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1 files changed, 14 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/package.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/package.el
index 340ca9400fa..202aca36f24 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/package.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/package.el
@@ -3313,6 +3313,18 @@ Values can be interactively added to this list by typing
:version "25.1"
:type '(repeat (regexp :tag "Hide packages with name matching")))
+(defcustom package-menu-use-current-if-no-marks t
+ "Whether \\<package-menu-mode-map>\\[package-menu-execute] in package menu operates on current package if none are marked.
+
+If non-nil, and no packages are marked for installation or
+deletion, \\<package-menu-mode-map>\\[package-menu-execute] will operate on the current package at point,
+see `package-menu-execute' for details.
+The default is t. Set to nil to get back the original behavior
+of having `package-menu-execute' signal an error when no packages
+are marked for installation or deletion."
+ :version "29.1"
+ :type 'boolean)
+
(defun package-menu--refresh (&optional packages keywords)
"Re-populate the `tabulated-list-entries'.
PACKAGES should be nil or t, which means to display all known packages.
@@ -3943,7 +3955,8 @@ invocations."
;; Nothing marked.
(unless (or delete-list install-list)
;; Not on a package line.
- (unless (tabulated-list-get-id)
+ (unless (and (tabulated-list-get-id)
+ package-menu-use-current-if-no-marks)
(user-error "No operations specified"))
(let* ((id (tabulated-list-get-id))
(status (package-menu-get-status)))