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Re: [O] Package System questions ?
From: |
David Masterson |
Subject: |
Re: [O] Package System questions ? |
Date: |
Sat, 15 Dec 2018 03:58:59 +0000 |
Allen Li <address@hidden> writes:
> On Fri, Dec 14, 2018 at 3:46 PM David Masterson <address@hidden> wrote:
>>
>> Am I reading the startup process right?
>>
>> In GNU Emacs v26+, it appears that package-initialize is run out of
>> startup.el which is run (I think) before the various "init" files.
>> Therefore, it is hardcoding the assumptions that:
>>
>> 1. The standard packages are in site-lisp or elpa directories.
>> 2. The user packages are in .emacs.d/elpa directory.
>>
>> This means that, if you set up a number of package-archives to install
>> packages from (such as "melpa"), all of the packages must be installed
>> in "elpa" directories in your local setup. This would seem to be a
>> configuration issue.
>
> From the NEWS file in emacs master:
>
> ** Emacs can now be configured using an early init file.
> The file is called 'early-init.el', in 'user-emacs-directory'. It is
> loaded very early in the startup process: before graphical elements
> such as the tool bar are initialized, and before the package manager
> is initialized. The primary purpose is to allow customizing how the
> package system is initialized given that initialization now happens
> before loading the regular init file (see below).
Thanks for the pointer. Hadn't heard of this init file.
> Also, this question belongs on the Emacs mailing list rather than
> the Org mode mailing list.
Very good point. I've been around long enough to know better.
--
David