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

From: Dmitry Gutov <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2023 05:08:41 +0300

On 31/05/2023 09:59, Ihor Radchenko wrote:
> 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.
> For Emacs <29 ELPA instruction simply does not work - attempting to
> follow it will just produce unhelpful message that package is already
> installed.

Is that a problem with the command or with the expectations?

When Org is built-in, it *is* already installed, isn't it?

You will also see the same message if you try to use 'M-x 
package-install' as a means to upgrade any other already-installed 
package, whether it is built-in or not.