GNU bug report logs - #21704
25.0.50; Package (package.el) doc should mention effects on `load-path'

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Package: emacs;

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

Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2015 14:25:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 25.0.50

Fixed in version 25.1

Done: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net>
Cc: 21704 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, 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 18:37:41 +0300

> From: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2016 00:45:07 -0400
> Cc: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
> 
> > 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)

Thanks.  One comment:

> +loading a Lisp library (@pxref{Lisp Libraries}); loading a package
> +adds its directory to @var{load-path} and loads its autoloads.  The

Please use @code{load-path}, not @var.  The latter is for things like
function arguments, which stand for some particular value, whereas
load-path is a literal symbol.
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