https://www.lonecpluspluscoder.com/tags/package-pinning/Recent content in Package Pinning on The Lone C++ Coder's BlogHugo -- gohugo.ioenSun, 20 Feb 2022 21:15:00 -0500https://www.lonecpluspluscoder.com/2022/02/20/can-i-pin-dependent-packages-use-package/Sun, 20 Feb 2022 21:15:00 -0500Timo Geuschhttps://www.lonecpluspluscoder.com/2022/02/20/can-i-pin-dependent-packages-use-package/<p>I&rsquo;ve been trying to up my <code>use-package</code> game recently and converted my hand rolled package check and installer to <code>use-package</code>. I usually prefer to use packages from <code>melpa-stable</code> so I pin the default package source used by <code>use-package</code> to <code>melpa-stable</code> and override it where necessary That&rsquo;s working well in general and looks something like this:</p> <div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" style="background-color:#f0f3f3;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;"><code class="language-elisp" data-lang="elisp"><span style="display:flex;"><span>(<span style="color:#366">setq</span> <span style="color:#033">use-package-always-pin</span> <span style="color:#c30">&#34;melpa-stable&#34;</span>) </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span> </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>(<span style="color:#366">use-package</span> <span style="color:#033">js2-mode</span> </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span> <span style="color:#366">:ensure</span> <span style="color:#360">t</span> </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span> <span style="color:#366">:defer</span> <span style="color:#360">t</span> </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span> <span style="color:#366">:custom</span> </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span> (<span style="color:#366">progn</span> (<span style="color:#033">js-indent-level</span> <span style="color:#f60">2</span>) </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span> (<span style="color:#033">js2-include-node-externs</span> <span style="color:#360">t</span>))) </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span> </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>(<span style="color:#366">use-package</span> <span style="color:#033">kotlin-mode</span> </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span> <span style="color:#366">:ensure</span> <span style="color:#360">t</span> </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span> <span style="color:#366">:pin</span> <span style="color:#033">melpa</span>)</span></span></code></pre></div> <p>So in other words, if I&rsquo;m on a machine that doesn&rsquo;t have <code>js2-mode</code> and <code>kotlin-mode</code> installed, <code>use-package</code> will install <code>js2-mode</code> from <code>melpa-stable</code> and <code>kotlin-mode</code> from <code>melpa</code>. So far, so good.</p>