From: npostavs@users.sourceforge.net
To: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen@web.de>
Cc: 24467@debbugs.gnu.org, SK Kim <tttuuu888@gmail.com>
Subject: bug#24467: 25.1; package
Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2016 22:45:03 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <877fa0zoi8.fsf@users.sourceforge.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87shspdja1.fsf@web.de> (Michael Heerdegen's message of "Sun, 25 Sep 2016 00:28:54 +0200")
tags 24467 confirmed
severity 24467 minor
quit
Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen@web.de> writes:
> Noam Postavsky <npostavs@users.sourceforge.net> writes:
>>
>> I put the above as my init.el in a temporary HOME dir, when I run
>> package-list-packages melpa packages are all "available" for me.
>
> Maybe it is different on the first run?
Yes, if I close and reopen Emacs, then I see the "new" packages too.
>
> Hmm, anyway, I found out that with
>
> (package-initialize)
> (setq package-archives
> '(("gnu" . "http://elpa.gnu.org/packages/")
> ("melpa" . "http://melpa.milkbox.net/packages/")))
>
> in my init file I see the issue. But with
>
> (setq package-archives
> '(("gnu" . "http://elpa.gnu.org/packages/")
> ("melpa" . "http://melpa.milkbox.net/packages/")))
> (package-initialize)
>
> it seems to be fixed (i.e. the same expressions just transposed). With
> other words, `package-archives' seemingly needs to be set before calling
> `package-intialize' (@SK Kim, do you see the same?).
Ah, so the packages are "new" in the sense that they come from archives
added after package-initialize was called.
>
> With the first version, after Emacs startup, `package-archive-contents'
> only includes the "gnu" packages. With the second version, it seems to
> include "everything" (the list is too long to be printed in reasonable
> time). That variable is used to decide what packages are new. That's
> were the problem seems to come from.
>
> I think the behavior is at least "surprising", a pitfall.
Would be nice to avoid it, indeed.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-09-25 2:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-09-19 5:29 bug#24467: 25.1; package SK Kim
2016-09-19 22:01 ` Noam Postavsky
2016-09-24 22:28 ` Michael Heerdegen
2016-09-25 2:45 ` npostavs [this message]
2016-09-25 13:38 ` Michael Heerdegen
2018-11-03 15:07 ` Stefan Monnier
2019-01-22 22:56 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-08-16 12:26 ` bug#21703: adding package archives after calling package-initialize lists all their packages as "new" Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-08-17 12:39 ` bug#24467: " Michael Heerdegen
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