Subject: Re: bug#70402: 29.3; Error in "(emacs)Package Installation" description.

From: Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2024 22:24:01 +0300

> From: tpeplt <[email-masked]>
> Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2024 15:03:25 -0400
> 
> In the Info node for the Emacs user manual "(emacs) Package
> Installation", there is the following paragraph:
> 
> "To keep Emacs from automatically making packages available at
> startup, change the variable ‘package-enable-at-startup’ to ‘nil’.  You
> must do this in the early init file, as the variable is read before
> loading the regular init file.  Currently this variable cannot be set
> via Customize."
> 
> The final sentence in this paragraph says that
> ‘package-enable-at-startup’ cannot be set via Customize, but it is
> possible in Emacs 29.3 to set that variable via Customize.  Type the
> following:
> 
> M-x customize-option RET
> Customize variable: package-enable-at-startup RET
> 
> After this sequence, the buffer "*Customize Option: Package Enable At
> Startup*" is displayed, which according to the Emacs user manual should
> not be possible.

I think you misunderstand what the manual attempts to convey: that
customizing this variable will not have the desired effect, because it
must be set before reading the init file.