From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs 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 Message-ID: <837fylsww5.fsf@gnu.org> References: Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1416760227 583 80.91.229.3 (23 Nov 2014 16:30:27 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2014 16:30:27 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 19151@debbugs.gnu.org To: Gary Oberbrunner Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Nov 23 17:30:21 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Xsa3H-0000E1-Hl for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 23 Nov 2014 17:30:19 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:49181 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xsa3H-0003Ix-31 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 23 Nov 2014 11:30:19 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:34622) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xsa37-00034D-3T for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 23 Nov 2014 11:30:13 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xsa31-0003G4-V5 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 23 Nov 2014 11:30:08 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:45622) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xsa31-0003Ev-Qz for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 23 Nov 2014 11:30:03 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Xsa31-0004Ob-3o for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 23 Nov 2014 11:30:03 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2014 16:30:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 19151 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 19151-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B19151.141676018316839 (code B ref 19151); Sun, 23 Nov 2014 16:30:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 19151) by debbugs.gnu.org; 23 Nov 2014 16:29:43 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:42835 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Xsa2h-0004NW-2i for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 23 Nov 2014 11:29:43 -0500 Original-Received: from mtaout21.012.net.il ([80.179.55.169]:32917) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Xsa2e-0004NN-LO for 19151@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 23 Nov 2014 11:29:41 -0500 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout21.012.net.il by a-mtaout21.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0NFI001002SJXA00@a-mtaout21.012.net.il> for 19151@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 23 Nov 2014 18:29:38 +0200 (IST) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.69.4.28]) by a-mtaout21.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0NFI001HU35EI7A0@a-mtaout21.012.net.il>; Sun, 23 Nov 2014 18:29:38 +0200 (IST) In-reply-to: X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:96464 Archived-At: > Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2014 17:24:25 -0500 > From: Gary Oberbrunner > > 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.