bug#81643: 32.0.50; use-package :hook is not the same as :init add-hook

> Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2026 23:06:56 -0400
> From: Lucas Jimenez via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs,
>  the Swiss army knife of text editors" <[email protected]>
> 
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> The manual says that :hook is the same as add-hook in :init
> These tests show that it isn't the case.
> 
> I don't know if the manual is wrong or if it's a bug with use-package
> 
> I would prefer to be a bug, since I like to use all the use-package
> attributes as much as possible.
> 
> All tests are done one by one with emacs -Q and restarting each time to
> test each case.  Both tests should end with the modus-vivendi loaded, but
> that isn't the case proving that :hook is not the same as add-hook in :init
> 
> Test 1:
> 
> (use-package modus-themes
>   :no-require t
>   :init
>   (require-theme 'modus-themes)
>   (defun test-hook-attr ()
>     (load-theme 'modus-vivendi))
>   :hook (modus-themes-after-load-theme . test-hook-attr)
>   :config
>   (modus-themes-load-theme 'modus-operandi))
> 
> Test 2:
> 
> 
> (use-package modus-themes
>   :no-require t
>   :init
>   (require-theme 'modus-themes)
>   (defun test-hook-attr ()
>     (load-theme 'modus-vivendi))
>   (add-hook 'modus-themes-after-load-theme-hook #'test-hook-attr)
>   :config
>   (modus-themes-load-theme 'modus-operandi))

Thanks.

John, any comments or suggestions?