Subject: bug#63800: 30.0.50; [ELPA] Inaccurate installation instructions for built-in packages

From: Philip Kaludercic <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 07 Jun 2023 19:06:38 +0000

Ihor Radchenko <[email-masked]> writes:

> Philip Kaludercic <[email-masked]> writes:
>
>>> However, this command will fail for built-in packages. This is
>>> particularly a problem for older (<29) Emacs versions.
>>
>> You probably want to set `package-install-upgrade-built-in' to non-nil,
>> or use the package menu to install packages.
>
> Sure. But only in Emacs >=29 and it is not mentioned on the ELPA page.

I am not a fan of the option to begin with, and wouldn't want to
advertise it.  The official way of switching from built-in packages to
ELPA should still be to use the package menu.

> For Emacs <29 ELPA instruction simply does not work - attempting to
> follow it will just produce unhelpful message that package is already
> installed.

So what would you suggest changing?