GNU bug report logs - #2577
23.0.91; startup.el should choose .emacs ahead of .emacs.elc if .emacs is newer

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Alex <alex <at> bennee.com>

Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2009 09:45:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: wontfix

Done: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: 2577 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#2577: startup.el should choose .emacs ahead of .emacs.elc if .emacs is newer
Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2013 22:35:45 -0500

Emacs 24.4 will have a `load-prefer-newer' option.
Since the default is nil, it does not help with loading the init file,
if the init file is where you set it non-nil...

Personally I think it would be fine to eg simply bind it non-nil around
loading of the init file, but people seem to feel quite strongly about
this issue, and I'm not going to argue it.
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