bug#63800: 30.0.50; [ELPA] Inaccurate installation instructions for built-in packages

[Dmitry Gutov]

On 31/05/2023 09:59, Ihor Radchenko wrote:
> Philip Kaludercic<philipk@posteo.net>  writes:
>
> > > However, this command will fail for built-in packages. This is
> > > particularly a problem for older (<29) Emacs versions.
> > You probably want to set `package-install-upgrade-built-in' to non-nil,
> > or use the package menu to install packages.
> Sure. But only in Emacs >=29 and it is not mentioned on the ELPA page.
> For Emacs <29 ELPA instruction simply does not work - attempting to
> follow it will just produce unhelpful message that package is already
> installed.

Is that a problem with the command or with the expectations?

When Org is built-in, it *is* already installed, isn't it?

You will also see the same message if you try to use 'M-x 
package-install' as a means to upgrade any other already-installed 
package, whether it is built-in or not.