(setq use-package-always-ensure 't) does not install packages defined by use-package in Emacs

(setq use-package-always-ensure 't) does not install packages defined by use-package in Emacs

[Oleander via]

Hello,
can anyone confirm this behavior? I have to use `:ensure t` for each package in order to install them when I start Emacs. `(setq use-package-always-ensure 't)` does not work.

Thank you,
Best regards

Re: (setq use-package-always-ensure 't) does not install packages defined by use-package in Emacs

[Oleander via]

Just to be clear, I didn't send the previous message to the wrong mailing list. I'm experiencing this only on Guix.

If someone could do me the courtesy of trying whether (setq use-package-always-ensure 't) works in Emacs under Guix I'd be grateful.

Thank you
-------- Original Message --------
On Nov 20, 2024, 13:49, Oleander wrote:

> Hello,
> can anyone confirm this behavior? I have to use `:ensure t` for each package in order to install them when I start Emacs. `(setq use-package-always-ensure 't)` does not work.
>
> Thank you,
> Best regards

Re: (setq use-package-always-ensure 't) does not install packages defined by use-package in Emacs

[Philip McGrath]

On Fri, Nov 22, 2024, at 7:34 AM, Oleander via wrote:
> Just to be clear, I didn't send the previous message to the wrong 
> mailing list. I'm experiencing this only on Guix.
>
> If someone could do me the courtesy of trying whether (setq 
> use-package-always-ensure 't) works in Emacs under Guix I'd be grateful.
>

My init.el contains (setq use-package-always-ensure 't) and I haven't had any problems with my Guix Emacs, which uses both Emacs packages installed with Guix and packages automatically installed and updated by use-package. I didn't specifically try to provoke any problems just now, though.

Philip