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Diffstat (limited to 'lisp/emacs-lisp')
| -rw-r--r-- | lisp/emacs-lisp/package-x.el | 13 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/package-x.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/package-x.el index a84c63d8711..e26b6b99c17 100644 --- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/package-x.el +++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/package-x.el @@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ (defcustom package-archive-upload-base "/path/to/archive" "The base location of the archive to which packages are uploaded. +The commands in the package-x library will use this as base +location. This should be an absolute directory name. If the archive is on another machine, you may specify a remote name in the usual way, e.g. \"/ssh:foo@example.com:/var/www/packages/\". @@ -273,7 +275,9 @@ if it exists." (defun package-upload-buffer () "Upload the current buffer as a single-file Emacs Lisp package. If `package-archive-upload-base' does not specify a valid upload -destination, prompt for one." +destination, prompt for one. +Signal an error if the current buffer is not visiting a simple +package (a \".el\" file)." (interactive) (save-excursion (save-restriction @@ -287,8 +291,13 @@ destination, prompt for one." Interactively, prompt for FILE. The package is considered a single-file package if FILE ends in \".el\", and a multi-file package if FILE ends in \".tar\". +Automatically extract package attributes and update the archive's +contents list with this information. If `package-archive-upload-base' does not specify a valid upload -destination, prompt for one." +destination, prompt for one. If the directory does not exist, it +is created. The directory need not have any initial contents +\(i.e., you can use this command to populate an initially empty +archive)." (interactive "fPackage file name: ") (with-temp-buffer (insert-file-contents file) |