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authorPhilip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net>2022-11-13 08:18:49 +0100
committerPhilip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net>2022-11-17 20:55:04 +0100
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Explain that 'package-vc-install' doesn't remove tarball packages
* lisp/emacs-lisp/package-vc.el (package-vc-install): Expand documentation.
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diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/package-vc.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/package-vc.el
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+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/package-vc.el
@@ -645,7 +645,9 @@ name as deduced from NAME-OR-URL.
Optional argument BACKEND specifies the VC backend to use for cloning
the package's repository; this is only possible if NAME-OR-URL is a URL,
a string. If BACKEND is omitted or nil, the function
-uses `package-vc-heuristic-alist' to guess the backend."
+uses `package-vc-heuristic-alist' to guess the backend.
+Note that by default, a source package will be prioritised over a
+regular package, but it will not remove a source package."
(interactive
(progn
;; Initialize the package system to get the list of package