GNU bug report logs - #18466
24.4.50; Failure to byte-compile rmailmm.el

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Message #5 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 24.4.50; Failure to byte-compile rmailmm.el
Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2014 12:33:52 +0300

Any change that causes recompilation of rmail.el will thereafter cause
a failure to compile rmailmm.el:

  In toplevel form:
  lisp/mail/rmailmm.el:78:1:Error: Symbol's value as variable is void: rmail-spool-directory

Compilation of rmailmm.el with the Emacs binary from the emacs-24
branch succeeds with no messages.

In GNU Emacs 24.4.50.242 (i686-pc-mingw32)
 of 2014-09-13 on HOME-C4E4A596F7
Repository revision: 117872 eliz <at> gnu.org-20140913092015-sirys4nf8kmslu8v
Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 5.1.2600
Configured using:
 `configure --prefix=/d/usr --enable-checking=yes,glyphs 'CFLAGS=-O0
 -g3''

Configured features:
XPM JPEG TIFF GIF PNG RSVG NOTIFY ACL GNUTLS LIBXML2 ZLIB

Important settings:
  value of $LANG: ENU
  locale-coding-system: cp1255

Major mode: Lisp Interaction

Minor modes in effect:
  tooltip-mode: t
  electric-indent-mode: t
  mouse-wheel-mode: t
  tool-bar-mode: t
  menu-bar-mode: t
  file-name-shadow-mode: t
  global-font-lock-mode: t
  font-lock-mode: t
  blink-cursor-mode: t
  auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-encryption-mode: t
  auto-compression-mode: t
  line-number-mode: t

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M-x r e p o r t SPC e m <backspace> <backspace> <backspace> 
e <backspace> - e m <tab> <return>

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Memory information:
((conses 8 78459 6182)
 (symbols 32 17933 0)
 (miscs 32 36 97)
 (strings 16 12104 3898)
 (string-bytes 1 302842)
 (vectors 8 9978)
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Message #8 received at 18466 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 18466 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#18466: 24.4.50; Failure to byte-compile rmailmm.el
Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2014 12:44:42 -0400

Eli Zaretskii wrote:

> Any change that causes recompilation of rmail.el will thereafter cause
> a failure to compile rmailmm.el:
>
>   In toplevel form:
>   lisp/mail/rmailmm.el:78:1:Error: Symbol's value as variable is void: rmail-spool-directory

This is http://debbugs.gnu.org/17407 .

I think there are several problems with the autoloads generation
mechanism, but the simple way to avoid this is to use a separate
obsolete/loaddefs.el file that loadup.el loads if present.
(Not sure I have time to make that change right now though.)

Message #17 received at 18466-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: 18466-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#18466: 24.4.50; Failure to byte-compile rmailmm.el
Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2017 16:16:09 -0500

Changes to autoload generation mean this report is no longer relevant.

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