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#1483 missing package breaks [package forget]

obsolete: 8.3.3
closed-fixed
5
2001-08-06
2001-04-10
Don Porter
No

% package ifneeded foo 1.0 grok
% package forget notthere foo
% package ifneeded foo 1.0
grok

The docs for [package forget] say nothing about a
missing package silently terminating the "forgetting"
operation, but that's what happens.

Sigh. I still think the better way to handle this
was to force [package forget] to accept exactly one
package name as an argument (Bug 218410).

Discussion

  • Don Porter

    Don Porter - 2001-08-06

    bug fix

     
  • Don Porter

    Don Porter - 2001-08-06

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    Here's a patch that corrects the behavior
    to agree with the existing docs.

     
  • Don Porter

    Don Porter - 2001-08-06
    • assigned_to: nobody --> dgp
     
  • Don Porter

    Don Porter - 2001-08-06
    • status: open --> closed-fixed
     
  • Don Porter

    Don Porter - 2001-08-06

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    Committed for release in 8.4a3.