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authorGlenn Morris <[email protected]>2014-06-02 21:45:56 -0700
committerGlenn Morris <[email protected]>2014-06-02 21:45:56 -0700
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* emacs/package.texi (Package Installation): Mention package-pinned-packages.
* etc/NEWS: Related markup.
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+2014-06-03 Glenn Morris <[email protected]>
+
+ * package.texi (Package Installation): Mention package-pinned-packages.
+
2014-06-02 Glenn Morris <[email protected]>
* misc.texi [iftex]: Update chapter summary.
diff --git a/doc/emacs/package.texi b/doc/emacs/package.texi
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@@ -167,6 +167,13 @@ directory name of the package archive. You can alter this list if you
wish to use third party package archives---but do so at your own risk,
and use only third parties that you think you can trust!
+@vindex package-pinned-packages
+ If you have more than one package archive enabled, and some of them
+offer different versions of the same package, you may find the option
+@code{package-pinned-packages} useful. You can add package/archive
+pairs to this list, to ensure that the specified package is only ever
+downloaded from the specified archive.
+
Once a package is downloaded and installed, it is @dfn{loaded} into
the current Emacs session. Loading a package is not quite the same as
loading a Lisp library (@pxref{Lisp Libraries}); its effect varies