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From: Pierre Neidhardt <ambrevar@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: How to install prerelease package versions (particularly Emacs)
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Mathieu Lirzin <mthl@gnu.org> writes:

> I think you have to use the =E2=80=98local-file=E2=80=99 procedure in pla=
ce of =E2=80=98origin=E2=80=99
> in the =E2=80=98source=E2=80=99 field.

Unless I'm mistaken, local-file does not work on folders.  In the case
of a Git repo, that would mean extracting the archive and overwriting
the destination on each build.  It's not a solution then.

=2D-=20
Pierre Neidhardt

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