From: Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net>
To: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@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 06:46:58 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87y1l5q9p9.fsf@posteo.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87mt1mi6ry.fsf@localhost> (Ihor Radchenko's message of "Tue, 30 May 2023 08:05:05 +0000")
Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net> writes:
> Hi,
>
> All the Emacs packages distributed via ELPA share the same installation
> instruction:
>
> To install this package, run in Emacs:
>
> M-x package-install RET <package-name> RET
>
> 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.
> May the instruction be corrected?
>
> Original discussion is for Org, but the same will apply for other
> packages distributed with
> Emacs. https://orgmode.org/list/878rdbwlf3.fsf@localhost
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-05-31 6:46 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 [this message]
2023-05-31 6:59 ` Ihor Radchenko
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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