Re: How to make Emacs use ELPA version of `compat'?

Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor <[email protected]> Thu, 14 May 2026 23:41:27 -0400
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> Apparently one package that I marked as `:demand t' had `compat' in its
>  dependency chain. While it was needed for another package (so I couldn't
>  really change the load order), I forced reloading `compat' by:
>
>     (use-package compat
>       :pin gnu
>       :init
>       (unload-feature 'compat t))

Eww!
Do you use `package-activate-all`?  If yes, I wonder why you still need
an ugly hack like the above.  If not, I wonder why not.


=== Stefan