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Re: emacs-29 9b775ddc057 1/2: ; * etc/EGLOT-NEWS: Fix wording of last ch


From: Eli Zaretskii
Subject: Re: emacs-29 9b775ddc057 1/2: ; * etc/EGLOT-NEWS: Fix wording of last change.
Date: Sat, 06 May 2023 13:35:59 +0300

> Date: Sat, 6 May 2023 13:14:32 +0300
> From: Dmitry Gutov <dmitry@gutov.dev>
> 
> On 06/05/2023 09:44, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > +using the more general command 'package-install', which by default
> > +will not upgrade "built-in" packages, those that come with Emacs.
> 
> Friendly reminder: while 'M-x package-install' does not upgrade 
> "built-in" packages "by default", it doesn't upgrade any other packages 
> at all, ever.

Really? so what does package-install do?

> I'd hate to create an impression in some users that 'package-install' is 
> a suitable instrument to upgrade packages.

It isn't? then what is it for?



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