Each element has the form (PKG . DESC), where PKG is a package
name (a symbol) and DESC is a vector that describes the package.
-The vector DESC has the form [VERSION REQS DOCSTRING].
- VERSION is a version list.
- REQS is a list of packages (symbols) required by the package.
+The vector DESC has the form [VERSION-LIST REQS DOCSTRING].
+ VERSION-LIST is a version list.
+ REQS is a list of packages required by the package, each
+ requirement having the form (NAME VL), where NAME is a string
+ and VL is a version list.
DOCSTRING is a brief description of the package.")
(put 'package--builtins 'risky-local-variable t)
Each element has the form (PKG . DESC), where PKG is a package
name (a symbol) and DESC is a vector that describes the package.
-The vector DESC has the form [VERSION REQS DOCSTRING].
- VERSION is a version list.
- REQS is a list of packages (symbols) required by the package.
+The vector DESC has the form [VERSION-LIST REQS DOCSTRING].
+ VERSION-LIST is a version list.
+ REQS is a list of packages required by the package, each
+ requirement having the form (NAME VL) where NAME is a string
+ and VL is a version list.
DOCSTRING is a brief description of the package.
This variable is set automatically by `package-load-descriptor',
(defun package-load-descriptor (dir package)
"Load the description file in directory DIR for package PACKAGE.
-Here, PACKAGE is a string of the form NAME-VER, where NAME is the
-package name and VER is its version."
+Here, PACKAGE is a string of the form NAME-VERSION, where NAME is
+the package name and VERSION is its version."
(let* ((pkg-dir (expand-file-name package dir))
(pkg-file (expand-file-name
(concat (package-strip-version package) "-pkg")
;; Don't return nil.
t))
-(defun package-built-in-p (package &optional version)
- "Return true if PACKAGE, of VERSION or newer, is built-in to Emacs."
+(defun package-built-in-p (package &optional min-version)
+ "Return true if PACKAGE is built-in to Emacs.
+Optional arg MIN-VERSION, if non-nil, should be a version list
+specifying the minimum acceptable version."
(require 'finder-inf nil t) ; For `package--builtins'.
(let ((elt (assq package package--builtins)))
- (and elt (version-list-<= version (package-desc-vers (cdr elt))))))
+ (and elt (min-version-<= min-version (package-desc-vers (cdr elt))))))
;; This function goes ahead and activates a newer version of a package
;; if an older one was already activated. This is not ideal; we'd at
;; least need to check to see if the package has actually been loaded,
;; and not merely activated.
-(defun package-activate (package version)
- "Activate package PACKAGE, of version VERSION or newer.
+(defun package-activate (package min-version)
+ "Activate package PACKAGE, of version MIN-VERSION or newer.
+MIN-VERSION should be a version list.
If PACKAGE has any dependencies, recursively activate them.
Return nil if the package could not be activated."
(let ((pkg-vec (cdr (assq package package-alist)))
;; Check if PACKAGE is available in `package-alist'.
(when pkg-vec
(setq available-version (package-desc-vers pkg-vec)
- found (version-list-<= version available-version)))
+ found (version-list-<= min-version available-version)))
(cond
;; If no such package is found, maybe it's built-in.
((null found)
- (package-built-in-p package version))
+ (package-built-in-p package min-version))
;; If the package is already activated, just return t.
((memq package package-activated-list)
t)
&rest extra-properties)
"Define a new package.
NAME-STRING is the name of the package, as a string.
-VERSION-STRING is the version of the package, as a list of
-integers of the form produced by `version-to-list'.
+VERSION-STRING is the version of the package, as a string.
DOCSTRING is a short description of the package, a string.
REQUIREMENTS is a list of dependencies on other packages.
-Each requirement is of the form (OTHER-PACKAGE \"VERSION\").
+ Each requirement is of the form (OTHER-PACKAGE OTHER-VERSION),
+ where OTHER-VERSION is a string.
EXTRA-PROPERTIES is currently unused."
(let* ((name (intern name-string))
(package-unpack name version))))
(defun package-installed-p (package &optional min-version)
- "Return true if PACKAGE, of VERSION or newer, is installed.
-Built-in packages also qualify."
+ "Return true if PACKAGE, of MIN-VERSION or newer, is installed.
+MIN-VERSION should be a version list."
(let ((pkg-desc (assq package package-alist)))
(if pkg-desc
(version-list-<= min-version
PACKAGE-LIST should be a list of package names (symbols).
REQUIREMENTS should be a list of additional requirements; each
-element in this list should have the form (PACKAGE VERSION),
-where PACKAGE is a package name and VERSION is the required
-version of that package (as a list).
+element in this list should have the form (PACKAGE VERSION-LIST),
+where PACKAGE is a package name and VERSION-LIST is the required
+version of that package.
This function recursively computes the requirements of the
packages in REQUIREMENTS, and returns a list of all the packages
[FILENAME REQUIRES DESCRIPTION VERSION COMMENTARY]
FILENAME is the file name, a string, sans the \".el\" extension.
-REQUIRES is a requires list, or nil.
+REQUIRES is a list of requirements, each requirement having the
+ form (NAME VER); NAME is a string and VER is a version list.
DESCRIPTION is the package description, a string.
VERSION is the version, a string.
COMMENTARY is the commentary section, a string, or nil if none.
"Convenience macro for `package-menu--generate'.
If the alist stored in the symbol LISTNAME lacks an entry for a
package PACKAGE with descriptor DESC, add one. The alist is
-keyed with cons cells (PACKAGE . VERSION), where PACKAGE is a
-symbol and VERSION is a version list."
+keyed with cons cells (PACKAGE . VERSION-LIST), where PACKAGE is
+a symbol and VERSION-LIST is a version list."
`(let* ((version (package-desc-vers ,desc))
(key (cons ,package version)))
(unless (assoc key ,listname)
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