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

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Message #77 received at 63800 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92 <at> posteo.net>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 63800 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [elpa] elpa-admin 1d766451f8: Suggest `package-install' to
 install packages (bug#63800)
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2023 19:00:30 +0000

Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

>>>> 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.

We agree here.

But then I read your first message as if keeping things broken is not a
big deal? I feel confused.

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