>>>> "viteno" == Norbert Koch
<viteno(a)xemacs.org> writes:
viteno> Adrian Aichner <adrian(a)xemacs.org> writes:
viteno> Hi!
Hi Norbert!
Jeff> I had to first delete the packages that had previously
Jeff> gotten the checksum errors from /tmp though.
>
> Right, packages in `package-get-dir' prior to download should at least
> be warned about, for lack of better ideas.
>
> The current behavior is definitely confusing.
viteno> I delete old versions of packages in the pre-release directory [a].
viteno> As I've understood Jeff he had to delete his local copy of the
viteno> package file before he was able to install the new one. And I don't
viteno> want to mess with that :-)
But it's exactly this annoyance that I think should be addressed.
It's our package management system that leaves packages laying around
in package-get-dir and on next installation it causes the MD5 sum
error that confuses all but experienced users of the package system.
I guess
* package-get-remove-copy - After copying and installing a package, if this is t,
then remove the
should take care of it.
Adrian
viteno> norbert.
viteno> Footnotes:
viteno> [a] In this case I've simply replaced the existing wrong files.
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