bug#39682: 26.3; Help window for list-packages disabled

[Tim Johnson]

Alternate email address is tim@akwebsoft.com

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Problem:
When the following occurs
1) dired+ is loaded
2) package is loaded
3) package is initialized
No *Help* window is opened and the error message: "No Package
Specified" is displayed in the minibuffer.

Test Case:
loading both dired+ and packages AND initializing packages seems to
cause this problem when an abbreviated init.el is used.
If packages is not initialized
OR
dired+ is not loaded
the list-packages *Help* window will be displayed for package info

Code for the test init.el follows:

;; code begins
(add-to-list 'load-path "~/.emacs.d/elisp") ;; edit for your path to dired+
(require 'package)
;; if the following is executed and dired+ is also loaded
;; the list-packages *Help* window will be disabled
(package-initialize)
;; if dired+ is loaded and (package-initialize) is also executed
;; the list-packages *Help* window will be disabled
(require 'dired+)
;; code ends

;; It appears to me that if either of the two cases occur
;; 1) dired+ is NOT loaded
;; 2) package is NOT initialized
;; Then the *Help* window WILL be displayed

;; -------------------------------------------------------------


In GNU Emacs 26.3 (build 1, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.24.30)
of 2020-02-17 built on linus
Windowing system distributor 'The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.11906000
System Description: Ubuntu 16.04.6 LTS

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Tim Johnson
http://www.tj49.com

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Tim
tj49.com