bug#20834: 25.0.50; install-autoremove cycle with the tablist package

[Artur Malabarba]

Does this mean the problem is gone for now?

I think I see what may have caused the problem. I'll push a possible
fix and lets see how that goes.

2015-06-17 14:48 GMT+01:00 Tassilo Horn <tsdh@gnu.org>:
> Artur Malabarba <bruce.connor.am@gmail.com> writes:
>
> Ok, there's a new package version for `names'.  So here's what I get
> with your recipe.
>
>> Could you try the following?
>>
>> 1. Delete `tablist`.
>
> Done (or rather I've uninstalled it previously in another emacs
> instance).
>
>> 2. Hit `U` to mark packages for upgrade.
>
> I can upgrade names-20150611.636 to the recent version 20150617.359.
>
>> 3. Does `tablist` get marked for installation?
>
> No.
>
> Now I went through all installed packages and their dependencies, and
> none of them requires tablist.  So that suggests that when doing
> `package-autoremove' the removed packages might still be left over in
> some variable which forces a reinstall with the next upgrade.  This
> doesn't seem to happen when I explicitly remove a package using `U'
> followed by `x'.
>
> Bye,
> Tassilo