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29.3; Error in "(emacs)Package Installation" description.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: philipk <at> posteo.net, tpeplt <at> gmail.com, 70402-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#70402: 29.3; Error in "(emacs)Package Installation"
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Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2024 11:54:56 +0300

> From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
> Cc: Philip Kaludercic <philipk <at> posteo.net>,  tpeplt <at> gmail.com,
>   70402 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2024 09:20:41 -0400
> 
> >>>>> M-x customize-option RET
> >>>>> Customize variable: package-enable-at-startup RET
> [...]
> > Stefan, any suggestions?
> 
> All I can offer is to muddy the water a bit more: the above
> customization *can* work, if you save your Custom settings in your
> `early-init.el` (or in another file that's loaded from that file).

Thanks, I've updated the documentation on master with this info.

> But, yeah, it's more misleading than useful to to have it as
> a Custom variable.

I guess at this late stage we cannot make this a defvar, so I left it
to be a defcustom.

And with that, I'm closing this bug.

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