Subject: bug#10125: 24.0.91; package.el (org): Macros in tar packages & order of byte compilation

From: Jambunathan K <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2011 17:45:09 +0530

Glenn

Glenn Morris <[email-masked]> writes:
> Glenn Morris wrote:
>
>> fresh Emacs instance. There's no reason the "package manager" could not
>> spawn a separate Emacs in batch-mode as a sub-job to do the
>> compilation.

I will let Stelian or any aggrieved future parties to test the patch. 

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I am wondering whether a knob to "not compile" installed packages is a
good option in general. Can the autoloads be still generated even if the
files themselves are not compiled?

Jambunathan K.