Subject: bug#1705: 23.0.60; parallel build failure: `mh-e' was not provided

From: Richard M Stallman <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:31:03 -0500

Neither is the preference of .elc even if it's older.

In general, it is right to load the .elc even if older,
because that way editing the source code does not
immediately force you to use your new code.
You get to choose (by compiling) when to make it active.