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package-initialize not run

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Juanma Barranquero <lekktu <at> gmail.com>
Subject: bug#14639: closed (Re: bug#14639: package-initialize not run)
Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:38:02 +0000

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Your bug report

#14639: package-initialize not run

which was filed against the emacs package, has been closed.

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From: Juanma Barranquero <lekktu <at> gmail.com>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 14639-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#14639: package-initialize not run
Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:36:17 +0200

On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 4:45 PM, Stefan Monnier
<monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca> wrote:

> Looks good (if you grep a bit, you'll see there are calls to
> package--description-file which need a relative file name, because it's
> used to find a file in a tar archive rather than in the file-system).

I see.

Committed in revno:113021

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From: Juanma Barranquero <lekktu <at> gmail.com>
To: Bug-Gnu-Emacs <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
Subject: package-initialize not run
Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2013 04:34:16 +0200

Package: emacs
Version: 24.3.50
X-Debbugs-CC: monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca


package-initialize is not being run because the code to detect
description files does

  (when (let ((subdir (expand-file-name subdir dir)))
          (and (file-directory-p subdir)
               (file-exists-p
                (package--description-file subdir))))
    (throw 'package-dir-found t)))))))

but package--description-file does not return an absolute filename, so
file-exists-p fails.

Either this patch is needed,

=== modified file 'lisp/startup.el'
--- lisp/startup.el 2013-06-15 15:36:11 +0000
+++ lisp/startup.el 2013-06-17 02:21:06 +0000
@@ -1204,5 +1204,7 @@
                          (and (file-directory-p subdir)
                               (file-exists-p
-                               (package--description-file subdir))))
+                               (expand-file-name
+                                (package--description-file subdir)
+                                subdir))))
    (throw 'package-dir-found t)))))))
        (package-initialize))


or modifying package--description-file to return an absolute path.

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