Error on startup when using the sample `prelude-modules.el` file
dduugg opened this issue · 4 comments
Expected behavior
Emacs starts normally when using the default prelude-modules.el file.
Actual behavior
Emacs reports an error:
Warning (initialization): An error occurred while loading ‘~/.emacs.d/init.el’:
Symbol's function definition is void: prelude-require-packages
To ensure normal operation, you should investigate and remove the
cause of the error in your initialization file. Start Emacs with
the ‘--debug-init’ option to view a complete error backtrace
(The error message persists using various subsets of the sample file, including reducing it to a single (require 'prelude-c) line)
Steps to reproduce the problem
Install Prelude via the "Fast Forward" method:
$ curl -L https://git.io/epre | sh
Start emacs, allow packages to install.
Now, adopt the sample prelude-modules.el:
cp ~/.emacs.d/sample/prelude-modules.el ~/.emacs.d/personal/preload/
Now, when I restart emacs, I see the error above.
In case it's helfpul, restarting emacs with --debug-init results in:
Debugger entered--Lisp error: (void-function prelude-require-packages)
(prelude-require-packages '(ivy swiper counsel))
eval-buffer(#<buffer *load*-759256> nil "~/.emacs.d/modules/prelud..." nil t) ; Reading at buffer position 1284
load-with-code-conversion("~/.emacs.d/modules/prelud..." "~/.emacs.d/modules/prelud..." nil t)
require(prelude-ivy)
eval-buffer(#<buffer *load*-699396> nil "~/.emacs.d/personal/prelo..." nil t) ; Reading at buffer position 1636
load-with-code-conversion("~/.emacs.d/personal/prelo..." "~/.emacs.d/personal/prelo..." nil nil)
load("~/.emacs.d/personal/prelo...")
mapc(load ("~/.emacs.d/personal/prelo..."))
(progn (message "[Prelude] Loading personal configuration files in ..." prelude-personal-preload-dir) (mapc 'load (directory-files prelude-personal-preload-dir 't "^[^#.].*el$")))
(if (file-exists-p prelude-personal-preload-dir) (progn (message "[Prelude] Loading personal configuration files in ..." prelude-personal-preload-dir) (mapc 'load (directory-files pre$
eval-buffer(#<buffer *load*> nil "~/.emacs.d/init.el" nil t) ; Reading at buffer position 4489
load-with-code-conversion("~/.emacs.d/init.el" "~/.emacs.d/init.el" t t)
load("~/.emacs.d/init" noerror nomessage)
startup--load-user-init-file(#f(compiled-function () #<bytecode -0x148f927a7637463>) #f(compiled-function () #<bytecode -0x1f3c686ddc6f5435>) t)
command-line()
normal-top-level()
Environment & Version information
The error above led me to think that one of the packages being required (ivy swiper counsel) was possibly missing, but that doesn't seem to be the case:
➞ ls ~/.emacs.d/elpa [git:master] ✔
ace-window-20220911.358 easy-kill-20220511.557 hl-todo-20221011.1032 markdown-mode-20221105.236 spinner-1.7.4
ag-20201031.2202 editorconfig-20221031.547 ht-20221031.705 marshal-20201223.1853 super-save-20220531.1745
anzu-20211002.2255 elisp-slime-nav-20210510.528 imenu-anywhere-20210201.1704 move-text-20221006.1634 swiper-20220430.2247
archives epl-20180205.2049 ivy-20220926.1250 nlinum-1.9 transient-20221028.1430
avy-20220910.1936 exec-path-from-shell-20220826.1535 js2-mode-20221028.1819 operate-on-number-20150707.623 undo-tree-0.8.2
browse-kill-ring-20220410.1509 expand-region-20221030.957 json-mode-20211011.630 pcache-20220724.1841 volatile-highlights-20160612.155
company-20221007.2145 f-20220911.711 json-snatcher-20200916.1717 pkg-info-20150517.1143 web-mode-20221012.800
compat-28.1.2.2 flycheck-20221104.549 logito-20201226.534 projectile-20221105.1641 which-key-20220811.1616
counsel-20221015.936 gh-20220302.549 lsp-mode-20221104.1904 queue-0.2 with-editor-20220810.1159
crux-20210811.436 gist-20171128.406 lsp-ui-20220924.850 rainbow-delimiters-20210515.1254 yaml-mode-20221022.920
dash-20221013.836 git-commit-20221101.2237 lv-20200507.1518 rainbow-mode-1.0.6 zenburn-theme-20220927.631
diff-hl-20221007.2147 git-modes-20220422.1611 magit-20221101.2214 s-20220902.1511 zop-to-char-20160212.1554
diminish-20220909.847 git-timemachine-20220920.828 magit-section-20220929.1014 smartparens-20220623.1523
discover-my-major-20180606.511 guru-mode-20211025.1157 makey-20131231.1430 smartrep-20150509.230
Emacs version
28.2
Operating system
macOS Monterey 12.6.1
It's defined early in https://github.com/bbatsov/prelude/blob/master/init.el and the code hasn't been changed in ages.
My bad - it's actually here https://github.com/bbatsov/prelude/blob/master/core/prelude-packages.el#L103
@bbatsov Thanks for your reply. I think the issue is that prelude-packages isn't loaded until line 109 of init-el. However, I believe that prelude-modules.el is loaded in lines 102-104.
When I load personal settings after core, the error goes away. As you mentioned though, the code hasn't been changed in ages, so possibly there is something else at issue. Do you have any thoughts?
This is resolved – the mistake here was moving ~/.emacs.d/sample/prelude-modules.el into ~/.emacs.d/personal/preload/ rather than just ~/.emacs.d/personal/. (I think I misread preload as prelude after working too long without a break 🤕).