GNU bug report logs - #63800
30.0.50; [ELPA] Inaccurate installation instructions for built-in packages

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92 <at> posteo.net>

Date: Tue, 30 May 2023 08:01:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 30.0.50

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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92 <at> posteo.net>
Cc: 63800 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#63800: [elpa] elpa-admin 1d766451f8: Suggest `package-install' to install packages (bug#63800)
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





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