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29.0.60; Not easy at all to upgrade :core packages like Eglot

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From: Philip Kaludercic <philipk <at> posteo.net>
To: João Távora <joaotavora <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 62720 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Subject: bug#62720: 29.0.60; Not easy at all to upgrade :core packages like Eglot
Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2023 14:42:40 +0000

João Távora <joaotavora <at> gmail.com> writes:

> On Sat, Apr 8, 2023 at 11:43 AM Philip Kaludercic <philipk <at> posteo.net> wrote:
>>
>> Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca> writes:
>>
>> >> It's not impossible to upgrade in Emacs 29, of course.  The only way I
>> >> know is to M-x package-list-packages, find Eglot 1.14 in the list, mark
>> >> it with 'i' and confirm installation with 'x'.  But it is very awkward.
>> >
>> > Maybe we should add a `package-upgrade` command?
>>
>> Just for :core packages or how would this differ from package-update?
>
> Just a note that I forgot M-x package-update existed.  I was
> hoping it wouldn't suffer the same bug as package-install, but
> alas it does.

As package-update just defers to package-install, I don't find this
surprising.  What you want is that package.el always treats a built-in
package as upgradable to a package from ELPA.  It seems like this should
be possible by adjusting the interactive spec of package-install and
modifying package-compute-transaction or even package-built-in-p.

> João

-- 
Philip Kaludercic

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