GNU bug report logs - #21858
package-initialize: no good in .emacs!

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: David Reitter <david.reitter <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2015 03:19:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: fixed

Merged with 28001, 30507

Found in version 25.2

Fixed in version 27.1

Done: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: David Reitter <david.reitter <at> gmail.com>
To: 21858 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: bruce.connor.am <at> gmail.com
Subject: bug#21858: package-initialize: no good in .emacs!
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2015 22:17:40 -0500

X-Debbugs-CC: bruce.connor.am <at> gmail.com

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...
This bug report was last modified 7 years and 91 days ago.

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