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Diffstat (limited to 'lisp/emacs-lisp/package.el')
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1 files changed, 34 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/package.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/package.el index 77b15c104ef..78138e9ebcd 100644 --- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/package.el +++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/package.el @@ -800,6 +800,20 @@ untar into a directory named DIR; otherwise, signal an error." (dirname (package-desc-full-name pkg-desc)) (pkg-dir (expand-file-name dirname package-user-dir))) (pcase (package-desc-kind pkg-desc) + (`dir + (make-directory pkg-dir t) + (let ((file-list + (directory-files + default-directory 'full "\\`[^.].*\\.el\\'" 'nosort))) + (dolist (source-file file-list) + (let ((target-el-file + (expand-file-name (file-name-nondirectory source-file) pkg-dir))) + (copy-file source-file target-el-file t))) + ;; Now that the files have been installed, this package is + ;; indistinguishable from a `tar' or a `single'. Let's make + ;; things simple by ensuring we're one of them. + (setf (package-desc-kind pkg-desc) + (if (> (length file-list) 1) 'tar 'single)))) (`tar (make-directory package-user-dir t) ;; FIXME: should we delete PKG-DIR if it exists? @@ -1318,13 +1332,28 @@ Return the pkg-desc, with desc-kind set to KIND." ;;;###autoload (defun package-install-from-buffer () "Install a package from the current buffer. -The current buffer is assumed to be a single .el or .tar file that follows the -packaging guidelines; see info node `(elisp)Packaging'. +The current buffer is assumed to be a single .el or .tar file or +a directory. These must follow the packaging guidelines (see +info node `(elisp)Packaging'). + +Specially, if current buffer is a directory, the -pkg.el +description file is not mandatory, in which case the information +is derived from the main .el file in the directory. + Downloads and installs required packages as needed." (interactive) - (let ((pkg-desc (if (derived-mode-p 'tar-mode) - (package-tar-file-info) - (package-buffer-info)))) + (let ((pkg-desc + (cond + ((derived-mode-p 'dired-mode) + ;; This is the only way a package-desc object with a `dir' + ;; desc-kind can be created. Such packages can't be + ;; uploaded or installed from archives, they can only be + ;; installed from local buffers or directories. + (package-dir-info)) + ((derived-mode-p 'tar-mode) + (package-tar-file-info)) + (t + (package-buffer-info))))) ;; Download and install the dependencies. (let* ((requires (package-desc-reqs pkg-desc)) (transaction (package-compute-transaction nil requires))) |