From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tassilo Horn Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Confused by y-or-n-p Date: Wed, 06 Jan 2021 16:46:41 +0100 Message-ID: <87a6tmm54c.fsf@gnu.org> References: <834kkcr1eo.fsf@gnu.org> <87y2hhri3n.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <83pn2tkfg8.fsf@gnu.org> <871rf7ippu.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <83a6trg6mc.fsf@gnu.org> <87im8f951f.fsf@gnus.org> <83lfdacapo.fsf@gnu.org> <83wnwra15u.fsf@gnu.org> <83o8i23fht.fsf@gnu.org> <831rey2i82.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="40513"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: mu4e 1.5.7; emacs 28.0.50 To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Wed Jan 06 16:57:04 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1kxBBH-000AQx-3P for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 06 Jan 2021 16:57:03 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:43166 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kxBBG-0002SQ-4X for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 06 Jan 2021 10:57:02 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:43974) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kxBAW-0001xC-9z for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Jan 2021 10:56:16 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:35011) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kxBAW-0006ZK-2j for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Jan 2021 10:56:16 -0500 Original-Received: from auth1-smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.227]:33275) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA256:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1kxBAT-0005Md-1T for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Jan 2021 10:56:13 -0500 Original-Received: from compute4.internal (compute4.nyi.internal [10.202.2.44]) by mailauth.nyi.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id 91CCD27C0054 for ; Wed, 6 Jan 2021 10:56:12 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: from mailfrontend2 ([10.202.2.163]) by compute4.internal (MEProxy); Wed, 06 Jan 2021 10:56:12 -0500 X-ME-Sender: X-ME-Proxy-Cause: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgedujedrvdefledgjeefucetufdoteggodetrfdotf fvucfrrhhofhhilhgvmecuhfgrshhtofgrihhlpdfqfgfvpdfurfetoffkrfgpnffqhgen uceurghilhhouhhtmecufedttdenucenucfjughrpehffgfhvffuffgjkfggtgesthdtre dttdertdenucfhrhhomhepvfgrshhsihhlohcujfhorhhnuceothhsughhsehgnhhurdho rhhgqeenucggtffrrghtthgvrhhnpeevveeikeetkeeviefgfeffiedvteeguddvffeuue duveegtddthedvhfeuveffhfenucfkphepkeegrddufedvrddutdekrdduudefnecuvehl uhhsthgvrhfuihiivgeptdenucfrrghrrghmpehmrghilhhfrhhomhepthhhohhrnhdomh gvshhmthhprghuthhhphgvrhhsohhnrghlihhthidqkeeijeefkeejkeegqdeifeehvdel kedqthhsughhpeepghhnuhdrohhrghesfhgrshhtmhgrihhlrdhfmh X-ME-Proxy: Original-Received: from thinkpad-t440p (p54846c71.dip0.t-ipconnect.de [84.132.108.113]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 2A735108005F for ; Wed, 6 Jan 2021 10:56:08 -0500 (EST) In-reply-to: <831rey2i82.fsf@gnu.org> X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:262611 Archived-At: > And even if you are talking about the released versions, the normal > Emacs installation procedure leaves the previous binary available for > invocation; you need to explicitly "make uninstall" to remove it. > Does installing from a binary distro (as opposed to from sources built > locally) remove previous versions nowadays? Usually, yes. Sometimes there is a package foobar-8.1.0 and additional foobar6-6.7.1, foobar7-7.9.12, i.e., installing foobar installs the current version (8.1.0) but separate packages are provided for older versions and you can have all of them installed in parallel, but that's mostly done for libraries where some other package only works with version 6 but not 7 or 8. And from a distro packager's point of view, the additional user-convenience of enabling users to compare emacs version X against the current version surely doesn't justify the added maintenance costs. Bye, Tassilo