> I don't know which problem you are trying to solve and its details Making the built-in package manager work without any user intervention. > Why not to introduce an init file to fix something in foo1.el or > foo2.el or... f..? > > No, what ever you are trying to fix is 'wrong'... :P I would agree in the case of any other package. But I've been convinced that the built-in package manager deserves a special place in the startup process. Note, if you look earlier in this thread, I said literally exactly the same thing as you, for the same reason. I have however changed my mind.