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

[Noam Postavsky]

retitle 39682 26.3; Help window for list-packages disabled when dired+ is loaded
tags 39682 + unreproducible
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Tim Johnson <tim@tj49.com> writes:

> ;; 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

You mean the one that pops up when pressing '?' in the *Packages*
buffer?  Seems to work for me regardless of whether or not dired+ is
loaded.