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#62720
29.0.60; Not easy at all to upgrade :core packages like Eglot
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Reported by: João Távora <joaotavora <at> gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2023 22:11:01 UTC
Severity: normal
Found in version 29.0.60
Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.
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> Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2023 00:53:30 +0300
> Cc: jporterbugs <at> gmail.com, philipk <at> posteo.net, 62720 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
> joaotavora <at> gmail.com, larsi <at> gnus.org, monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca
> From: Dmitry Gutov <dmitry <at> gutov.dev>
>
> On 23/04/2023 17:24, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> >> Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2023 16:11:44 +0300
> >> Cc: jporterbugs <at> gmail.com, philipk <at> posteo.net, 62720 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
> >> joaotavora <at> gmail.com, larsi <at> gnus.org, monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca
> >> From: Dmitry Gutov <dmitry <at> gutov.dev>
> >>
> >>>> It addressed two last points from your previous email, obviously.
> >>> Which points are those? Please help me identify them.
> >>
> >> These two:
> >>
> >> > There is already such an option, added as part of fixing this bug.
> >>
> >> The binding was added, so now we straight away delegate to package-install.
> >
> > I meant to give the user the control on whether package-update will
> > update built-in packages, like we did with package-install: either via
> > prefix argument or by customizing the user option.
>
> That would be a different change, though.
>
> So what are we guarding against here? That the user will choose a
> built-in package to upgrade by accident?
Yes. Also, against invocations of this command from other commands
and from the menu.
> And we'll show her an error, saying "use the prefix argument"?
No, I think we'll do whatever the code does today when passed a
built-in package.
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