From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Gary Oberbrunner <garyo@oberbrunner.com>
Cc: 19151@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#19151: 24.4; Batch mode doesn't call package-initialize, can't find packages
Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2014 18:29:46 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <837fylsww5.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAFChFyixqrhA4E5yNUZoM0ZdBZHa+5as2YsaCKChVYeNji_upg@mail.gmail.com>
> Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2014 17:24:25 -0500
> From: Gary Oberbrunner <garyo@oberbrunner.com>
>
> In batch mode, emacs doesn't load installed packages, although the doc implies
> that it should. If you want to eval forms that require packages, you have to
> call (package-initialize) explicitly.
>
> For instance, from a shell:
>
> % emacs -batch -eval '(progn (message "%s" package-directory-list))'
> Symbol's value as variable is void: package-directory-list
> % emacs -batch -eval '(progn (package-initialize) (message "%s"
> package-directory-list))'
> (c:/emacs/emacs/share/emacs/24.4/site-lisp/elpa
> c:/emacs/emacs/share/emacs/site-lisp/elpa)
>
> Or, since I have the 'dash' package installed in my ~/.emacs.d/elpa:
>
> % emacs -batch -eval "(progn (require 'dash))"
> Cannot open load file: no such file or directory, dash
> % emacs -batch -eval "(progn (package-initialize) (require 'dash))"
> %
>
> The documentation at
> http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/elisp/Startup-Summary.html
> is not totally clear on this, but it implies that packages should be loaded.
I think this is a documentation bug. package-initialize is not
invoked under -q (which I Think makes sense), and -batch implies -q.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-11-23 16:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-11-22 22:24 bug#19151: 24.4; Batch mode doesn't call package-initialize, can't find packages Gary Oberbrunner
2014-11-23 11:26 ` Ted Zlatanov
2014-11-23 16:29 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2016-07-02 1:24 ` npostavs
2016-07-02 8:00 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-07-02 20:50 ` npostavs
2016-07-03 4:14 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-07-03 13:21 ` npostavs
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