Subject: bug#63800: [elpa] elpa-admin 1d766451f8: Suggest `package-install' to install packages (bug#63800)

From: Stefan Monnier <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2023 14:55:21 -0400

>>> package-upgrade is not available in any of the released Emacs
>>> versions.  Do note that some people still use ELPA to install
>>> packages for Emacs 26.
>> But for those, the instructions have been wrong for years anyway, so I'm
>> not too worried :-)
> Last time I checked, M-x package-install worked for me in Emacs 26 for
> non-core packages.

And still does and so we can keep using it for non-core packages.
This discussion is only relevant for core packages.
AFAIK `package-install` has never been able to upgrade a core package,
right, so the instructions have been wrong for years in this regard.

        Stefan