#941203 emacs-gtk: package-autoremove tries to remove Debian elisp packages

Package:
emacs-gtk
Source:
emacs
Description:
GNU Emacs editor (with GTK+ GUI support)
Submitter:
Aidan Gauland
Date:
2019-09-26 10:27:04 UTC
Severity:
normal
#941203#5
Date:
2019-09-26 10:20:13 UTC
From:
To:
Dear Maintainer,

I have the emacs-el package installed on my system, which shows up in the
*Packages* list as "debian-el".  When I run the Emacs command `package-
autoremove', it wants to remove this package.  When this command fails to
remove a package, it stops, leaving any remaining packages to be uninstalled,
installed.  So I see two problems here:

1) The debian-el package is being considered autoremovable, even though it is
listed as "external", and
2) The command `package-autoremove' will not carry on removing packages if one
of the remove operations fails.

Regards,
Aidan Gauland