Subject: bug#21858: package-initialize: no good in .emacs!

From: David Reitter <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2015 22:17:40 -0500

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Emacs 25’s package system liberally modified my ~/.emacs, adding a call do `package-initialize’.

What happens when I call emacs from the command line (as opposed to one installed elsewhere, like a GUI Emacs in /Applications)?

> An error has occurred while loading `/Users/dr/.emacs':
> 
> Symbol's function definition is void: package-initialize

… because my command-line emacs is an older one, such as the one that comes with the latest version of OS X (Emacs 22).

This is not a good state of affairs...