GNU bug report logs - #17629
Can't build emacs-24 branch

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Jorgen Schaefer <forcer <at> forcix.cx>

Date: Thu, 29 May 2014 11:08:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Done: Jorgen Schaefer <forcer <at> forcix.cx>

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From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 17629 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#17629: Can't build emacs-24 branch
Date: Thu, 29 May 2014 15:12:40 -0400

Stefan Monnier wrote:

>> use (setq load-suffixes '(".el"))
>> to try and avoid this kind of problem?
>
> Wouldn't load-prefer-newer be a better choice?

I guess it wouldn't do any harm to have a bootstrap-emacs that was
formed from a mix of compiled and uncompiled files...

The easiest (and IMO sanest) way to do this is to make load-prefer-newer
non-nil by default.
Fancy opening that can of worms...?
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