bug#65752: 29.1; package-vc-install fails to install Helm package

[Thierry Volpiatto]

When running:

(package-vc-install '(helm-core
                      :url "https://github.com/emacs-helm/helm.git";
                      :main-file "helm-core.el"))

package-vc-install installs helm-core as intended but also make a full
install of helm package in a helm-core directory; All its dependencies
are also installed which is not expected.

At the end I have two directories, ..elpa/helm-core and
../elpa/helm-core-2023..., the former containing all the helm files and
the second only the helm-core files.

Thanks.



In GNU Emacs 29.1 (build 1, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, X toolkit, cairo
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-- 
Thierry