GNU bug report logs - #10970
24.0.93; package.el doesn't load autoloads before compiling

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Donald Ephraim Curtis <dcurtis <at> milkbox.net>

Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2012 15:11:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 24.0.93

Done: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> gnu.org>

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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 10970 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Donald Ephraim Curtis <dcurtis <at> milkbox.net>
Subject: bug#10970: 24.0.93; package.el doesn't load autoloads before compiling
Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2012 10:41:01 -0400

> I see the problem.  OTOH I don't see any actual bug that would arise
> from loading the autoloads file before byte compilation.

I think it's the right thing to do.

> But on the other hand, it's kind of conceptually nice that the
> autoloads file is only loaded when the package is activated, as
> a separate step from unpacking.

It would be separate, because byte-compiling is a separate step
from unpacking (although it's almost always done together).


        Stefan
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