* install old version of ELPA package
@ 2022-06-01 16:29 Stephen Leake
2022-06-01 20:13 ` Stefan Monnier
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From: Stephen Leake @ 2022-06-01 16:29 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-devel
I have an ada-mode user with an old Ada compiler, so I'm trying to tell
xer how to install an old version of ada-mode that is compatible.
Xi can download an old tarball from
https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/ada-mode.html, but package.el doesn't
provide a function to install from that. Is there some simple
combination of functions that will work?
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-- Stephe
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* Re: install old version of ELPA package
2022-06-01 16:29 install old version of ELPA package Stephen Leake
@ 2022-06-01 20:13 ` Stefan Monnier
2022-06-02 0:50 ` Stephen Leake
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Stefan Monnier @ 2022-06-01 20:13 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Stephen Leake; +Cc: emacs-devel
> I have an ada-mode user with an old Ada compiler, so I'm trying to tell
> xer how to install an old version of ada-mode that is compatible.
>
> Xi can download an old tarball from
> https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/ada-mode.html, but package.el doesn't
> provide a function to install from that. Is there some simple
> combination of functions that will work?
There's `package-install-file` and `package-install-from-buffer`, both
of which should do the trick (barring bugs: they're not often tested).
Stefan
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* Re: install old version of ELPA package
2022-06-01 20:13 ` Stefan Monnier
@ 2022-06-02 0:50 ` Stephen Leake
0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Stephen Leake @ 2022-06-02 0:50 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Stefan Monnier; +Cc: emacs-devel
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:
>> I have an ada-mode user with an old Ada compiler, so I'm trying to tell
>> xer how to install an old version of ada-mode that is compatible.
>>
>> Xi can download an old tarball from
>> https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/ada-mode.html, but package.el doesn't
>> provide a function to install from that. Is there some simple
>> combination of functions that will work?
>
> There's `package-install-file`
Thanks.
I don't know how I missed that. Sigh.
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-- Stephe
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