From: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net>
To: Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net>
Cc: 63800@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#63800: 30.0.50; [ELPA] Inaccurate installation instructions for built-in packages
Date: Wed, 31 May 2023 06:59:02 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <875y89t2a1.fsf@localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87y1l5q9p9.fsf@posteo.net>
Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net> writes:
>> However, this command will fail for built-in packages. This is
>> particularly a problem for older (<29) Emacs versions.
>
> You probably want to set `package-install-upgrade-built-in' to non-nil,
> or use the package menu to install packages.
Sure. But only in Emacs >=29 and it is not mentioned on the ELPA page.
For Emacs <29 ELPA instruction simply does not work - attempting to
follow it will just produce unhelpful message that package is already
installed.
--
Ihor Radchenko // yantar92,
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-05-31 6:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-05-30 8:05 bug#63800: 30.0.50; [ELPA] Inaccurate installation instructions for built-in packages Ihor Radchenko
2023-05-31 6:46 ` Philip Kaludercic
2023-05-31 6:59 ` Ihor Radchenko [this message]
2023-06-07 19:06 ` Philip Kaludercic
2023-06-08 11:01 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-06-15 2:08 ` Dmitry Gutov
2023-06-15 6:04 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-06-15 12:34 ` Dmitry Gutov
2023-06-15 15:35 ` Philip Kaludercic
2023-06-15 20:56 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-07-09 11:59 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-07-10 2:14 ` Dmitry Gutov
2023-07-12 7:46 ` Philip Kaludercic
2023-07-12 16:24 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-07-12 16:38 ` Philip Kaludercic
2023-07-13 9:39 ` Ihor Radchenko
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