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25.1.90 tarfile has files.el newer than files.elc

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From: phillip.lord <at> russet.org.uk (Phillip Lord)
To: Nicolas Petton <nicolas <at> petton.fr>
Cc: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>, 25084 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#25084: 25.1.90 tarfile has files.el newer than files.elc
Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2016 15:46:24 +0000

Nicolas Petton <nicolas <at> petton.fr> writes:

> Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> writes:
>
> Hi Glenn,
>
>> In the 25.1.90 tarball, files.el is newer than files.elc.
>> This ought to be impossible, if the tarfile was created from a
>> bootstrap.
>
> It was, but I might have pulled a commit after bootstrapping (Eli
> mentioned that reason to me, and while I don't remember doing that, it
> has to be the case).
>
>> It causes building to recompile files.el, which is harmless but should
>> not be needed in a release.
>
> Indeed.  I'll keep this bug report open until the next pretest.


Can we add something to the build that checks this before the tar step?

Phil

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