Subject: Re: bug#10454: 23.3; Different result from `C-h k' and `C-h ? k'

From: Glenn Morris <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2012 11:48:27 -0500

David Röthlisberger wrote:

> * Deleting help.elc & help-macro.elc altogether, then restarting Emacs
> * M-x eval-buffer on help-macro.el.gz before & after byte-compiling it, then M-x eval-buffer on help.el.gz before byte-compiling it, then restarting Emacs.
> * M-x load-file help-macro.el.gz before & after byte-compiling it, then M-x load-file help.el.gz before byte-compiling it, then restarting Emacs.
> * Restarting Emacs after byte-compiling help-macro.el.gz, then byte-compiling help.el.gz, then restarting Emacs.

help.el is dumped into the Emacs image, so restarting Emacs defeats all
your good work. You either need to rebuild Emacs, or (should work),
explicitly load help-macro.el and then load help.el, then try it in the
same Emacs session.