Subject: Re: bug#16222: Installing ELPA packages complains about :keywords in define-package

From: Stefan Monnier <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2013 09:55:00 -0500

>>> Stefan: I think the problem is `package--alist-to-plist'.  The generated
>>> PACKAGE-pkg.el has, for example:
SM> No, the problem is that *-pkg.el should not be compiled (it's not
SM> "load"ed either): it's a file using the Elisp `sexp' syntax, but it's
SM> not a file written in Elisp.
> OK, is it fixable?

Of course: get the byte-compiler to skip those files.

        Stefan