Neomake configure commands don't work when using vim's native package loading

[tompreston]

I am using vim/neovim's native package loading. Does this require any extra steps to get neomake#configure commands working?

This issue appears to be similar, but I have no idea how it was solved.

Expected behavior

When I add the following line to init.vim, I expect neovim to start without an error and the Neomake command to run on save, but it doesn't.

call neomake#configure#automake('w')

I see the following error on startup:

E117: Unknown function: neomake#configure#automake

Without the neomake#configure#automake('w') command, neovim starts and I can run :Neomake manually with some success (the log window hangs and I have to press enter before it shows me any linting).

Steps to reproduce

git clone https://github.com/neomake/neomake.git ~/.local/share/nvim/site/pack/tpreston/start/neomake
echo "call neomake#configure#automake('w')" >> ~/.config/nvim/init.vim
nvim

The only line I see in /tmp/neomake.log is this when I close neovim:

08:36:07 893273 [D      ] Calling VimLeave.

When I use the minimal.init.vim, there are no errors (expected - this issue only appears when I add config) and nothing appears in /tmp/neomake.log.

I'm running Fedora 31, NVIM v0.4.3. I can reproduce with the following container:

FROM fedora:31
RUN dnf install -y git neovim

ARG NVIM_PDIR=/root/.local/share/nvim/site/pack/root/start
ARG NVIM_CDIR=/root/.config/nvim

RUN mkdir -p "${NVIM_PDIR}" "${NVIM_CDIR}"
RUN git clone https://github.com/neomake/neomake.git "${NVIM_PDIR}/neomake"
RUN echo "call neomake#configure#automake('w')" \
        >> "${NVIM_CDIR}/init.vim"

CMD nvim

cp Dockerfile /tmp/neomake/Dockerfile
podman build -t tpreston/test-nvim /tmp/neomake
podman run -it tpreston/test-nvim

Then neovim opens with E117: Unknown function: neomake#configure#automake.

Output from :NeomakeInfo

#### Neomake debug information

Async support: 1
Current filetype: 
Windows: 0
[shell, shellcmdflag, shellslash]: ['/bin/bash', '-c', 0]
makeprg=make

##### Enabled makers

For the current filetype ("", used with :Neomake):
None.
NOTE: the current buffer does not have a filetype.

For the project (used with :Neomake!):
 - makeprg
   - append_file: 0
   - args: []
   - auto_enabled: 1
   - errorformat: '%*[^"]"%f"%*\D%l: %m,"%f"%*\D%l: %m,%-G%f:%l: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once,%-G%f:%l: for each function it appears in.),%-GIn file included from %f:%l:%c:,%-GIn file included from %f:%l:%c\,,%-GIn file included from %f:%l:%c,%-GIn file included from %f:%l,%-G%*[ ]from %f:%l:%c,%-G%*[ ]from %f:%l:,%-G%*[ ]from %f:%l\,,%-G%*[ ]from %f:%l,%f:%l:%c:%m,%f(%l):%m,%f:%l:%m,"%f"\, line %l%*\D%c%*[^ ] %m,%D%*\a[%*\d]: Entering directory %*[`'']%f'',%X%*\a[%*\d]: Leaving directory %*[`'']%f'',%D%*\a: Entering directory %*[`'']%f'',%X%*\a: Leaving directory %*[`'']%f'',%DMaking %*\a in %f,%f|%l| %m'
   - exe: 'make'
   - version information (/usr/bin/make --version): GNU Make 4.2.1
     Built for x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu
     Copyright (C) 1988-2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
     License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
     This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
     There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
NOTE: you can define g:neomake_enabled_makers to configure it.

Default maker settings:
 - output_stream: 'both'
 - remove_invalid_entries: 0
 - buffer_output: 1

##### Settings

###### New-style (dict, overrides old-style)

```
g:neomake: unset
b:neomake: unset
```

###### Old-style

```
g:neomake_place_signs = 1

```


#### :version

```
NVIM v0.4.3
Build type: RelWithDebInfo
LuaJIT 2.1.0-beta3
Compilation: /usr/bin/cc -O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Werror=format-security -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -Wp,-D_GLIBCXX_ASSERTIONS -fexceptions -fstack-protector-strong -grecord-gcc-switches -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-hardened-cc1 -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-annobin-cc1 -m64 -mtune=generic -fasynchronous-unwind-tables -fstack-clash-protection -fcf-protection -Wp,-U_FORTIFY_SOURCE -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=1 -O2 -g -DMIN_LOG_LEVEL=3 -Og -g -Wall -Wextra -pedantic -Wno-unused-parameter -Wstrict-prototypes -std=gnu99 -Wshadow -Wconversion -Wmissing-prototypes -Wimplicit-fallthrough -Wvla -fstack-protector-strong -fno-common -fdiagnostics-color=auto -DINCLUDE_GENERATED_DECLARATIONS -D_GNU_SOURCE -DNVIM_MSGPACK_HAS_FLOAT32 -DNVIM_UNIBI_HAS_VAR_FROM -I/builddir/build/BUILD/neovim-0.4.3/build/config -I/builddir/build/BUILD/neovim-0.4.3/src -I/usr/include -I/usr/include/lua-5.1 -I/builddir/build/BUILD/neovim-0.4.3/build/src/nvim/auto -I/builddir/build/BUILD/neovim-0.4.3/build/include
Compiled by mockbuild

Features: +acl +iconv +tui
See ":help feature-compile"

   system vimrc file: "$VIM/sysinit.vim"
  fall-back for $VIM: "/usr/share/nvim"

Run :checkhealth for more info
```

#### :messages

```
Error detected while processing /home/tpreston/.dotfiles/config/nvim/init.vim:
line   52:
E117: Unknown function: neomake#configure#automake
```

[tompreston]

It looks like the neomake#configure#automake function is defined in autoload/neomake/configure.vim, but this doesn't appear when I run :scriptnames in neovim. Maybe this has something to do with it?

[eddyecho]

This works for me. It appears that vimrc is sourced before neomake's autoload/neomake/configure.vim is sourced.
autocmd VimEnter * call neomake#configure#automake('w')

[mf-fx]

Had the same issue, @eddyecho 's workaround works for me, as did running it manually from within vim,
so yes, it seems to be an order/timing issue?

[AdrienGiboire]

April 2022, got the same issue. @eddyecho workaround works for me as well.