(void-function transient-prefix) in Emacs 29.1

[jcs090218]

I get this error every time I start a new Emacs session with the latest transient and Emacs 29.1.

Error loading autoloads: (void-function transient-prefix)

The error goes away after removing the latest transient from the elpa directory (replaced with built-in transient). 🤔

[tarsius]

That function has existed since the first commit. Maybe your elpa version was somehow corrupted. Try reinstalling and see if the issue returns.

[jcs090218]

That's the first thing I try, but no luck. FYI, I can reproduce it with emacs -q as well. It's a very strange error; I don't really know why. 🤔

[tarsius]

Maybe you installed a package that uses transient but doesn't autoload a call to transient-define-prefix or fails to require transient. If the problem is something along these lines, you can probably get around this by requiring transient very early in your init file. The version of transient that is in Emacs autoloads transient-define-prefix, the separately installed version does not, because last time I thought about it, I came to the conclusion that that wouldn't work in that case. I don't remember the details.

[jcs090218]

You are right. I need to require transient before (package-initialize) the problem goes away. It's quite annoying since I don't know which package is reporting the error. 😖 The error isn't from this package; therefore, I am closing it!

Thank you for your help! 🙏 ❤️