Re: Manual does not mention dictionary.el

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2024 02:46:28 +0200
> From:  Michael Heerdegen via "Emacs development discussions." 
> <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
> 
> chad <yandros@gmail.com> writes:
> 
> > > Also, list-packages doesn't show 'dictionary', neither on MS-Windows
> > > nor on GNU/Linux, at least in "emacs -Q".  If it does for you, I'm
> > > guessing you have stuff under ~/.emacs.d/elpa/.
> >
> > We are seeing different behavior.
> 
> I see that lisp/finder-inf.el defines 'dictionary' as a built-in package
> in my Emacs installation.  This file is loaded when doing C-h P.  It
> directly sets `package--builtins'.
> 
> Maybe that file's contents differ for you and Eli?

Indeed, my finder-inf.el was very old.  It doesn't get rebuilt unless
you explicitly request that or bootstrap (and I _never_ bootstrap).