Variable: package-vc-selected-packages

package-vc-selected-packages is a customizable variable defined in package-vc.el.gz.

Value

nil

Documentation

List of packages that must be installed.

Each member of the list is of the form (NAME . SPEC), where NAME is a symbol designating the package and SPEC is one of:

- nil, if any package version can be installed;
- a version string, if that specific revision is to be installed;
- a property list, describing a package specification. For more
  details, please consult the subsection "Specifying Package
  Sources" in the Info node (emacs)Fetching Package Sources.

This user option will be automatically updated to store package specifications for packages that are not specified in any archive.

This variable was added, or its default value changed, in Emacs 29.1.

Probably introduced at or before Emacs version 29.1.

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/emacs-lisp/package-vc.el.gz
(defcustom package-vc-selected-packages '()
  "List of packages that must be installed.
Each member of the list is of the form (NAME . SPEC), where NAME
is a symbol designating the package and SPEC is one of:

- nil, if any package version can be installed;
- a version string, if that specific revision is to be installed;
- a property list, describing a package specification.  For more
  details, please consult the subsection \"Specifying Package
  Sources\" in the Info node `(emacs)Fetching Package Sources'.

This user option will be automatically updated to store package
specifications for packages that are not specified in any
archive."
  :type '(alist :tag "List of packages you want to be installed"
                :key-type (symbol :tag "Package")
                :value-type
                (choice (const :tag "Any revision" nil)
                        (string :tag "Specific revision")
                        (plist :options ((:url string)
                                         (:branch string)
                                         (:lisp-dir string)
                                         (:main-file string)
                                         (:doc string)
                                         (:vc-backend symbol)))))
  :version "29.1")