The native-comp branch deems the fololiwng statement (add-to-list 'load-path (directory-file-name (or (file-name-directory #$) (car load-path)))) in each elpa/melpa package's (pkg-name)-autoloads.el as invalid with the following error message: Error loading autoloads: (wrong-type-argument stringp nil) As a result, all the rest part of the autloads.el file are not evaluated that leads to many .elc/el/eln files are not added to load-path. The last master branch (cloned 2020-4-1-3 22:25 CDT) build does not have this issue. In GNU Emacs 28.0.50 (build 1, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.24.18, cairo version 1.16.0) of 2020-04-13 built on sid0 Repository revision: b7678cf10e13727dab300c7162649cafc488e27e Repository branch: feature/native-comp Windowing system distributor 'The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.12004000 System Description: Debian GNU/Linux bullseye/sid Recent messages: Auto-saving...done Auto-saving...done report-emacs-bug-hook: Please edit the From address and try again Mark set Sending... Sending via mail... Save this mail sending choice? (y or n) y Saving file /home/gong-yi/.emacs.d-28/saved-customization.el... 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