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25.0.50; Package (package.el) doc should mention effects on `load-path'

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From: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 21704 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Subject: bug#21704: 25.0.50; Package (package.el) doc should mention effects on `load-path'
Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2016 08:30:56 -0400

On Mon, Jun 27, 2016 at 1:40 AM, Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> 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

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