Re: upgrading packages via script

[Seb]

On Wed, 27 Sep 2017 15:21:26 +0200,
Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen@web.de> wrote:

> Seb <spluque@gmail.com> writes:
>> ╭───── [ upgrade_packages.el ] │ (setq package-archives │ (quote │
>> (("gnu" . "http://elpa.gnu.org/packages/";) │ ("melpa"
>> . "http://melpa.org/packages/";) │ ("marmalade"
>> . "https://marmalade-repo.org/packages/";) │ ("org"
>> . "http://orgmode.org/elpa/";)))) │ (package-initialize) │
>> (list-packages) │ (package-menu-mark-upgrades) │
>> (package-menu-execute t) ╰─────

> My first guess would be that in nature, one has to wait until the
> package manager has refreshed the view before one can select packages
> to upgrade.  Your script finishes before that because updating the
> package list happens asynchronously.

That was also my first guess, but in that case shouldn't
(package-menu-execute t) fail altogether?

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Seb