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-rw-r--r--lisp/ChangeLog8
-rw-r--r--lisp/emacs-lisp/package.el12
-rw-r--r--lisp/startup.el26
3 files changed, 41 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index f4cb5eee9fd..a37ae0c7a47 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2010-10-30 Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
+
+ * startup.el (command-line): Search for package directories, and
+ don't load package.el if none are found.
+
+ * emacs-lisp/package.el (describe-package, list-packages): Call
+ package-initialize if it has not been called yet.
+
2010-10-30 Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de>
* progmodes/cc-fonts.el (c-font-lock-enum-tail): New function
diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/package.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/package.el
index ea4c14e7cda..454036018be 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/package.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/package.el
@@ -1037,10 +1037,13 @@ The variable `package-load-list' controls which packages to load."
(defun describe-package (package)
"Display the full documentation of PACKAGE (a symbol)."
(interactive
- (let* ((packages (append (mapcar 'car package-alist)
+ (let* ((guess (function-called-at-point))
+ packages val)
+ ;; Initialize the package system if it's not.
+ (unless package-alist
+ (package-initialize))
+ (setq packages (append (mapcar 'car package-alist)
(mapcar 'car package-archive-contents)))
- (guess (function-called-at-point))
- val)
(unless (memq guess packages)
(setq guess nil))
(setq packages (mapcar 'symbol-name packages))
@@ -1617,6 +1620,9 @@ list; the default is to display everything in `package-alist'."
Fetches the updated list of packages before displaying.
The list is displayed in a buffer named `*Packages*'."
(interactive)
+ ;; Initialize the package system if necessary.
+ (unless package-alist
+ (package-initialize))
(package-refresh-contents)
(package--list-packages))
diff --git a/lisp/startup.el b/lisp/startup.el
index 7626dcfac16..31fb7507295 100644
--- a/lisp/startup.el
+++ b/lisp/startup.el
@@ -1172,8 +1172,30 @@ the `--debug-init' option to view a complete error backtrace."
(eq face-ignored-fonts old-face-ignored-fonts))
(clear-face-cache)))
- ;; Load ELPA packages.
- (and user-init-file package-enable-at-startup (package-initialize))
+ ;; If any package directory exists, initialize the package system.
+ (and user-init-file
+ package-enable-at-startup
+ (catch 'package-dir-found
+ (let (dirs)
+ (if (boundp 'package-directory-list)
+ (setq dirs package-directory-list)
+ (dolist (f load-path)
+ (and (stringp f)
+ (equal (file-name-nondirectory f) "site-lisp")
+ (push (expand-file-name "elpa" f) dirs))))
+ (push (if (boundp 'package-user-dir)
+ package-user-dir
+ (locate-user-emacs-file "elpa"))
+ dirs)
+ (dolist (dir dirs)
+ (when (file-directory-p dir)
+ (dolist (subdir (directory-files dir))
+ (when (and (file-directory-p (expand-file-name subdir dir))
+ ;; package-subdirectory-regexp from package.el
+ (string-match "^\\([^.].*\\)-\\([0-9]+\\(?:[.][0-9]+\\)*\\)$"
+ subdir))
+ (throw 'package-dir-found t)))))))
+ (package-initialize))
(setq after-init-time (current-time))
(run-hooks 'after-init-hook)