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

[Philip Kaludercic]

Thierry Volpiatto <thievol@posteo.net> writes:

> 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.

Does this have a practical consequence or cause usability problems?

> 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.

I am afraid this is the consequence of maintaining multiple packages
inside the same git repository/directory.  Given the intentions of
package-vc, to make contributing to packages easier by giving users a
direct checkout of the development dependencies, I currently do not see
a way around this issue :/

> Thanks.
>
>
>
> In GNU Emacs 29.1 (build 1, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, X toolkit, cairo
>  version 1.16.0, Xaw3d scroll bars) of 2023-08-16 built on IPad-S340
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