; Partial revert of f3e7820b

* lisp/emacs-lisp/package.el (package-install-from-archive): Check if
a package is a directory package, not a VC package

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/package.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/package.el
index 4d33311cb74..73c4f896a49 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/package.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/package.el
@@ -2094,7 +2094,7 @@ if all the in-between dependencies are also in PACKAGE-LIST."
 (defun package-install-from-archive (pkg-desc)
   "Download and install a package defined by PKG-DESC."
   ;; This won't happen, unless the archive is doing something wrong.
-  (when (package-vc-p pkg-desc)
+  (when (eq (package-desc-kind pkg-desc) 'dir)
     (error "Can't install directory package from archive"))
   (let* ((location (package-archive-base pkg-desc))
          (file (concat (package-desc-full-name pkg-desc)