Re: Package System questions ?

[David Masterson <dsmasterson@outlook.com>]

Allen Li <darkfeline@felesatra.moe> writes:

> On Fri, Dec 14, 2018 at 3:46 PM David Masterson <dsmasterson@outlook.com> 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