From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: using use-package Date: Sun, 09 Aug 2015 09:17:28 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Message-ID: References: <20150805055619.13567.17B26335@ahiker.mooo.com> <17131863-cbb8-4a85-8470-490fe9a0c0d4@googlegroups.com> <66dceb24-5fef-4316-8c8b-e9a3e62b0fb8@googlegroups.com> <3594e2c6-bd02-412f-98df-9dd0f145277a@googlegroups.com> <01b4d996-aad3-44ff-a580-7950b25b7dc8@googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1439126429 7114 80.91.229.3 (9 Aug 2015 13:20:29 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 9 Aug 2015 13:20:29 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Aug 09 15:20:29 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-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 1ZOQWX-0002YU-Lq for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 09 Aug 2015 15:20:25 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:55299 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZOQWW-0006we-VD for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 09 Aug 2015 09:20:24 -0400 Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!news.glorb.com!feeder.erje.net!1.eu.feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 19 Injection-Info: mx02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="81077855a1b79cdd446ddfce5f593b54"; logging-data="11951"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1888PyFVsz/bUyanXN+lg0r" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:nZLG3+eTfjtvlCcRxamIwVsdMe4= sha1:affEgPbzmvmnkngftiibZngtKrU= Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:214108 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:106392 Archived-At: > Are you serious Stefan? Not always. Why? > Here's a 3-line init: > --------------------- > (add-to-list 'package-archives > '("melpa" . "http://melpa.org/packages/")) > (package-initialize) > --------------------- > Start emacs -Q with that and I get: > Symbol's value as variable is void: package-archives > Precede by a (require 'package) and error vanishes You can get rid of the error by swapping the two statements as well. Not sure what is your point. Stefan