From: Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com>
To: izzy.yichao.cai@gmail.com
Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Ubuntu 16.04 server --- Contacting host: elpa.gnu.org:80 when package-refresh-contents
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2018 10:42:45 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87shb29obu.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <25bfc0c0-be6e-477b-abd1-f2d45bf43df2@googlegroups.com> (izzy yichao cai's message of "Thu, 18 Jan 2018 18:28:29 -0800 (PST)")
izzy.yichao.cai@gmail.com writes:
> In my .emacs file. I've added the following:
> ```
> (require 'package)
> (add-to-list 'package-archives
> '("melpa-stable" . "https://stable.melpa.org/packages/"))
>
> (package-initialize)
> (elpy-enable)
> ```
>
> So, I am using https, which is a safe practice as Dan pointed out.
> How did emacs decide to connect to elpa.gnu.org? Is this a default of
> emacs? Because I never included the elpa.gnu.org link in my .emacs
> file or evaluated it in my buffer. (That means I have no choice in
> using https or http. :( It just happened and I don't know why.)
package-archives by default contains elpa.gnu.org. Run M-x customize
package-archives instead of your add-to-list there if you want to
remove it (or change it to use https)
Robert
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2018-01-17 11:56 Ubuntu 16.04 server --- Contacting host: elpa.gnu.org:80 when package-refresh-contents izzy.yichao.cai
2018-01-17 12:12 ` tomas
2018-01-17 12:41 ` Dan Čermák
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2018-01-17 14:15 ` Rusi
2018-01-17 14:28 ` Dan Čermák
2018-01-17 14:41 ` Robert Pluim
2018-01-17 21:21 ` Stefan Monnier
[not found] ` <mailman.7505.1516191159.27995.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2018-01-19 2:28 ` izzy.yichao.cai
2018-01-19 9:42 ` Robert Pluim [this message]
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