From: Glenn Morris Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2017 00:17:54 +0000 (-0400) Subject: * doc/lispref/package.texi (Package Archives): Mention https. X-Git-Tag: emacs-26.0.90~521^2~726 X-Git-Url: http://git.eshelyaron.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=fe8cf45710af7d09c830a23d40f234cae795ffbe;p=emacs.git * doc/lispref/package.texi (Package Archives): Mention https. --- diff --git a/doc/lispref/package.texi b/doc/lispref/package.texi index 6066ea9a936..1b37337c15b 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/package.texi +++ b/doc/lispref/package.texi @@ -286,9 +286,9 @@ form @code{(@var{id} . @var{location})}, where @var{id} is the name of the archive (a string) and @var{location} is its @dfn{base location} (a string). -If the base location starts with @samp{http:}, it is treated as a HTTP -URL, and packages are downloaded from this archive via HTTP (as is the -case for the default GNU archive). +If the base location starts with @samp{http:} or @samp{https:}, it +is treated as an HTTP(S) URL, and packages are downloaded from this +archive via HTTP(S) (as is the case for the default GNU archive). Otherwise, the base location should be a directory name. In this case, Emacs retrieves packages from this archive via ordinary file