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#21704: 25.0.50; Package (package.el) doc should mention effects on `load-path' Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2016 18:37:41 +0300 Message-ID: <83r3biy75m.fsf@gnu.org> References: <489dac34-2cb6-416d-9ef2-301884dd31d8@default> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1467042450 21049 80.91.229.3 (27 Jun 2016 15:47:30 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2016 15:47:30 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 21704@debbugs.gnu.org, larsi@gnus.org To: Noam Postavsky Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jun 27 17:47:19 2016 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 1bHYkn-0005Sn-FR for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 27 Jun 2016 17:47:17 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:59504 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bHYkm-0006j2-HW for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 27 Jun 2016 11:47:16 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:55036) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bHYcs-0006p3-Ay for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 27 Jun 2016 11:39:09 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bHYcn-0006NG-RC for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 27 Jun 2016 11:39:06 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:46079) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bHYcn-0006N1-Nd for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 27 Jun 2016 11:39:01 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bHYcn-0005k7-Jz for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 27 Jun 2016 11:39:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2016 15:39:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 21704 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 21704-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B21704.146704191322035 (code B ref 21704); Mon, 27 Jun 2016 15:39:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 21704) by debbugs.gnu.org; 27 Jun 2016 15:38:33 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:58416 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bHYcL-0005jK-5G for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 27 Jun 2016 11:38:33 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:35321) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bHYcI-0005j6-VL for 21704@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 27 Jun 2016 11:38:31 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bHYc9-00067s-EY for 21704@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 27 Jun 2016 11:38:25 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:35738) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bHYbx-000643-4U; Mon, 27 Jun 2016 11:38:09 -0400 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:3427 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:128) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1bHYbv-0002I2-71; Mon, 27 Jun 2016 11:38:07 -0400 In-reply-to: (message from Noam Postavsky on Mon, 27 Jun 2016 00:45:07 -0400) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 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" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:120154 Archived-At: > From: Noam Postavsky > Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2016 00:45:07 -0400 > Cc: Lars Ingebrigtsen > > > Do you have a suggestion as to where in the manual we should mention the > > load-path impact? > > How about in Package Installation? (see attached patch) Thanks. One comment: > +loading a Lisp library (@pxref{Lisp Libraries}); loading a package > +adds its directory to @var{load-path} and loads its autoloads. The Please use @code{load-path}, not @var. The latter is for things like function arguments, which stand for some particular value, whereas load-path is a literal symbol.