bug#59005: 29.0.50; Package transient installed as dependency despite it being built-in

[Michael Heerdegen]

Jonas Bernoulli <jonas@bernoul.li> writes:

> > I ask because "transient" rings a bell (it is also a package that is
> > often related to trouble in my scenario).
>
> What kind of trouble?  Packaging trouble I assume.

Yes: when updating packages from the package manager, dependencies are
sometimes in effect deleted instead of updated.  This is often
"transient", but that could be coincidental (because it gets regular
updates maybe).

No one seems to care about this problem so far.  Looking at package.el I
don't see a recent change that looks like it could have such an effect.
But since I did not get any help so far, I can only ask around...

Thanks,

Michael.