GNU bug report logs - #76567
30.1; package-install-upgrade-built-in upgrades built-ins to the same version

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Ship Mints <shipmints <at> gmail.com>, Philip Kaludercic <philipk <at> posteo.net>
Cc: 76567 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#76567: 30.1; package-install-upgrade-built-in upgrades built-ins to the same version
Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2025 15:28:45 +0200

> From: Ship Mints <shipmints <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2025 15:35:10 -0500
> 
> As part of my production upgrade to 30.1, I wrote a program to install
> my local ELPA tree from scratch, and take the opportunity to prune and
> curate packages.
> 
> One thing that surprised me, that I didn't notice in 29.4, is that if
> 'package-install-upgrade-built-in' is non-nil, 'package-list-packages'
> reports built-ins needing upgrades from ELPA but to the *identical
> versions* in the 30.1 tree.  I was expecting upgrades to be actual
> upgrades, not side-grades, as they say.  The reason I didn't see
> this on 29.4, is that the distro versions were older than ELPA so I
> was happy to take the upgrades.  This does not appear to be a
> regression, just a general bug report.

Philip, could you please look into this?

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