GNU bug report logs - #18829
25.0.50; (emacs) manual: relation between `package-initialize' and `require' & `load-path'

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Reported by: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2014 15:28:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: fixed

Found in version 25.0.50

Fixed in version 26.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

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From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 25.0.50; (emacs) manual: relation between `package-initialize' and
 `require' & `load-path'
Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2014 08:25:44 -0700 (PDT)

There is apparently a fair amount of confusion, especially by new users, about the relation between `require' and `load-path', on
the one hand, and `package-initialize', on the other.  

The doc for these is not together (which is normal), and it might help
to (a) provide cross references and (b) explicitly say that if you use
`package-initialize' then you do (should) not need to explicitly adjust
`load-path' and `require' the relevant code.

Here is one example of such a question and response explaining this:
http://emacs.stackexchange.com/a/2599/105



In GNU Emacs 25.0.50.1 (i686-pc-mingw32)
 of 2014-10-20 on LEG570
Bzr revision: 118168 rgm <at> gnu.org-20141020195941-icp42t8ttcnud09g
Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 6.1.7601
Configured using:
 `configure --enable-checking=yes,glyphs CPPFLAGS=-DGLYPH_DEBUG=1'
Information forwarded to bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org:
bug#18829; Package emacs. (Sat, 30 Apr 2016 14:50:01 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

Message #8 received at 18829 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 18829 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#18829: 25.0.50;
 (emacs) manual: relation between `package-initialize' and `require' &
 `load-path'
Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2016 16:49:02 +0200

Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> writes:

> There is apparently a fair amount of confusion, especially by new users, about the relation between `require' and `load-path', on
> the one hand, and `package-initialize', on the other.  
>
> The doc for these is not together (which is normal), and it might help
> to (a) provide cross references and (b)

I've now done this...

> explicitly say that if you use `package-initialize' then you do
> (should) not need to explicitly adjust `load-path' and `require' the
> relevant code.

And this.

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
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Added tag(s) fixed. Request was from Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Sat, 30 Apr 2016 14:50:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
bug marked as fixed in version 25.2, send any further explanations to 18829 <at> debbugs.gnu.org and Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> Request was from Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Sat, 30 Apr 2016 14:50:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
bug archived. Request was from Debbugs Internal Request <help-debbugs <at> gnu.org> to internal_control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Sun, 29 May 2016 11:24:07 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
bug unarchived. Request was from Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Sun, 04 Dec 2016 02:50:06 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
bug Marked as fixed in versions 26.1. Request was from Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Sun, 04 Dec 2016 02:50:06 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
bug No longer marked as fixed in versions 25.2. Request was from Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Sun, 04 Dec 2016 02:50:06 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
bug archived. Request was from Debbugs Internal Request <help-debbugs <at> gnu.org> to internal_control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Sun, 01 Jan 2017 12:24:12 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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