Re: OK to put lisp/progmodes/flymake.el in ELPA as a :core package?

[Stefan Monnier]

> (package-install #s(package-desc flymake
>                 (1 0 1)
>                 "A universal on-the-fly syntax checker"
>                 ((emacs
>                   (26 1)))
>                 single "gnu" nil
>                 ((:url . "http://elpa.gnu.org/packages/flymake.html";)
>                  (:keywords "c" "languages" "tools"))
>                 nil))

You can try something like

    (package-install (cadr (assoc 'flymake package-archive-contents)))

which should be a bit less brittle.


        Stefan