 1.24 upstream: 2.0f) (reftex ver: 1.34 upstream: 4.21) (prog-modes ver: 2.2 upstream: No-Upstream-Ver) (perl-modes ver: 1.14 upstream: No-Upstream-Ver) (pc ver: 1.28 upstream: No-Upstream-Ver) (os-utils ver: 1.41 upstream: No-Upstream-Ver) (net-utils ver: 1.56 upstream: N/A) (mail-lib ver: 1.8 upstream: No-Upstream-Ver) (igrep ver: 1.16 upstream: 2.111) (gnus ver: 1.94 upstream: 5.10.8) (gnats ver: 1.17 upstream: 3.101) (general-docs ver: 1.06 upstream: No-Upstream-Ver) (fsf-compat ver: 1.19 upstream: No-Upstream-Ver) (eieio ver: 1.07 upstream: 1.0pre4) (efs ver: 1.34 upstream: 1.24) (edit-utils ver: 2.43 upstream: No-Upstream-Ver) (ediff ver: 1.81 upstream: 2.75) (edebug ver: 1.22 upstream: No-Upstream-Ver) (ecrypto ver: 0.21 upstream: 2.0) (ecb ver: 1.22 upstream: 2.31) (dired ver: 1.2 upstream: 7.17) (dictionary ver: 1.16 upstream: 1.8) (debug ver: 1.18 upstream: No-Upstream-Ver) (cc-mode ver: 1.45 upstream: 5.30.10) (c-support ver: 1.22 upstream: No-Upstream-Ver) (build ver: 1.15 upstream: 2.02) (auctex ver: 1.51 upstream: 11.84) (apel ver: 1.34 upstream: 10.7) Features: -------- (mail-abbrevs xemacsbug shadow sendmail rfc822 efs-x19.15 efs-fnh efs-ovwrt efs-netrc efs-defun comint ring efs efs-dump efs-cu package-ui package-get package-admin config lazy-lock font-lock cus-face paren blink-paren tex-mik jka-compr xemacs-devel-autoloads xemacs-base-autoloads time-autoloads textools-autoloads text-modes-autoloads texinfo-autoloads speedbar-autoloads sounds-wav-autoloads sh-script-autoloads reftex-autoloads prog-modes-autoloads perl-modes-autoloads pc-autoloads os-utils-autoloads net-utils-autoloads mail-lib-autoloads igrep-autoloads gnus-autoloads gnats-autoloads general-docs-autoloads fsf-compat-autoloads eieio-autoloads efs-autoloads edit-utils-autoloads ediff-autoloads edebug-autoloads ecrypto-autoloads ecb-autoloads dired-autoloads dictionary-autoloads debug-autoloads cc-mode-autoloads c-support-autoloads build-autoloads tex-site auctex-autoloads apel-autoloads mule-autoloads auto-autoloads auto-show fontl-hooks canna-leim tibetan slovenian czech romanian lao devanagari indian cyrillic code-cmds gutter-items menubar-items x-menubar dragdrop mode-motion mouse behavior itimer auto-save lisp-mode easymenu easy-mmode iso8859-1 page buff-menu lib-complete loadhist cus-file derived newcomment rsz-minibuf env text-props frame obsolete cus-start custom widget cl-extra cl cl-19 packages backquote unicode mswindows-scrollbars mswindows toolbar native-sound scrollbar network-streams subprocesses menu-accelerator-support menubar md5 xemacs mule gutter tiff png gif jpeg xpm xbm lisp-float-type file-coding dde windows-nt dragdrop-api dialog devices window-system base64) Recent keystrokes: ----------------- misc-user misc-user misc-user misc-user misc-user misc-user misc-user misc-user misc-user misc-user misc-user misc-user misc-user misc-user misc-user misc-user misc-user misc-user misc-user misc-user misc-user misc-user misc-user misc-user misc-user misc-user misc-user misc-user misc-user misc-user misc-user misc-user misc-user misc-user misc-user 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Invalid operation: No packages have been selected! Creating package list ... Updated package database Got 128 package-get database entries Listing /anonymous＠ftp.xemacs.org:/pub/xemacs/packages/...done Listing /anonymous＠ftp.xemacs.org:/pub/xemacs/packages/... CWD'ing to /anonymous＠ftp.xemacs.org:/pub/xemacs/packages/...done CWD'ing to /anonymous＠ftp.xemacs.org:/pub/xemacs/packages/... Getting pwd...done Getting pwd... Logging in as user anonymous...done; MOTD of 30 lines Logging in as user anonymous... Opening FTP connection to ftp.xemacs.org... _______________________________________________ XEmacs-Beta mailing list XEmacs-Beta(a)xemacs.org http://calypso.tux.org/mailman/listinfo/xemacs-beta