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23.0.60; parallel build failure: `mh-e' was not provided

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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 1705 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, markus.triska <at> gmx.at,
        emacs-pretest-bug <at> gnu.org, bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#1705: 23.0.60; parallel build failure: `mh-e' was not provided
Date: Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:00:59 -0500

>> >> Personally, I've hacked my Emacs so that when byte-compiling files,
>> >> `require'd files get loaded from the .el in preference to the .elc file
>> >> if it's more recent.
>> > I don't think this is TRT in general.
>> Neither is the preference of .elc even if it's older.
> I wasn't arguing for that,

I know.

> I was arguing for adding dependencies to
> lisp/Makefile.in.  That is always TRT.

Except when there are circular dependencies, which (as mentioned) do
exist in fairly large quantities in Emacs.


        Stefan

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