Emacs master: package-initialize warning

Emacs master: package-initialize warning

[Angelo Graziosi]

After building a recent master, starting Emacs prints a warning about package-initialize, which should not be called anymore in the init file. Applying this change

--- init.el-save	2017-08-27 22:02:15.409019114 +0200
+++ init.el	2018-03-31 13:58:03.119791221 +0200
@@ -86,7 +86,8 @@
    'package-archives
    '("melpa" . "http://melpa.org/packages/")
    t)
-  (package-initialize))
+  ;;(package-initialize)
+  )
 
 ;; Settings for tabbar-ruler..
 ;;(setq tabbar-ruler-fancy-tab-separator 'arrow)


seems to fix the warning.

Should I do something else or this is enough?

Thanks,
Angelo.

Re: Emacs master: package-initialize warning

[Charles A. Roelli]

Sounds right to me, see etc/NEWS:

  ** Installed packages are now activated *before* loading the init file.
  This is part of a change intended to eliminate the behavior of
  package.el inserting a call to 'package-initialize' into the init
  file, which was previously done when Emacs was started.  As a result
  of this change, it is no longer necessary to call 'package-initialize'
  in your init file.

  However, if your init file changes the values of 'package-load-list' or
  'package-user-dir', or sets 'package-enable-at-startup' to nil then it won't
  work right without some adjustment:
  - you can move that code to the early init file (see above), so those settings
    apply before Emacs tries to activate the packages.
  - you can use the new 'package-quickstart` so activation of packages does not
    need to pay attention to 'package-load-list' or 'package-user-dir' any more.