GNU bug report logs - #20968
25.0.50; Be able to specify the output directory for `byte-compile-file'

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2015 21:06:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: wontfix

Found in version 25.0.50

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 20968 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#20968: 25.0.50; Be able to specify the output directory for `byte-compile-file'
Date: Fri, 03 Jul 2015 13:12:21 -0400

Stefan Monnier wrote:

> The case I know of where the .elc and .el are not next to each other is
> to place the byte-compiled files in a directory specific to the Emacs
> version used to compile.  This is used in Debian so as to be able to
> have Elisp packages and byte-compiled for many different
> (X)Emacs versions.

I had a vague memory that this caused Some Issues, but I don't remember
any details.
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