From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: phillip.lord@russet.org.uk (Phillip Lord) Subject: Re: Preventing Org from being installed by elpa Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2016 14:55:18 +0000 Message-ID: <87tw9xz609.fsf@russet.org.uk> References: <87h960wuq9.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> <2016-12-20T21-04-43@devnull.Karl-Voit.at> <87fulh317i.fsf@russet.org.uk> <2016-12-21T14-26-03@devnull.Karl-Voit.at> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:59109) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cJiIg-0003zG-2c for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 21 Dec 2016 09:55:27 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cJiIc-0006uy-NE for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 21 Dec 2016 09:55:26 -0500 Received: from mailgw.mycpanelcloud.co.uk ([185.116.214.205]:42273) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cJiIc-0006tQ-Ba for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 21 Dec 2016 09:55:22 -0500 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mailgw.mycpanelcloud.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id CBF53C40BD for ; Wed, 21 Dec 2016 14:54:58 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mailgw.mycpanelcloud.co.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mailgw.mycpanelcloud.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 63D5FC4072 for ; Wed, 21 Dec 2016 14:54:57 +0000 (GMT) Received: from cloud103.planethippo.com (cloud103.planethippo.com [31.216.48.48]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mailgw.mycpanelcloud.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 55E15C401D for ; Wed, 21 Dec 2016 14:54:57 +0000 (GMT) In-Reply-To: (Karl Voit's message of "Wed, 21 Dec 2016 14:27:27 +0100") List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Emacs-orgmode" To: Karl Voit Cc: Karl Voit , emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Karl Voit writes: > * Phillip Lord wrote: >> Karl Voit writes: >> >>> I got the tipp of creating =C2=AB~/.emacs.d/elpa/org-30000101/org-pkg.e= l=C2=BB >>> with: >>> (define-package "org" "30000101" "Dummy org mode package" 'nil) >> >> >> You could probably do something with package-pinned-packages also. > > Hm. > > I'm not an expert in package.el or package managers in general but > isn't "pinning" something different? I thought that pinning is > "install a package and prevent it from being updated". > > Whereas I want to avoid a package to be installed in the first > place. Pinning is to say "I want this package to come from this place". In this case, you want to say "I want this package to come from the file system". It seems a related issue. It's not going to happen unless someone codes it or reports it, though. Phil