Re: About `r' and `g' in Package Menu mode

[Tassilo Horn]

Xue Fuqiao <xfq@gnu.org> writes:

Hi!

> In the `Package' menu (of Package Menu mode), there are two similar
> entries:
>
> * Refresh Package List     r
> * Update Package List      g
>
> Are there any differences between them?

I think the main difference is that `r' will download the archive
contents again, whereas `g' only rebuilds the tabulated list of packages
that have been downloaded previously.

So use `r' to check if some archive contains updated packages, and use
`g' for example to revert the install/delete marks you've made in the
buffer.

Bye,
Tassilo