GNU bug report logs - #25360
File mode specification errors during building

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2017 20:29:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Fixed in version 26.0.50

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #209 received at 25360 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 25360 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Phillip Lord <phillip.lord <at> russet.org.uk>
Subject: Re: bug#25360: File mode specification errors during building
Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2017 16:10:01 -0500

On Mon, Mar 6, 2017 at 3:53 PM, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> wrote:
>>
>> After reverting 1b9463051823 "Remove conditional includes from
>> bootstrap" and deleting bootstrap-emacs.exe, I was able to build
>> successfully.
>
> Hmm... I don't get it: why did that commit make Emacs bypass loading
> important packages when invoked with "loadup bootstrap"?  Phillip, can
> you explain the rationale?

It's discussed upthread, it has to do with making one of the ldefs
files consistent across configurations.

https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=25360#72
https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=25360#93

It should not be needed now that we're going back to the old system, AFAIK.
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