GNU bug report logs - #28607
27.0.50; help-fns unsolicited elisp loading

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Mark Oteiza <mvoteiza <at> udel.edu>

Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2017 12:50:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: fixed, patch

Merged with 28048

Found in versions 26.0.50, 26.0.90, 27.0.50

Fixed in version 26.3

Done: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #32 received at 28607 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Mark Oteiza <mvoteiza <at> udel.edu>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 28607 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#28607: 27.0.50; help-fns unsolicited elisp loading
Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2018 09:03:36 -0400

On Mon, Jul 2, 2018 at 9:29 PM, Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> wrote:
>
> What do you actually want to happen with this report?
> The feature is working as designed.
> Do you eg want an option to turn it off?
> (The existing help-enable-auto-load could perhaps be extended for this.)

At minimum an option to disable it, which is what I'm already doing as
a workaround.  I don't consider loading elisp totally unrelated to a
symbol I'm introspecting to be a feature.  Though, one benefit has
been revealing ill-behaved elisp in CEDET.
This bug report was last modified 6 years and 57 days ago.

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