GNU bug report logs - #19151
24.4; Batch mode doesn't call package-initialize, can't find packages

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net
Cc: garyo <at> oberbrunner.com, 19151 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#19151: 24.4; Batch mode doesn't call package-initialize, can't find packages
Date: Sun, 03 Jul 2016 07:14:59 +0300

> From: npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net
> Cc: 19151 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,  garyo <at> oberbrunner.com
> Date: Sat, 02 Jul 2016 16:50:42 -0400
> 
> >From b1d2cf2c2ca86151c25d1c59c7eb210179086be2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2016 21:15:28 -0400
> Subject: [PATCH v2] Explain when package-initialize isn't called
> 
> * doc/lispref/os.texi (Startup Summary): Explain that package-initialize
> is not called when options -q, -Q, or --batch were passed (Bug #19151).
> ---
>  doc/lispref/os.texi | 10 +++++++---
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/doc/lispref/os.texi b/doc/lispref/os.texi
> index 5f189b9..ec14b01 100644
> --- a/doc/lispref/os.texi
> +++ b/doc/lispref/os.texi
> @@ -155,9 +155,13 @@ Startup Summary
>  option @samp{--batch} was specified.
>  
>  @item
> -If @code{package-enable-at-startup} is non-@code{nil}, it calls the
> -function @code{package-initialize} to activate any optional Emacs Lisp
> -package that has been installed.  @xref{Packaging Basics}.
> +It calls the function @code{package-initialize} to activate any
> +optional Emacs Lisp package that has been installed.  @xref{Packaging
> +Basics}.  However, Emacs doesn't initialize packages when
> +@code{package-enable-at-startup} is @code{nil} or when it's started
> +with one of the options @samp{-q}, @samp{-Q}, or @samp{--batch}.  To
> +initialize packages in the latter case, @code{package-initialize}
> +should be called explicitly (e.g., via the @samp{--funcall} option).
>  
>  @vindex after-init-time
>  @item
> -- 
> 2.8.0

Fine with me, thanks.

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