From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: ELPA and built-in packages
Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2021 14:55:20 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvk0htja9k.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87pmrlxe1m.fsf@gnus.org> (Lars Ingebrigtsen's message of "Sun, 31 Oct 2021 19:08:37 +0100")
Lars Ingebrigtsen [2021-10-31 19:08:37] wrote:
> If Emacs comes with a built-in package that has a version 3.4, and the
> version you've installed from ELPA is 3.3, does Emacs know to use the
> built-in version automatically instead of the version from ELPA?
It should, yes.
Reality will sometimes disagree, because it depends if `package.el` is
truly informed about the built-in package.
[ E.g. it currently isn't informed of the built-in modus-theme
packages. ]
Stefan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-10-31 18:55 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-10-31 18:08 ELPA and built-in packages Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-10-31 18:55 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2021-11-01 7:44 ` Phil Sainty
2021-11-01 8:06 ` Phil Sainty
2021-11-01 12:11 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-11-01 13:35 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-01 17:50 ` Stefan Monnier
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