From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: npostavs@users.sourceforge.net
Cc: garyo@oberbrunner.com, 19151@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#19151: 24.4; Batch mode doesn't call package-initialize, can't find packages
Date: Sun, 03 Jul 2016 07:14:59 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83wpl3qrwc.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <877fd3hihp.fsf@users.sourceforge.net> (npostavs@users.sourceforge.net)
> From: npostavs@users.sourceforge.net
> Cc: 19151@debbugs.gnu.org, garyo@oberbrunner.com
> Date: Sat, 02 Jul 2016 16:50:42 -0400
>
> >From b1d2cf2c2ca86151c25d1c59c7eb210179086be2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Noam Postavsky <npostavs@gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2016 21:15:28 -0400
> Subject: [PATCH v2] Explain when package-initialize isn't called
>
> * doc/lispref/os.texi (Startup Summary): Explain that package-initialize
> is not called when options -q, -Q, or --batch were passed (Bug #19151).
> ---
> doc/lispref/os.texi | 10 +++++++---
> 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/doc/lispref/os.texi b/doc/lispref/os.texi
> index 5f189b9..ec14b01 100644
> --- a/doc/lispref/os.texi
> +++ b/doc/lispref/os.texi
> @@ -155,9 +155,13 @@ Startup Summary
> option @samp{--batch} was specified.
>
> @item
> -If @code{package-enable-at-startup} is non-@code{nil}, it calls the
> -function @code{package-initialize} to activate any optional Emacs Lisp
> -package that has been installed. @xref{Packaging Basics}.
> +It calls the function @code{package-initialize} to activate any
> +optional Emacs Lisp package that has been installed. @xref{Packaging
> +Basics}. However, Emacs doesn't initialize packages when
> +@code{package-enable-at-startup} is @code{nil} or when it's started
> +with one of the options @samp{-q}, @samp{-Q}, or @samp{--batch}. To
> +initialize packages in the latter case, @code{package-initialize}
> +should be called explicitly (e.g., via the @samp{--funcall} option).
>
> @vindex after-init-time
> @item
> --
> 2.8.0
Fine with me, thanks.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-07-03 4:14 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
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 [this message]
2016-07-03 13:21 ` npostavs
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