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

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Message #38 received at 10125 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> gnu.org>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: stelian.iancu <at> gmail.com, 10125 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
	Jambunathan K <kjambunathan <at> gmail.com>
Subject: Re: bug#10125: 24.0.91;
	package.el (org): Macros in tar packages & order of byte compilation
Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2011 22:07:40 +0800

Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> 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.
>
> Very lightly tested version:

This uses the Emacs executable on the exec path, which might not be the
correct one.

I'm wary of making such a fundamental change to package.el without first
exploring possible package-specific work-arounds.  Could problematic
packages use an eval-when-compile form to forcibly load the correct
version of the required file?

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