If emacs reports a version number with three digits, packages are not included in the load path

[UndeadKernel]

Due to a change in how the constant 'doom-packages-dir' is initialized, emacs versions with more than three numbers will not be able to load packages downloaded by cask.

The current version of emacs in Arch, for instance, is 25.1.1. In it's current state, cask packages fail to load.

[hlissner]

I recall addressing this issue recently.

Here's the problem: in a recent update, Cask changed where it downloads plugins to:

It installs "bootstrap" packages to .cask/25.1.1/bootstrap, and installs the actual packages to .cask/25.1/elpa. I don't know why they made this change. It used to be all in the same folder (.cask/25.1.1/{elpa,bootstrap}/*). doom-packages-dir points to the right directory, but your plugins are likely in the old location.

So here are two solutions:

1. Move the old packages to the new place:

   mkdir ~/.emacs.d/.cask/25.1
   mv ~/.emacs.d/.cask/25.1.1/elpa ~/.emacs.d/.cask/25.1/elpa

2. Or reinstall your plugins with make install

Sorry about the sudden change! I don't even know if this is a bug on their end or intended behavior!

PS: I use Arch too! That's where I first discovered the issue.

[hlissner]

Ah, I found the relevant commit in Cask. Looks like it was intentional.

[hlissner]

I'll close this for now. I hope the above solution helped! Let me know if it didn't.