GNU bug report logs - #15523
24.3.50; Package installed in an earlier (stable) version of Emacs errors if -autoloads.el calls an autoloaded function

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>

Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2013 02:02:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Merged with 15235, 15272

Found in version 24.3.50

Done: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net>

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From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 24.3.50;
 Package installed in an earlier (stable) version of Emacs errors if
 -autoloads.el calls an autoloaded function
Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2013 05:01:15 +0300

...from that package.

Example:
https://github.com/nonsequitur/inf-ruby/pull/24#issuecomment-25595099

Or at least that's what I've been able to deduce.

Revision 112403 added load-path modification inside the autoloads file
(not sure why), and 114047 changed `package-activate-1' not to modify
load-path until after the autoloads file is loaded.

So, if a package was installed using Emacs predating 112403 (such as
24.2 and probably 24.3), and its autoloads call a function from it, it
will raise an error.

Not sure how big of a problem that is (autoloads' main purpose is to
defer loading, not to trigger it), but it's surprising for sure.
Forcibly Merged 15235 15272 15523. Request was from Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Sun, 26 Jun 2016 16:28:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
bug archived. Request was from Debbugs Internal Request <help-debbugs <at> gnu.org> to internal_control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Mon, 25 Jul 2016 11:24:04 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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