Subject: Re: bug#53527: 29.0.50; package-reinstall fails to initialize (enough of) package.el

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2022 15:33:48 +0200

Matt Armstrong <[email-masked]> writes:

> * lisp/emacs-lisp/package.el (package-reinstall): call
> `package--archives-initialize', just like `package-install' does.
> This populates `package-alist', and so fixes calling
> `package-reinstall' as the first thing done after package "quick
> init".  (Bug#53527)

It seems like this patch was missed; sorry.

The change looks reasonable to me, but just double-checking before
applying it -- is it still needed on the current trunk?  I vaguely seem
to remember there being some other work done in this area recently, but
I may well be mistaken.