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| -rw-r--r-- | lisp/emacs-lisp/package.el | 4 |
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diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/package.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/package.el index 27d6b9ce738..6f3cc9794b4 100644 --- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/package.el +++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/package.el @@ -1324,6 +1324,10 @@ Downloads and installs required packages as needed." (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)) |