Flycheck is removed after every launch

[selfawaresoup]

I have the flycheckpackage in my dotspacemacs-additional-packages but after launch, it is not installed. When I install it manually using package-install it works until the next relaunch and then it's gone again. My other packages are not affected by this.

This issue only started popping up recently, I don't know with which version exactly.

[syl20bnr]

Interesting behavior.
To know if a package is already supported in Spacemacs you can summon helm-spacemacs on SPC f e h and type flycheck. You'll that it belongs to the layer syntax-checking. So you can add this layer to your layer list.

I keep this opened because we have to fix the behavior you got when adding flycheck to additional packages.

[selfawaresoup]

Thanks, adding the 'syntax-checking' layer helped. Flycheck is now installed after launch.

[robbyoconnor]

That's definitely a problem -- but (this is my opinion solely), I think we should just not support this setup.

[syl20bnr]

@robbyoconnor it may be useful to allow it but we can add a warning about the existed layer that contains the same package.

[robbyoconnor]

in that case, people should provide their own layer

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