GNU bug report logs - #36681
Feature Request: Option to build Emacs without byte-compilation.

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Keith David Bershatsky <esq <at> lawlist.com>

Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2019 23:12:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: wontfix

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #43 received at 36681 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: rms <at> gnu.org
Cc: esq <at> lawlist.com, Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>, 36681 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#36681: Feature Request: Option to build Emacs without
 byte-compilation.
Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2019 19:22:07 -0400
Glenn Morris wrote:

> Richard Stallman wrote:
>
>> Didn't the Savannah repository also contain the compiled .elc files,
>> before?
>
> Certainly not within the past "few years", nor the past 10.
> There was once a "lisp-elc.tgz" file, but it was removed 17 years ago.

PS such issues are better solved by making snapshots available.
Eg https://hydra.nixos.org/jobset/gnu/emacs-trunk/latest-eval
Choose "tarball" job and download source distribution.




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