Fix: [packages] always initialize & refresh, even with v28

2 files changed, 14 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/shoshin-config.el b/shoshin-config.el
index 28de47b..3718296 100644
--- a/shoshin-config.el
+++ b/shoshin-config.el
@@ -9,9 +9,10 @@
 
 ;;; Package Management
 (when (< emacs-major-version 28)
-  (package-initialize)
-  (add-to-list 'package-archives '("nongnu" . "https://elpa.nongnu.org/nongnu/"))
-  (package-refresh-contents))
+  (add-to-list 'package-archives '("nongnu" . "https://elpa.nongnu.org/nongnu/")))
+
+(package-initialize)
+(package-refresh-contents)
 
 (when (and (functionp #'native-comp-available-p) (native-comp-available-p))
   (setq native-comp-always-compile t
diff --git a/shoshin-config.org b/shoshin-config.org
index 42fc8f0..eced968 100644
--- a/shoshin-config.org
+++ b/shoshin-config.org
@@ -116,9 +116,7 @@ distributions may not yet have it as an available package.
 #+name: add-nongnu-elpa
 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
   (when (< emacs-major-version 28)
-    (package-initialize)
-    (add-to-list 'package-archives '("nongnu" . "https://elpa.nongnu.org/nongnu/"))
-    (package-refresh-contents))
+    (add-to-list 'package-archives '("nongnu" . "https://elpa.nongnu.org/nongnu/")))
 #+end_src
 
 ** Installing Packages
@@ -131,6 +129,15 @@ add its name to [[help:package-selected-packages][package-selected-packages]].
 You can also use ~list-packages~ to browse, install and upgrade packages as
 well.
 
+I'll initialize the package functionality and refresh the contents to look for
+updates, and ensure any additional archives are fetched. this may have a startup
+impact, but i'm not concerned about that.
+
+#+begin_src emacs-lisp
+  (package-initialize)
+  (package-refresh-contents)
+#+end_src
+
 ** Packages not in the default repos
 
 Any elisp package that is in Emacs's [[help:load-path][load-path]] can be ~require~'d and used.