Subject: Re: bug#21704: 25.0.50; Package (package.el) doc should mention effects on `load-path'

From: Noam Postavsky <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2016 08:30:56 -0400

On Mon, Jun 27, 2016 at 1:40 AM, Drew Adams <[email-masked]> wrote:
>> > Do you have a suggestion as to where in the manual we should mention the
>> > load-path impact?
>>
>> How about in Package Installation? (see attached patch)
>
> It doesn't even
> mention variable `load-path'.

Huh? Did you read the wrong patch? (I've double checked that I posted
the right one)

+loading a Lisp library (@pxref{Lisp Libraries}); loading a package
+adds its directory to @var{load-path} and loads its autoloads.  The
                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+effect of a package's autoloads varies from package to package.  Most