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Diffstat (limited to 'lisp/emacs-lisp/package.el')
| -rw-r--r-- | lisp/emacs-lisp/package.el | 8 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/package.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/package.el index 07ddddddb99..0f094b556ba 100644 --- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/package.el +++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/package.el @@ -1157,10 +1157,12 @@ Also, add the originating archive to the `package-desc' structure." (package--append-to-alist pkg-desc package-archive-contents))))) (defun package--append-to-alist (pkg-desc alist) - "Add PKG-DESC to ALIST. + "Append an entry for PKG-DESC to the start of ALIST and return it. +This entry takes the form (`package-desc-name' PKG-DESC). -Packages are grouped by name. The package descriptions are sorted -by version number." +If ALIST already has an entry with this name, destructively add +PKG-DESC to the cdr of this entry instead, sorted by version +number." (let* ((name (package-desc-name pkg-desc)) (priority-version (package-desc-priority-version pkg-desc)) (existing-packages (assq name alist))) |